Possibilities and methods of currency risk management

The topic of this bachelor thesis is methods of currency risk management. In the globalised world most of the companies that take part in foreign trade are exposed to such risk. Therefore it is important to understand how this risk originates and how it can be managed. Because the main world trade currencies, including the US dolar, are unstable, ingnoring this problem can cause companies significant losses. In the main part of this bachelor thesis the author deals in detail with internal and external methods of currency risk management. This theoretical knowledge is then used in the analytical part to analyze and hedge the foreign currency exposure of Škoda Auto a.s. during 2010 and evaluate the outcomes of the analysis