CURRENCY RISK SHARING

Negotiated agreement between two parties where they agree to split the risk from exchange rate changes. In general, it entails a price adjustment provision in which the base price of the transaction is adjusted if the currency rate fluctuates beyond a defined neutral band or zone. It happens only if the rate at the time of transaction goes beyond the band. A form of hedging currency risk, it seeks to remove the zero-sum game nature of currency fluctuations where one party benefits at the detriment of another.