Mesirow Financial Currency Management (MFCM) executes and manages fixed or strategic hedge positions for clients seeking to eliminate risk and streamline currency operations.

Many investors wish to strategically reduce currency risk by hedging a fixed ratio of their foreign holdings. This approach often creates distractions for management and leads to unwelcome tracking errors. MFCM's Hedge Maintenance service provides a solution.

Exceptional Pricing
With MFCM acting as the client's agent, our experience and market knowledge help ensure that custodians and counterparties offer the most competitive prices for hedging transactions.

Operational Expertise
MFCM's principals each have over a decade of experience in the currency markets, and are fully dedicated to currency management for our clients. This focus and expertise means that hedge maturities, rollovers, cash flows and adjustments are managed for maximum benefit and without costly errors.

Cash Flow and Position Matching
Additions and redemptions create timing problems for fixed hedge strategies. The MFCM process is designed to convert cash flows and adjust the corresponding hedge position seamlessly and at advantageous prices.

Optimization of Forward Contracts
MFCM delivers extra value for clients by exploiting changes in the forward curve, by efficiently matching hedges to changes in asset values and by scheduling maturities to suit client requirements.

Using Mesirow Financial Currency Management's Hedge Maintenance service, clients may realize an estimated 25-60 basis points per annum in added value, reduce tracking errors and improve operational efficiency, all while actually reducing currency risk.