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Foreign Exchange Global Fund Banking

SVB’s Foreign Exchange team helps CFOs and GPs simplify the complexity of transacting in foreign currencies. We deliver speed of execution, respond quickly to your opportunities and issues, and share relevant market insights and advice to help mitigate the impact of foreign exchange (FX) risk on fund return performance.

Why SVB FX

Accelerated, simplified FX transactions

From identifying a cross-border investment opportunity to negotiating deal terms and making the final investment commitment, we help CFOs experience seamless start-to-finish FX trade and settlement execution.

Personal and nimble service

We are a highly dependable, market segment-focused FX relationship team that leverages SVB’s strengths of being faster and closer to clients to deliver great service and coverage.

Hedge advisory

The team formulates and delivers comprehensive currency risk management advice, peer industry insight, and strategies tailored to fund transaction-specific deal flow.

Comprehensive, industry-tailored solutions platform

FX solutions

Find the solution that fits your needs

Spot and forward contracts
Forward window contracts
FX option strategies
24-hour market orders
Comprehensive major and minor currency coverage

Trade execution

Trade how you want, when you want

SVB online banking
Worldwide 24/5.5 client coverage via online or SVB traders
Multiple third-party platforms
Algorithmic trading solutions

Risk management

Help protect against currency risk

PE/VC FX risk specialist
Management company fee and expense hedging
Transactional deal- related hedging
NAV-based (Net Asset Value) hedging
Fund and portfolio company rates hedging

Actionable market insights

Make informed decisions

Timely advisories on major market events
Guidance on industry best practices
Regulatory insights
Online content, webinars and events

Foreign currency accounts

Streamline your accounts

US-domiciled foreign currency account
Receive exit proceeds via SVB’s currency accounts
In-country accounts via our bank network

Industry Expertise

Growth equity

Buyout

Real estate

Infrastructure

Fund of funds

Secondaries

Private debt

Select FX clients

We serve private equity and venture capital firms at all stages of investment and across industries.

SVB has 2,629 VC and private equity clients.¹

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