Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Jakarta / 16th February 2011________________________________________

TO THE BUSINESS EDITOR

Asian Exporter Demand for Corporate Currency & Commodity Hedging Analysis at an All Time High.

Gulf Analytics, an Asian based boutique quantitative research house today announced the company now offers corporate clients 24 hour hedging analysis services due to much increased demand from Asian exporters and trading companies for foreign exchange and commodity price forecasts.

With heightened forex fluctuations in most emerging Asian currencies, exporters and other companies with earnings in US Dollars, Euros and Yen but costs in appreciating EM currencies are increasingly looking to hedge their exposure and in some cases actively trade to try and compensate for the recent weakness in the Dollar.

Abe Layman,  Gulf Analytics senior strategist commented, “ We have seen marked appreciation of the ASEAN currencies for 5 or 6 years now, but it is literally just in the past 12 to 18 months that we have seen small and mid sized exporters and commodity producers really look at actively hedge their foreign currency exposure”. He continued, “The past few years have however seen a significant shift in attitude, with clients now employing active hedging strategies aimed at making money from their cash management operations whereas before they were generally satisfied if they bought and sold Dollars at rates they perceived as favorable at the time.”

With a team of twenty quantitative analysts, strategists and programmers covering global markets 24 hours a day over 3 shifts, the company analyses local, regional and international financial markets and news flows, with continuous client updates broadcast to secure private micro-websites, by email and mobile phone.

Gulf Analytics Head of Research, Michael Judge noted on the increase in demand amongst Asian companies for hedging analysis services, “The Singapore Dollar was 1.70 against the Greenback in 2005. Today it’s at 1.28. The Thai Baht was at 40 or so, but now it’s just 30. If your costs are in local currency and your earnings are not, the resulting margin compression seen over the past few years has forced companies to employ hedging tools and indeed forex and commodity futures trading strategies to hedge their exposure whereas before they mostly did not.” He continued, “Our principal aim is to take care of our client’s currency risk analysis so they can get on with their core business.”

Further details of Gulf Analytics global services for corporate hedging analysis can be found at http://www.gulf-analytics.com/GAFXCAD.html  

PRESS ENQUIRIES:

Mr Michael Judge

Tel :  +66818141038

Email : research@gulf-analytics.com

http://www.gulf-analytics.com/GAFXCAD.html