Foreign Currency Risk Management

As real estate companies increasingly diversify by investing abroad, they need to protect against foreign currency swings to safeguard the value of their portfolios. With extensive experience in developing and executing hedging strategies for real estate investors, Chatham is uniquely positioned to help you understand your exposure to fluctuations in the foreign currency markets and mitigate the associated risks. With a culture that puts you front and center, our top priority is reducing FX risk for our real estate clients through expert advice, flawless execution, and proactive service.

We handle every aspect of the FX hedging process, from establishing FX hedging policies customized to your unique situation to best-in-class execution. Our expertise encompasses historical back-testing, Monte Carlo simulations and scenario analysis, policy formulation, organization structuring solutions, pricing and analysis on potential trades, and setting up trading lines and negotiating associated documentation. Our proprietary trade management platform, ChathamDirect, allows you to view all of your positions across your portfolio and understand your exposure to each trading counterparty. Chatham can recommend FX counterparties with competitive pricing and terms, onboard your selected counterparties, assist with ISDA negotiation, and provide regulatory advice.

With a global footprint and experience with thousands of FX trades annually, including forwards, options, and swaps, we have insights into country-specific, regional, and global trends. This enables us to meet the FX risk management needs of the world’s largest real estate companies and offer perspectives on market trends and global best practices.