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Henry Schein Swims in Notional Pool

Medical supply company benefits from using notional multicurrency pooling for subsidiaries cash. (Ferdinand Jahnel of Henry Schein)

By Dave Lindorff | Updated on August 14, 2012
One of the big—and costly—hassles for treasurers of global companies that operate in many different currencies has always been the need to hedge payables and receivables to minimize the risk of a significant shift in exchange rates.

For example, if a U.S.-based company had a subsidiary in Italy that expected to have to pay in euros in six months for an expansion, the parent company would enter into a transaction to hedge the anticipated payable amount out to the payment date at a set exchange rate. That meant paying a bank or dealer for a forward euro contract and tying up the money for six months.

Ferdinand Jahnel, treasurer at global medical, dental and veterinary supplies distributor Henry Schein Inc., says his company rarely needs to do such transactions. Instead, his company and others that operate in multiple currencies can set up a notional multicurrency cash pool, which allows the treasury to hedge both payables and receivables without ever having to enter into an FX contract.

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