HEDGE YOUR BETS!

摘要

Inertia is as much a fundamental principle of container shipping as it is within physics, but in early January, the historic maritime city of Hamburg was host to the latest CFDA Global Forum.Despite the weather, this was no frosty encounter, with enthusiasm in the air. A conference room full of delegates at the HSH Nordbank offices spent the day discussing the latest developments in indices and hedging.When the first container derivative traded three years ago, the financial community highlighted the increasing importance of hedging products to deal with the worrying outlook of freight rate volatility.