Did you know that TCX provides a solution to currency risk not only for frontier countries, but also for emerging countries? In fact, we cover over 110 countries that are on the OECD-DAC list in (Central) Asia, Europe, Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and Oceania! TCX offers hedging services when it complements (rather than competes with) the commercial market offering. We operate based on the principle of additionality and exist to address unserved demand for FX risk solutions. In practice, this means that TCX is active in countries where derivatives markets are (relatively) shallow or absent, and where it can extend the tenors currently provided by commercial hedging providers. #fxhedging #developmentfinance #emergingmarkets
TCX
Financiële diensten
TCX de-risks development finance and offers a global solution to currency risk in frontier and emerging markets.
Over ons
TCX is a special purpose fund providing currency risk management products to investors active in frontier and emerging markets. This unique fund focuses on currencies and maturities which are not covered by regular market providers. For more information, please visit our website or contact us directly.
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http://www.tcxfund.com
Externe link voor TCX
- Branche
- Financiële diensten
- Bedrijfsgrootte
- 11 - 50 medewerkers
- Hoofdkantoor
- Amsterdam
- Type
- Particuliere onderneming
- Opgericht
- 2007
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Primair
Mauritskade 63
Amsterdam, 1092AD, NL
Medewerkers van TCX
Updates
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"When we onboard currency risk on our balance sheet, we are incentivized to immediately try to promote capital market development and sell this risk to some private investors" - Othman Boukrami. He spoke with Zawya Arabic about the role of TCX in de-risking #developmentfinance flows to public sector borrowers, our market development impact and growth ambitions. Read it here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZ25rKGr #fixedincome #sdgs #capitalmarket #currency #fxrisk
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A recent report by Debt Relief International finds that developing countries across the world are struggling to service their external debts, impacting investments in health, education, social protection and climate. The analysis points out that African countries' annual public debt repayments amount to more than 3x spending on health and 6x spending on education. Debt dynamics are complex and heavily influenced by currency volatility. Protection against currency fluctuations would be an important step towards improving borrowers' #debtsustainability and to free up space in fiscal budgets to finance the SDGs. See the link in the article below for the full report.
Developing countries face worst debt crisis in history, study shows
theguardian.com
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🌍 Managing Foreign Exchange Risk in Sovereign Debt Portfolios: A Key Challenge for Emerging Market and Low-Income Countries EMDEs and LICs face significant foreign exchange risk, particularly within their sovereign debt portfolios. Effective management of this risk is crucial but often challenged by institutional, operational, and analytical hurdles. 📊 Recent surveys reveal that less than half of Debt Management Offices (DMOs) in these countries are actively assessing or hedging their foreign currency risks. This highlights an urgent need for capacity development in areas such as data acquisition, analysis, and institutional frameworks. 🛠️ As DMOs enhance their capabilities, they can begin to leverage advanced tools like foreign exchange derivatives to optimize debt portfolios and reduce borrowing costs. However, in order use more complex financial instruments many DMOs in Emerging Market and Development Economies need to build internal capacity and strengthen their risk management frameworks. It’s only with the right knowledge and tools that DMOs can confidently manage the foreign exchange risk of their sovereign debt portfolios and avoid negative financial surprises. 💼 💡 Read more in our latest IMF Working Paper: Managing Foreign Exchange Rate Risk: Capacity Development for Public Debt Managers in Emerging Market and Low-Income Countries. https://lnkd.in/er9EqinS A special thanks to my co-authors Michael Papaioannou, Sheheryar Malik and Kay Chung for their invaluable contributions to this important work that highlights the debt management capacity development gaps. Many thanks for Harald Hirschhofer and his colleagues at TCX for excellent collaboration and support of this important work to highlight what capabilities DMOs need in order to develop and fortify their risk management machinery🙏 #DebtManagement #ForeignExchange #EmergingMarkets #FinancialStability #IMF #PublicFinance #CapacityDevelopment IMF Capacity Development
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TCX and the International Monetary Fund cooperated on a survey among Debt Management Offices of developing countries to learn about their #currency risk management practices. The results show the need for dedicated #technicalsassistance and capacity building to properly quantify currency risk and learn about tools that exist to manage it. Check out the new IMF paper 👉https://lnkd.in/e6k_quQS which devises steps to guide such efforts. Thordur Jonasson Harald Hirschhofer Sophie Peeters
What are the sound practices for foreign-currency risk management in emerging market and developing countries? What are the best instruments for managing sovereign debt portfolio currency exposures? Significant gaps exist in the risk management capacities of Debt Management Offices of emerging markets and developing economies, including low-income countries, with significant breaches on foreign currency and interest rate risk management practices. A new IMF Working Paper 👉 https://lnkd.in/e6k_quQS presents results of a survey of debt management offices in these countries. The survey found that these debt management offices had limited institutional capacity to engage in sophisticated foreign currency risk management, with only 45 percent of those surveyed indicating that they prepare a foreign currency risk management strategy. It also found that the offices faced unstable macroeconomic conditions, shallow and concentrated investor bases, weak financial infrastructures and often lacked legal authority to contract financial derivatives. Most respondents indicated they wanted to develop capacity in order to quantify risk and improve local-currency debt markets to broaden financing options, which could help make their offices more effective in managing foreign currency risk. Based on (i) these survey results and (ii) country experiences in foreign currency risk management, the paper devises steps to guide capacity development efforts for foreign currency risk management in developing countries. Read the paper: https://lnkd.in/e6k_quQS Thordur Jonasson; Sheheryar Malik; Kay Chung; Michael Papaioannou
Managing Foreign Exchange Rate Risk: Capacity Development for Public Debt Managers in Emerging Market and Low-Income Countries
imf.org
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We recently issued the first-ever offshore synthetic bond in Jordanian dinar, together with our partner TCX. Issuing local currency notes reflects our strategy of supporting the development of capital markets in the countries we're active in. The USD 5 mln bond will allow investors to benefit from diversification and a more attractive yield, and will allow us to use the proceeds to n-lend to projects aligned with our strategy. Fatoumata Bouare, our Chief Finance and Operations Officer, said: "We are pleased to have issued the first-ever Jordanian dinar bond with the support of TCX and Citi, reflecting FMO’s strategy to create impact and to support the development of local capital markets. We look forward to further supporting the development of the JOD denominated market with future issuances." Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/etpQeFuE
news - FMO issues first offshore synthetic bond in Jordanian dinar in collaboration with TCX
fmo.nl
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Congratulations Daniel Baeza, Frontclear, Banesco República Dominicana and TCX on achieving this pioneering DOP repo deal!
