DC schemes should consider hedging currency risk

Stephanie Baxter
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Schemes have had a windfall gain by not hedging currency risk. Stephanie Baxter asks whether schemes should now begin to hedge to protect members

Hedging currency risk is commonplace among defined benefit (DB) schemes but much less so in the defined contribution (DC) sphere. As DC schemes have increased their exposure to overseas equities...

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