Estrategia de cobertura para mitigar el riesgo cambiario en una empresa del sector industrial en el Valle del Cauca

Abstract

This paper aims to develop and evaluate the main factors in the design of one foreign exchange hedging strategy for a company in the industrial sector in Valle del Cauca, as a mechanism to mitigate the present risks in exchange rate fluctuations. In this way, the income statement and the capital structure of the company are protected from the possible effects in the exchange rate variations on the assets, current liabilities, operating profit, net income and therefore on its financial indicators. For this, it is intended to analyze the company's exposure to this kind of risk, the different tools and mechanisms currently used for its management, and also this paper contains a small exchange rate financial derivatives summary, in order to identify the appropriate hedging strategy for this company.