Emerging market specialist | structured credit | derivatives | bonds & currencies | sales & structuring | blogger
Frontclear and Banesco Banco Múltiple, S. A. close a market first GMRA documented cross-border DOP repo against DOP-denominated collateral July 2024. Frontclear and Banesco República Dominicana concluded a USD 10 million synthetic DOP repo, using locally issued, DOP-denominated Dominican Republic Ministry of Finance and Central Bank bond collateral. This trade is the first ever DOP funded cross-border repo trade in the Dominican Republic with a bank as the borrower and against local currency collateral. With the help of The Currency Exchange Fund (TCX), Frontclear managed to swap Dollars for Dominican Peso funding and therefore offer Banesco liquidity with no embedded FX risk. The repo transaction is documented under standard GMRA 2011 and funded by FCC Securities (a 100% owned subsidiary of Frontclear), which established local custody infrastructure to secure title transfer of the collateral and DOP cash. The successful conclusion of this landmark trade demonstrates first-hand the benefits of using international market standard documentation including clarity on key aspects such as title transfer of collateral and enforceability of GMRA provisions in a close-out scenario. “This repo trade serves as a pivotal moment for the Dominican Republic money market. We are proud to have offered Banesco synthetic local currency funding against a basket of locally issued, local currency bonds as collateral. This structure works because Frontclear has built the necessary local custody and cash account infrastructure needed to secure local currency repos and we firmly believe it will be the first of many structures of this type.” – Daniel Baeza, SVP Frontclear "We are delighted to have partnered with Frontclear on this groundbreaking repo transaction. This innovative structure provides us with valuable liquidity without exposing us to FX risk. By leveraging locally issued bonds as collateral, we enhance our funding strategies and capitalize on favorable rates, enabling us to expand our asset base. From a sector perspective, this transaction represents a significant advancement in bolstering the resilience and growth of the local financial ecosystem." – Javier Vargas, CFA, Treasurer, Banesco Banco Múltiple, S. A. “This repo transaction in DOP is an important capital market development for the Dominican Republic. It allows local banks such as Banesco to do repos with offshore institutions, opening up new pools of liquidity that they can tap. As a development finance initiative, TCX was able to provide the USD for DOP currency swap in a market with no alternative swap provider. We look forward to collaborating with Frontclear on more transactions and supporting the development of repo offshore operations.” – Julian Carvajal, CFA, VP of Trading (Latin America), TCX
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Earlier this month, our partner and shareholder FMO - Dutch entrepreneurial development bank issued the first-ever offshore Jordanian dinar-indexed bond. TCX provided the JOD exposure to FMO through a swap transaction. "The issuance by FMO establishes greater market depth in the local fixed income curve. This milestone will facilitate greater private sector mobilization for future bond issuances and we look forward to supporting further synthetic local currency financing in Jordan", said Othman Boukrami. See the link in the comments for the press release. Paul Blower, Arthur Leijgraaff
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In our new Making Finance Work for Women Podcast episode, Ruurd Brouwer, CEO, TCX and Board Chair of the Global Gender-Smart Fund (GGSF), shares his experiences in seeing the harsh realities of gender inequality and GGSF's mission to address it. The GGSF, the world’s largest gender-lens investment fund, has implemented a new strategy focused on gender-smart financing. Women’s World Banking is one of the Preferred Technical Assistance Providers supporting the new strategy that aims to address the USD 1.7 trillion #GenderGap through #FinancialInclusion. We're also now available on Apple Podcasts! Listen to the latest episode: https://bit.ly/4fo61l0
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The TCX team is proud toshare that we have been upgraded by Moody’s to Aa3, from A1, entering ‘AA’ territory. For us it shows that solving the challenge of currency risk in development finance can be done! And it can be done with a solid business and risk model. The Moody’s upgrade is based on the fund’s strong and growing shareholder base, as well as its strong growth whilst remaining profitable and maintaining robust capital and liquidity metrics. On the stable outlook Moody’s states: We expect interest from other DFIs and governments to support its pioneering work to remain strong, and TCX's aim to extend into providing local-currency financing solutions for sovereigns, climate finance and sustainable infrastructure is fully aligned with the interests of its shareholders and government sponsors. #developmentfinance #capitalmarkets #innovation Thanking our investors; FMO - Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, EBRD, KfW European Investment Bank (EIB) IFC - International Finance Corporation Oikocredit Agence Française de Développement Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) BIO - the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries Proparco ASN Bank COFIDES @EMF BlueOrchard Finance Ltd Oxfam Novib Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation MFX Currency Risk Solutions Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) SECO Economic Cooperation and Development Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. And special thanks to the European Commission.
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