Help me with my work.

[jimbo12345]

Considering my audience, maybe not the place to ask.

Any of you guys know about post-trade/pre-settlement in international trade terms (i think)?

I need to understand wtf it is all about, quite quickly, in layman's terms.

Thanks kindly.

[Biggles]

In what respect? Currency hedges?

[jimbo12345]

yes and fixed income! mainly from investment managers/brokers/dealers side. Need to know what post-trade/pre-settlement means in this context, how it works, why they do it. Just an overview or some good sites to give me a starting place.

[Alien5]

[Biggles]

yes and fixed income! mainly from investment managers/brokers/dealers side. Need to know what post-trade/pre-settlement means in this context, how it works, why they do it. Just an overview or some good sites to give me a starting place.

There are many sites dealing with this and would probably provide a faster over view than my typing out a long screed.

Key search words would be

Derivatives
Financial Instruments
Currency Hedges
Exchange Rate derivatives
Interest Rate derivatives

Put very simply one can agree a fixed rate deal on any commodity (including currency) but very often such a deal will be subject to currency fluctuations. This can occur after the deal conclusion but before the settlement date (when you have to pay). The settlement date may not be long after the deal but such are the volumes involved and the fluctuations in the market that even a small shift between two currencies can represent a significant gain or loss. Fixed rate takes this on the chin but a hedge seeks to mitigate these fluctautions. Hedging is primarily a Risk management tool although some see it as a way of playing the market. Business Treasury functions sometimes undertake currency hedges as a means of gainfully employing surplus cash - Currency hedges are typically short term deals so do not tie up business funds for long.

PS I hope you realise this has shredded what little street cred I had left.

[Chip Monk]

accountancy talk, devil's work

[Mr. Mulder]

kill biggles and eat his brains, by doing so you'd obviously inherit his knowledge.

[Biggles]

kill biggles and eat his brains, by doing so you'd obviously inherit his knowledge.

I'm wearing a tin foil helmet! It will taste pants and make your fillings tingle.

[Cheese]

kill biggles and eat his brains, by doing so you'd obviously inherit his knowledge.

This is true. I killed Seedler and ate his brains and now I know what the page numbers of the bra and panties sections are in 27 different catalogues.

[Chip Monk]

And also you can now count.