Manage FX risk the H3dge way

Protect your profits with strategies based on data, not human emotion

WHAT IS CURRENCY HEDGING?

Hedging removes unwanted risks from your business

As your business expands, engaging with foreign suppliers and tapping into international markets becomes essential. However, with these opportunities come currency risks, which can significantly impact your bottom line. Hedging removes the risk of exchange rate fluctuations destroying your hard-earned profits.

The simplest hedge is to fix a rate with a forward. But with that can come different risks - now you've given up any possible upside if the exchange rate moves in your favour, and if you don't get your budget exactly right, you could end up hedging too much or too little, leaving you with an unwanted currency position.

HOW H3DGE IS DIFFERENT

H3dge generates strategies that work for you

H3dge is designed to navigate the complexities of currency hedging and effectively mitigate the risks associated with fluctuating exchange rates. H3dge designs bespoke, flexible strategies tailored to your business requirements. It then executes and adapts the strategies as needed, safeguarding your profits and allowing you to focus on your core operations to seize growth opportunities with confidence.

How it works

1. Define requirements

Quickly and easily enter details of your foreign currency operations and H3dge calculates the total net exposures. Use your existing budget rates or let H3dge guide you to build a risk management plan that safeguards your profit margins.

2. Approve outcomes

H3dge generates a bespoke strategy and shows you the possible range of outcomes in your home currency with associated probabilities. Dive in to edit the strategy, run simulations or simply click to approve when you're ready.

3. Leave it to H3dge

H3dge executes the strategy in the background, adapting your market positions as exchange rates move. H3dge always keeps you informed, so you can make quick updates if your requirements change, or just sit back and see the savings!

H3dge has all the tools you need to manage global operations

Exchange

Spot

Convert 130+ currencies  immediately with live exchange rates. Execute trades online via a secure, easy to use portal.

Forwards

Lock rates for up to one year and only draw down when you need. No deposit needed (subject to credit approval).

Stops and limits

Use stops (protection rates) and limits (target rates) to manage risk and take advantage of fluctuations without staring at exchange rates all day.

Multi-currency IBANs

Top tier banks

Accounts provided by global banks including Barclays, Santander and RBS.

Named accounts

Accounts are in your name, not a H3dge account. Your funds are completely separate and independent from H3dge.

38+ currencies

Operate accounts in the relevant currency and only exchange funds when you need to.

Accept and pay worldwide

Customisable approvals

Make payments in 160+ countries across 130+ currencies. Set up approval workflows to manage outgoing payments.

Manage beneficiaries

Save beneficiary payment details in a secure portal for easy execution of payments to regular suppliers.

Mass payments

Upload .xls or .csv files for simple and fast execution of high volume payment runs.

Frequently Asked Questions

Whether paying foreign suppliers or repatriating foreign profits, even small currency swings can have a major effect on your bottom line. Hedging brings stability and predicatibility to your business forecasts, reducing your risk and enabling more accurate financial planning.
H3dge's cutting edge software makes it easy for you to manage your own FX requirements, without spending time on the phone to brokers. Typically, the broker relationship is transactional as they have a large number of clients and their priority is ensuring they trade. H3dge provides bespoke, tailored strategies, executes them and gives you the tools to monitor and see the impact of FX savings for your business. The software uses the same models as large global banks, enabling you to run simulations and see the likely outcomes of your hedges in advance.
H3dge builds strategies from the ground up based on your business operations. This could be your budget for the year for a foreign office, or as small as one contract to a foreign supplier. H3dge then groups up all the positions and FX exposures to show you the overall picture.
H3dge keeps it really simply by showing you the range of possible outcomes in your home currency and how likely each outcome is. You can approve there and then, but if you do want to dive deeper you can edit any part of the strategy and run the simulations again.
You always have full control to set up or edit any strategy at any point. You can also run simulations to see the possible outcomes and range of probabilities in your home currency.
No, and businesses shouldn't be speculating. H3dge removes FX risks in a smarter way, it doesn't trade the FX market. It designs strategies that meet or exceed the business's requirements by protecting downside and capturing upside when possible.
Security is a top priority at H3dge. Your funds are always segrated and never mixed with H3dge's operational accounts. H3dge works with FCA regulated partners and top tier global banks to offer you accounts in your name.
H3dge supports over 130 currencies, so almost every one you can think of!