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Forex contracts
At Citibank, we understand that currency management isn't just about the now - our forex contracts help our globally-minded customers manage their multi-currency financial commitments, through Forward and Watching Contracts.
RISK PROFILE
Low
MINIMUM INVESTMENT
$20,000
Features and benefits
Citibank offer two types of forex contracts; Forward and Watching. Both contracts have:
Forward Contracts allow you to lock in an exchange rate now, for conversion at a specified future date, giving you surety of the rate you will convert at.
If your conversion date is flexible, you could look at a Watching Contract, which mandates Citibank to monitor the forex market on your behalf and convert currency if your preferred rate is reached.
Potential risks
Both types of forex contract are designed to help you manage your currency risk. However, your decisions around contract terms are based on your expectation of currency movement; there is the risk that you may have called the market incorrectly, and so would have been better off converting at the current or future market rate.
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Forward Contracts
Forward Contracts allow you to lock in an exchange rate now, for conversion at a specified future date, giving you surety of the rate you will convert at; you agree the amount, rate and date that a conversion will be made, and at the 'value date' the exchange will happen on those terms:
Forward contracts are useful if you know you have a future obligation in another currency - for example, education fees or buying a holiday home overseas - but think that the exchange rate will move against you; by taking out a forward contract, you know exactly what rate you will be paying when that future obligation comes due.
Watching Contracts
Watching Contracts set exchange rate levels at which you would like your money to convert; they require Citibank to monitor the market on your behalf and convert currency if your preferred rate is reached.
You can set one or both of floor and ceiling levels for currency conversion; if either is hit, your money will be exchanged. This means that you can make sure conversion will only happen at a rate you are comfortable with. If the rate(s) set in the contract are not achieved, your currency will not be converted.
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How to invest
Citibank’s Forward and Watching Contracts have a minimum investment of USD$20,000, or the equivalent in another currency.
You can find out how to take advantage of Forward and Watching Contracts by referring to our How To Invest page.
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