Unhedge

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To undo the hedging of (in various senses). transitive

    "[…] then the manager must unhedge the face value of the foreign futures contracts by buying forward foreign exchange to give the appropriate currency exposure on the face value of assets held in each country."

Example

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"[…] then the manager must unhedge the face value of the foreign futures contracts by buying forward foreign exchange to give the appropriate currency exposure on the face value of assets held in each country."

Etymology

From un- + hedge.

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