Case Study

Information about the Case Report

1. Case: Acpana Business Systems Inc.: Effect of Currency Exposure on Revenue

2. Due date: This report is due at the beginning of the class on July 7, 2015.

3. Your case report MUST be typed, and must be handed in as a paper copy in class. Hand-written reports are not accepted.

4. Feel free to make assumptions; justify your assumptions.

5. You report should include the following analysis:

* Which vehicles does Acpana have at its disposal for hedging? Assume Acpana will need to transfer $200,000 US dollars to Canadian dollars on a regular basis, calculate the impact of these different hedging strategies against a naked position at:

a. 1 Cdn$=1 US$;

b. 1 Cdn$=0.90 US$;

c. 1 Cdn$=1.10 US$.

* Should Schenkel recommend Acpana hedge its position in Canadian dollars? Why or why not? If you think he should recommend a hedge, which vehicle should he recommend?

* Does the Economist Business Unit’s forecast that the Canadian dollar will finish the year at parity to the US dollar affect your decision to hedge?

* Summarize your conclusions.

1. Frame the issue. What is Brenzel Concerned by the current exchange rate fluctuation?

Acpana Business System is a Canadian software development and backup-as-a-service provider through its websiteswww.ddatadepositbox.com and www.datadepositbox.ca. Customers registered with www.ddatadepositbox.com are charged in American dollars; customers registered with www.datadepositbox.ca are charged in Canadian dollars. So Acpana’s revenues mainly composed of American dollars and Canadian dollars. Fluctuations in the value of these two currencies can significantly impacts its total revenue, which is expressed in Canadian dollars after conversions.