12 November 2026 11:30 - 12:30
Practical deep-dive roundtable: Your FX strategy is costing you. Here's where.
Rigid hedging strategies were built for predictable markets; volatility and trade policy shifts have undermined them. This roundtable explores how CFOs are redesigning FX strategy to stay ahead of volatility without over-committing capital. You'll walk through frameworks that quantify exposure, stay adaptive and flag potential FX cost inefficiencies.
Bring your business profile: FX exposure by currency pair, budgeted exchange rate and current hedges. We'll run an FX Health Check showing where volatility may be hitting performance or what a more tailored strategy could capture.*
Key takeaways:
1. Volatility is the operating environment now, not an edge case. Static hedge ratios break. Many successful businesses are building quarterly review cycles and scenario planning into how they manage currency risk, not setting it and forgetting it.
2. Your business model determines your hedging strategy. Profit margins and price elasticity of demand dictate how exposed you can be to FX risk.
3. Reduce FX exposure before buying any financial instrument. Invoice currency, inventory location, payment timing, cash flow matching: most FDs don't optimise these as they look like ops, not treasury, decisions.
*Educational purposes only; not investment advice, a recommendation, or a guarantee of future results. The suitability of any FX strategy will depend on a business's individual circumstances. Exchange rate movements can be unpredictable and may result in losses as well as gains.