Global Market Products

Your options in products and services

The options available from the Corporate Sales Desk of the Global Markets Division are:

Deposit and investment products

• Time deposits.
• Dual Currency Deposit (structured deposits).
• Repo and Reverse repo.
• Bonds (government, corporate, emerging markets) and T-bills in primary and secondary markets.
• Structured deposit products.

Currency risk management and hedging products

• Currency trading (spot) – at a branch, over the phone or through your e-Banking with e-FX for Business.
• FX Forward – lock in a fixed FX rate to convert foreign currency on a specific date.
• Flexible Forward – lock in a fixed FX rate for a specific period within which you can choose the time and amount of the currency exchange.
• Forward Plus – lock in a guaranteed FX rate for a future date, with the option to make the most of favourable rate movements, up to a certain limit.
• Knock-Out Forward – lock in a favourable FX rate to convert currency on a specific date, which, however, is knocked out if the market rate exceeds a certain limit.
• Foreign Exchange Option – buy the right to convert currency at a specific rate and for a specific period, without foregoing the option of capitalising on potential favourable rate movements.
• Zero-Cost Collar – lock in a minimum and maximum collar FX rate to convert currency on a specific future date.
• Customised solutions to protect against currency risks, depending on the needs and obligations of your business.

Interest risk management and hedging products

• Interest Rate Swap (fixed rate agreements).
• Interest Rate Cap (agreements to purchase protection against an increase in the reference rate) and Interest Rate Knock-out Caps (agreements to purchase protection against an increase in the reference rate with a periodic knock-out condition).
• Cross Currency Swap (agreements to swap interest rates in different currencies)
• Interest Rate Collar (agreement to limit the range of interest rate fluctuations).
• Customised solutions for protection against interest rate and borrowing cost management risks.

Commodity price risk management / hedging products

Specially designed products (Commodity Swaps) related to energy, metal and other commodity prices.

Issuance and placement of new corporate bonds

Arranging the issuance and placement of new corporate bonds (Lead Managers) for large companies in the primary market. We have considerable, long-standing experience in the field, working with the dedicated Syndication Desk of the Global Markets Division.

Information on the performance of money and currency markets

• Regular updates (by phone or email) and analysis of the developments in the currency, interest rate and bond markets, and the trends in commodity prices. At the Corporate Sales Desk, we are in direct, daily communication with the corporate financial management teams.
• Daily financial analyses of the Greek and international economy, sent by fax and email from the Economic Research Department of the Global Markets Division.

What you gain

With our Global Market Products, you gain significant benefits for your business:

• Direct and continuous updates about market developments.
• Enhanced returns on available funds, aligned with your needs and based on an assessment of your investment profile.
• Planning for liabilities and receivables in foreign currency and effective management of currency risk.
• Option to lock in a fixed interest rate. Management of interest rate risk and borrowing cost.
• Option to hedge against commodity price fluctuation risks.
• 24-hour execution of your orders (initiation, monitoring and execution).
• Access to the EMIR reporting services for derivative products.

Information

For further information contact the Corporate Sales Desk of the Global Markets Division:

8 Othonos Street

10557 Athens

• +30 2103718999 and GlobalMarketsCorporateSalesDesk@eurobank.gr
• +30 2103718754 and GlobalMarketsRetailSalesDesk@eurobank.gr