Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 - SECT 763C

                   For the purposes of this Chapter, a person manages financial risk if they:

                     (a)  manage the financial consequences to them of particular circumstances happening; or

                     (b)  avoid or limit the financial consequences of fluctuations in, or in the value of, receipts or costs (including prices and interest rates).

Note 1:       Examples of actions that constitute managing a financial risk are:

(a)    taking out insurance; or

(b)    hedging a liability by acquiring a futures contract or entering into a currency swap.

Note 2:       An example of an action that does not constitute managing a financial risk is employing a security firm (while that is a way of managing the risk that thefts will happen, it is not a way of managing the financial consequences if thefts do occur).