Efficiency of forward as an instrument for exchange risk coverage in companies performing foreign trade operations, 2011-2017

Main Article Content

Carlos Andrés Díaz Restrepo
Marlen Isabel Redondo Ramírez

Abstract

This paper evaluates the efficiency of forward contracts derived from the exchange rate of American dollars / Colombian pesos (USD / COP), as a hedging instrument for foreign exchange risk, to which companies that carry out foreign exchange operations are exposed. For this, the USD / COP spot and forward prices between 2011 and 2017, available in the Colombian Stock Exchange, were analyzed, valuing their risk through the VaR (value at risk) and their impacts as a hedging instrument of risk of exchange rate. In addition to the empirical validation of the forward as a hedging instrument, some inefficiencies of this financial instrument were found, due to its low availability and the high transaction costs in the use of this derivative as a hedging instrument.


 

Article Details

How to Cite

Díaz Restrepo, C. A. ., & Redondo Ramírez, M. I. . (2019). Efficiency of forward as an instrument for exchange risk coverage in companies performing foreign trade operations, 2011-2017. Semestre Económico, 22(51), 45-62. https://doi.org/10.22395/seec.v22n51a3

References

Author Biographies

Carlos Andrés Díaz Restrepo, Universidad Católica de Pereira

Administrador de empresas, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Pereira, Colombia. Magíster en Administración de Negocios, Universidad Autónoma de Manizales, Manizales, Colombia. Estudiante de Doctorado en Administración, Universidad Nacional, Manizales, Colombia. Profesor de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas, Universidad Católica de Pereira, Pereira, Colombia. Correo electrónico: carlos. diaz@ucp.edu.co

Marlen Isabel Redondo Ramírez, Universidad Libre

Economista, Universidad Católica de Pereira, Pereira, Colombia. Magíster en Administración de Negocios, Universidad Autónoma de Manizales, Manizales, Colombia. Estudiante del Doctorado en Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Cuauhtémoc, México. Profesora de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Administrativas y Contables, Universidad Libre, Pereira, Colombia. Correo electrónico: isabel.redondo@ unilibre.edu.co

Most read articles by the same author(s)