Commonly Used Terms In Foreign Exchange

Arbitrage:

refers to simultaneous buying and selling of foreign exchange. The profits are made from the difference between foreign exchanges prevailing in the different centres at the same time or in different currencies.

Buying Rates:

refers to the exchange rtaes on which foreign exchange dealers are prepared to buy in the market.

Closing Position:

it means that covering is either open [...]

Basic Understanding Of Basel II

Basel II is a revised version of the 1988 Capital Accord, written by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision(BCBS). Its formal title is the International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards:A Revised Framework.

Basel II aims to produce greater consistency in the way banks and their regulars approach cross-border risk management. One of its main goals [...]

Cash Pooling Or Concentration Of Balances

As group treasurer, you need to enable your cash in all your various banks to generate interest. Very often, you are being approach by banker(s) to do cash pooling or concentration of balances.

This articles look at what’s are cash pooling- its advantages and it basic mechanism.

Cash pooling is simply a banking structure where balances on a [...]

Negative Pledge Clause

Bankers when offering banking facilities would prefer that the company provide certain security/collaterized  assets

However, in the event of an UNSECURED commercial loan, we will often then see a Negative Pledge Covenant letter being issued. So what is this negative pledge clause letter and what are its purposes?

Firstly, a negative pledge is a provision in a contract which prohibits a party [...]

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