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Hedging Insights

  • 10 things every CFO should know about currency hedging
  • 7 unwinding carry trades that crashed the markets
  • 9 FX movements that sent shudders through the global economy
  • Back with a bang: ALT21 attends the 2021 edition of Money 20/20
  • Baking bad: lessons on managing FX risk from an ill-fated birthday cake
  • Hedging: helping you keep a roof over your head since 1934
  • Limit your exposure: what’s currency risk and what can you do about it?
  • Looking back on 2021: ALT21’s year in review
  • Mind the dip: how hedging cushioned the blow when oil prices fell through the floor
  • No laughing gas: energy suppliers’ surprising hedging fail
  • Right as rain: our experience at the 2022 edition of Money 20/20
  • Spot the difference: are you still losing money on foreign exchange?
  • The beauty of creative destruction: why high-frequency trading is good for the markets
  • The British Pound’s great fall (and what it means for small businesses)
  • The Chicken McNuggets’ secret ingredient is not what you think…
  • The payroll problem: handling currency fluctuations in a location-independent world
  • The top 10 most successful hedge fund managers of all time
  • The wheels on the car go round and round… only if you hedge
  • Turbulence ahead! A hedging lesson from the airline industry
  • What the BaaS are you talking about? Everything you need to know about banking as a service
  • What’s in an API?

News

  • ALT21 joins Temenos Exchange to provide banks with automated and affordable FX hedging solutions for SME Banking services
  • ALT21 launches X Hedge, a platform allowing any business to offer own-branded currency solutions
  • ALT21 raises 21mio USD to fund the growth of its hedging platform
  • ALT21 Revolutionizes Foreign Exchange with Ultra-Low, Fully Transparent Mark-up Pricing, Enabling Businesses to Save Billions on their Foreign Currency Operations
  • ALT21 Secures $12.5 Million in Oversubscribed Series A Funding
  • ALT21 strengthens Board of Directors with Senior Appointment
  • ALT21 Welcomes Ann Stock as New Board Member
  • Assure Hedge Announces Rebrand to ALT21 to Reflect it’s Strategic Evolution
  • Assure Hedge appoints Pritesh Ruparel as CEO to lead the company through its next phase of rapid growth
  • Assure Hedge raises €5m to fund rapid expansion plans
  • Introducing Limit Orders: Hands-off spot conversions at your preferred rate
  • Irish SMEs Could Save €430m Annually on FX Costs
  • New feature alert: Empower staff and maintain control, with Payment Approvals

Team updates

  • A day in the life of… business development executive Daniel Dyl
  • A day in the life of… customer success executive Vishal Bhardwaj
  • Back of the net! Getting the FC Leytonstone women’s team off the ground with Assure Hedge’s help
  • Breaking: ALT21 is three new superstars stronger
  • From computer wunderkind to ALT21 shareholder: Danny’s journey
  • Introducing: ALT21’s three newest team members
  • Pritesh Ruparel: Why I joined ALT21
  • Taking things to the next level: ALT21’s three, highly-experienced new hires

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  • Embedding finance into consumer channels: a $7 trillion opportunity
  • ZERO-COST HEDGE: a hedging strategy that doesn’t have upfront costs

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ALT 21 Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under both the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and the Payment Services Directive (FRN: 783837). ALT21 Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority as an investment Firm to execute trades in FX Spot, Forwards and Options.

The information provided on this website is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject ALT21 Limited or its affiliates to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction.

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