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1、FinancialRiskManagementAlthoughfinancialriskhasincreasedsignificantlyinrecentyears,riskandriskmanagementarenotcontemporaryissues.Theresultofincreasinglyglobalmarketsisthatriskmayoriginatewitheventsthousandsofmilesawaythathavenothingtodowiththedomesticmarket.Informationisavailableinstantane
2、ously,whichmeansthatchange,andsubsequentmarketreactions,occurveryquickly.Theeconomicclimateandmarketscanbeaffectedveryquicklybychangesinexchangerates,interestrates,andcommodityprices.Counterpartiescanrapidlybecomeproblematic.Asaresult,itisimportanttoensurefinancialrisksareidentifiedandmana
3、gedappropriately.Preparationisakeycomponentofriskmanagement.WhatIsRisk?Riskprovidesthebasisforopportunity.Thetermsriskandexposurehavesubtledifferencesintheirmeaning.Riskreferstotheprobabilityofloss,whileexposureisthepossibilityofloss,althoughtheyareoftenusedinterchangeably.Riskarisesasares
4、ultofexposure.Exposuretofinancialmarketsaffectsmostorganizations,eitherdirectlyorindirectly.Whenanorganizationhasfinancialmarketexposure,thereisapossibilityoflossbutalsoanopportunityforgainorprofit.Financialmarketexposuremayprovidestrategicorcompetitivebenefits.Riskisthelikelihoodoflossesr
5、esultingfromeventssuchaschangesinmarketprices.Eventswithalowprobabilityofoccurring,butthatmayresultinahighloss,areparticularlytroublesomebecausetheyareoftennotanticipated.Putanotherway,riskistheprobablevariabilityofreturns.Sinceitisnotalwayspossibleordesirabletoeliminaterisk,understandingi
6、tisanimportantstepindetermininghowtomanageit.Identifyingexposuresandrisksformsthebasisforanappropriatefinancialriskmanagementstrategy.HowDoesFinancialRisk?Financialriskarisesthroughcountlesstransactionsofafinancialnature,includingsalesandpurchases,investmentsandloans,andvariousotherbusines
7、sactivities.Itcanariseasaresultoflegaltransactions,newprojects,mergersandacquisitions,debtfinancing,theenergycomponentofcosts,orthroughtheactivitiesofmanagement,stakeholders,competitors,foreigngovernments,orweather.Whenfinancialpriceschangedramatically,itcanin
