Foreign Exchange FAQs

If the menu is not visible, this will be for one of two reasons:

1. Your user profile has not been provisioned with access; or
2. Your organisation has not been provisioned with access.

Your Administrator can confirm if your organisation has been provisioned by viewing the list of available roles in the Role Management screen. If the FX Contracts Role is shown, then your Administrator can assign it to you. If the FX Contracts Role is not shown, please contact your ANZ Representative for further assistance.
For more information, please also refer to New User FAQs.

All FX contracts with a settlement date greater than or equal to today are visible in the Current Contracts or Manage Contracts Screens. FX contracts in an Open status with a settlement date of Today or that are in a Matured, Exhausted or Cancelled status, are visible in the Past Contracts Screen.

Past FX contracts can be viewed in the Past Contracts Screen and are limited to a three-month window within the last 13 months from today’s date. For FX contracts older than 13 months, please contact your Markets Dealer.

You can create FX contracts in the Create Contracts and Manage Contracts Screens.

You can pre-deliver or extend the full or partial amount of the original FX contract in the Manage Contracts Screen. When pre-delivering or extending an FX contract, you will be quoted a new rate to match the new settlement date. The FX contract will be available to view in the Current Contracts or Manage Contracts Screens and will contain the original FX contract’s Contract Number with an alphabet denoted at the end.

FX contracts are confirmed in either eMatching or upon receiving a confirmation email from ANZ. If you have access to eMatching, you can confirm your FX contracts via the Applications menu in ANZ Transactive - Global.

• Contract Number is the unique number provided when an FX contract is created.
• Contract Reference is generated when you complete a Get Rate request in ANZ Transactive - Global.

If a payment has utilised an FX contract, the Contract Number will be available in the FX Contract ID column in the Current Payments Screen.

This glossary explains the meaning of some of the language that is used in ANZ Transactive - Global.

TERM	DEFINITION
All-in Rate	The exchange rate applicable to a Contract.
ANZ, we, our or us	ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited (unless the context requires otherwise).
Contract	Also known as "FEC" or "Transaction". Each currency forward transaction entered into between us and you from time to time (and if you are a "retail investor" under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013, including each FX Forward and each Short Dated FX as referred to in our Product Disclosure Statement in relation to an offer of currency forwards).
Contract Reference	Also known as "Deal ID", "FEC Number" or "FEC #". A code given to a specific Contract.
Deal ID	See "Contract Reference".
Extend	A request to amend the original Payment Date for a Contract to a later date.
Far Leg	The Contract with the later Payment Date of two Contracts which together comprise an FX Swap.
FEC	See "Contract".
FEC Number or FEC #	See "Contract Reference".
Forward Points	The adjustment applied to the Spot Rate to derive the All-in Rate. The adjustment is made based on a range of factors including (but not limited to): the difference in interest rates between the two currencies; our views on liquidity and market volatility; the amount of currency being exchanged; the term of the Contract; your creditworthiness and legal structure; regulatory requirements imposed on us; and overall market risk.
FX Swap	A combination of two Contracts having different Terms entered into between you and us when you want to exchange two currencies and, on a later date, want to re-exchange those currencies.
Near Leg	The Contract with the earlier Payment Date of two Contracts which together comprise an FX Swap.
Parent Rate	Also known as "Parent All-in Rate". The original All-in Rate before any request to Extend or for Pre- Delivery.
Payment Date	Also known as "maturity date", "Settlement Date" or "value date". The date on which you and we must exchange currencies as agreed under the terms of a Contract.
Pre-Delivery	A request to amend the original Payment Date for a Contract to an earlier date.
Rate	The All-in Rate, Parent Rate or Spot Rate, as the context requires.
Settlement Date	See "Payment Date".
spot exchange rate	Also known as "Spot Rate". The exchange rate applicable to a Spot FX.
Spot FX	A currency forward transaction that has a term of up to 2 Business Days.
Spot Rate	See "spot exchange rate".
Swap Points	In the context of a request to Extend or for Pre-Delivery, the adjustment applied to the Parent Rate to derive the All-in Rate. In the context of an FX Swap, the adjustment applied to the Spot Rate to derive the All-in Rate. See also "Forward Points" for discussion of the factors that may be relevant to the adjustment.
Term	The period of time between the Trade Date and the Payment Date of a Contract.
Trade Date	Also known as "Transaction Date", "effective date" or "start date". The date on which a Contract is entered into.
Transaction	See "Contract".
Transaction Date	See "Trade Date".

ENQUIRY TYPE	AUSTRALIA CONTACT	NEW ZEALAND CONTACT
ANZ Transactive – Global log on, functionality and password resets	Customer Service Centre: 133 199 / +61 3 9601 1200	Customer Service Centre: 0800 800 760 / +64 4 473 0358
Markets support	1800 644 323 / +61 1800 644 323 CommercialInstitutionalTradeSupport@anz.com	0800 220 400 / +64 4 569 1250 fes@anz.com