This may impact investment managers and investors who use the currency markets either to finance security transactions or to hedge their exposure to currency risk.

RBC Investor Services offers traders, investors and investment managers a balanced and mature approach to foreign exchange. We provide tailored services that allow our clients to focus on their primary investment decisions without concerning themselves with foreign exchange arrangements or cash-flow management.

As part of our competitive range of services, clients have access to a 24-hour operation through RBC Investor Services’ trading desks in Toronto, London, Luxembourg, Hong Kong and Sydney.

We carry out spot, forward, and swap transactions in all tradable currencies. In select markets services are extended to include fixed income and equity intermediation, options and futures intermediation and settlement and securities lending.

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RBC Investor Services is pleased to present “Foreign Exchange – Solving The Enigma”, its latest White Paper.

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We analyse the drivers of foreign exchange demand and the characteristics of the leading market participants. We also outline the most common foreign exchange instruments and consider the selection criteria and risks inherent in foreign exchange trading.

We also examine the in-house versus outsourced question and put forward some key points to consider when selecting a foreign exchange service provider.

"Also available are Decoding the Risk, which examines ways to mitigate risk through currency overlay, and The Art of Hedging, which analyses how to implement and maintain a successful currency hedging program."

For more information on our foreign exchange capabilities, please contact us.