MEET HARRY MILS
Harry Mills is a Director at Oku Markets Limited, a UK-based currency management firm. A well-respected leader in the FX market since 2010, Harry has helped thousands of businesses to more effectively manage their currency risk and improve their international payment operations.
Having enjoyed a successful career covering one of the world’s preeminent FX businesses, and heading the currency options trading desk at a boutique firm, Harry founded Oku Markets in 2021 with a mission to reform the market and provide a better service to businesses at transparent pricing.
Harry publishes a daily FX market newsletter and a weekly blog covering risk management and financial markets.
Currency risk is one of the most potentially damaging obstacles that businesses face, yet it is one of the least understood. The FX market is fast-moving, with unpredictable fluctuations and periods of high volatility. Financial decision-makers should arm themselves with the best analysis, the most effective strategies, and comprehensive advice from true industry experts. Harry Mills
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EXPERTISE
- FX Risk Management
- Hedging Strategy and Policy formulation
- Currency risk analytics
- Currency Options, vanilla to exotic
- Complex structured FX products
EXPERTISE
- FX markets and analysis
- Trade suitability and appropriateness
- Reviewing FX trading provisions and counterparties
- Setting up and operating an FX Options desk
- Running an FX dealing desk
SWIFT: Need to Know | By Harry Mills
12-04-2023 | Inherent risk and residual risk are simple but important concepts to grasp when assessing risk. This article explores how these concepts fit into a risk management programme and why it’s important to know your numbers!
Inherent and Residual Risk | By Harry Mills
28-03-2023 | Harry Mills | treasuryXL | LinkedIn | Inherent risk and residual risk are simple but important concepts to grasp when assessing risk. This article explores how these concepts fit into a risk management programme and why it’s important to know your numbers!
What is meant when we read or hear about Volatility?
09-11-2022 | Harry Mills | treasuryXL | LinkedIn We all have an intuitive feel for what volatility is – we know when a market is exhibiting high or low volatility because we see differences in price changes. But it pays to be more precise with our language and to understand what is meant when we […]
Types of Forward Contract
What is Pricing Risk (FX Risk) and how to deal with it?
22-09-2022 | Harry Mills | treasuryXL | LinkedIn Also known as pre-transaction risk, pricing risk occurs between a transaction being priced and agreed upon. It materialises when exchange rates change after a quote has been delivered, either impacting the sales margin or incurring a re-price. treasuryXL expert Harry Mills, founder & CEO of CEO Oku Markets, […]
Discussion LinkedIn poll | The Dollar-Euro exchange rate reached parity for the first time in two decades
25-08-2022 | treasuryXL | LinkedIn | We analyze the results of the most recent treasuryXL poll on today’s corporate treasury concerns in this third edition of the newsletter. We’ll show you how treasurers voted to express their opinions on a current issue, and a few treasury experts will explain their positions. We have invited Patrick Kunz, Harry Mills […]