Message-ID: <1843689.1075842031413.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 09:45:53 -0700 (PDT) From: john.zufferli@enron.com To: gary.hickerson@enron.com, william.stuart@enron.com, john.lavorato@enron.com, rob.milnthorp@enron.com Subject: Currency Hedging Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Zufferli, John X-To: Hickerson, Gary , Stuart III, William , Lavorato, John , Milnthorp, Rob X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \ExMerge - Zufferli, John\Sent Items X-Origin: ZUFFERLI-J X-FileName: john zufferli 6-26-02.PST Given the volatility in the gas market (which is the sole impact on the Canadian power book's US dollar exposure) and the exhorbitant cost involved in hedging multi-year cashflows (i.e. as evidenced by Friday 10/19/2001 trade of -$1,200,000 Cdn new deal value for the 14 year swap that I entered into), I will manage the currency exposure of this book myself, I will hedge appropriately when I see fit and will not accept hedges forced on Enron Canada because of arbitrary position limits set by your department. John Zufferli