Commodity Proxy Hedging

80–90% less commodity price risk — even where no direct hedge exists.

More stable revenues, stronger competitiveness, greater predictability — with IFRS 9 and AFRAC 15 compliant reporting.

80–90%
Price-risk reduction
IFRS 9
& AFRAC 15 compliant
0
Direct derivative required
The problem

Volatile commodity prices hit profitability — with no instrument to hedge them.

Companies with a high share of material costs are under immense pressure from volatile commodity prices — often without suitable derivatives to hedge.

Fluctuations in inventory valuation affect earnings directly. The lower the EBIT, the more strongly commodity price swings impact results and, ultimately, equity.

The effect reaches further: greater uncertainty in project business and budgeting — and no existing risk-management solution to address it.

Pressure of unhedged commodity exposure
Unhedged exposure · direct hit to EBIT
Why the usual answers fall short

Every alternative carries its own cost — or its own risk.

Three approaches are common. None resolves the problem cleanly.

APPROACH 01

Price-adjustment clauses

Not always possible, or tied to factors outside the company’s control — including counterparty risk.

APPROACH 02

Spot purchasing & higher inventory

Eliminates price-fluctuation risk, but burdens the company with storage, financing, and insurance costs.

APPROACH 03

Long-term supply contracts

Limited feasibility — and associated counterparty risk.

THE HEDGEGO WAY

Proxy Hedging enables autonomous risk limitation — with limited cost.

Balancing risk against cost
Dynamic basket · continuously rebalanced
The solution

A dynamic basket of tradable derivatives — built to reflect your specific price-change risk.

Using our proprietary method, we identify a dynamic basket of derivatives that reliably reflects your specific price-change risk — even where no direct hedging instrument exists.

The solution is continuously updated, so your hedging strategy always remains effective.

IFRS 9 compliant
Recognised hedge accounting
AFRAC 15 compliant
Austrian reporting standard
Continuously updated
Always reflects current risk
The process in five steps

From your purchase data to a monitored hedge.

01

Data Transfer

The company provides its purchase data — securely and confidentially.

02

Risk & Weighting

HedgeGo calculates the risk and the required Proxy Index weighting.

03

Selection

The asset manager selects contracts by market and maturity.

04

Review

Company & HedgeGo review — objection within 2h or execution proceeds.

05

Execution & Monitoring

Broker executes; the margin account shows ongoing performance.

The participants & their roles

Four parties. One coordinated hedge.

Company
You

Continuously provides purchase data, deposits margin (≈20% of the risk), and controls the selection — with a 2-hour objection window.

HedgeGo
Core

Calculates and monitors the Risk & Proxy Index, and determines the weighting that covers the measured risk.

Asset Manager
Partner

Selects the specific derivatives and their quantity to reflect the weighting, then instructs the broker.

Broker / Bank
Execution

Executes the contracts on the exchange and reports results in the online account.

Neither the asset manager nor the bank has access to the company’s data — it remains exclusively with HedgeGo.
What you gain

Price security, better planning, a stronger position.

80–90%

Risk reduction

Financial results are expected to show an 80–90% reduction in commodity price-fluctuation risk.

Improved price security

Limited price-risk transfer — including the competitive advantage of offering fixed prices to your own clients.

Transparent reporting

Accounted as a hedging transaction, for clear and comprehensible financial statements.

Easy to implement

Straightforward to put in place — moderate effort, high transparency, limited cost.

Let’s talk

Let us analyse your material price risk.

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