-- オーストラリア・コモンウェルス銀行は水曜日に発表した初の為替バロメーター報告書の中で、オーストラリア企業は中東紛争による不確実性の中で事業および投資リスクに対処するため、ヘッジ活動を活発化させていると述べた。 2月16日から4月10日にかけて実施されたこの調査によると、輸入企業は為替リスクの約80%、輸出企業は約86%をヘッジしており、輸出と輸入の両方を行う企業はリスクの約3分の2をヘッジしている。これは部分的な自然相殺を反映している。 報告書によると、こうした活動水準は、企業の利益がオーストラリアドルの変動に大きく左右されることを示しており、特に中小企業は大手企業に比べて不利な為替変動のリスクが高い。 コモンウェルス銀行のエコノミスト兼為替ストラテジストであるキャロル・コング氏は、「大企業は為替リスクの約80%をヘッジしているのに対し、中小企業は約53%にとどまっており、中小企業が不利な為替変動に大きく晒されていることが浮き彫りになっている」と述べた。 報告書によると、年金基金は保有する海外の不動産およびインフラ資産の約4分の3以上をヘッジしている。調査対象となった年金基金のうち、80%以上が今後3ヶ月以内に為替リスクへのエクスポージャーを増やす予定である一方、エクスポージャーを減らす予定の年金基金は皆無だった。
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