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Risk Management

Market risks including interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and equity prices may affect your business and can wreak havoc on your ability to project future costs or returns on your business. Thousands of corporations have mitigated these risks through the use of derivatives, which are financial contracts designed to hedge or manage market risks.

There are lots of different ways to hedge and manage market risk, and no one solution is right for all businesses. It’s vital you have a provider like Wachovia who can help you identify specific risks and can help implement an ongoing strategy to manage those risks.

Market Risk Management
Wachovia can design integrated derivative solutions that are structured to your business' needs.
Interest Rate Risk Management
Manage exposure to fluctuations in U.S. interest rates
Currency Risk Management/FX
Reduce exposure to the adverse impact of foreign markets and non-U.S. currencies on business and investment strategies
Equity Risk Management
Protect the value of existing stock positions (such as employee stock options), repurchase stock in the open market, or benefit from an array of structured and conventional hedging strategies
Energy Risk Management
Manage exposure to rising or fluctuating energy prices
Operating Risk Management
Wachovia also offers a comprehensive menu of products and services designed to address the operating risks faced by today's corporations.
Fraud Risk Management
Products that help you manage business risk associated with fraud from customers, employees, and vendors
Operational and Business Risk
Services for safekeeping documents, emergency funding, reducing bank letter of credit risk, and auto dealer liability
Payment and Performance Risk
Traditional and non-traditional strategies for insuring payment and contractual performance, including letters of credit, documentary collections, and banker's acceptances

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