Peter Dinham
Tuesday, 29 November 2011 14:41
IT Industry -
Deals
Private health insurer, Medibank Private, has chosen Bloomberg's foreign exchange (FX) trading platform to manage the exchange rate risk associated with its $2.5 billion global equity portfolio.
Medibank, which already uses Bloomberg's professional service to research global news, data and analytics to hedge its interest-rate risk, will now use the system's FXGO function to manage foreign-exchange risk, execute FX trades and get requests for quotes (RFQs) in spot, forwards, swaps, options and deposits.
'Bloomberg's FXGO is the most efficient way of managing our FX risk. Like a lot of other companies, we were using the phone to trade and waiting for the confirmation call. In the meantime, the markets could move significantly. FXGO ensures that trades happen immediately, the confirmation goes to our back office and sends it to our custodian, all in one step,' said Graeme Sala, Medibank's treasurer.
According to Bloomberg's head of foreign exchange business, Tod Van Name, "corporate executives all over the world are discovering that the Bloomberg Professional services' FXGO makes managing foreign exchange risk intuitive, seamless and cost-effective. They can get prices from their preferred banks, execute trades and integrate with their order management, risk management and back office systems all on one platform."