Cross Hedges and Delta-Cross Hedges
A delta-cross hedge is used when there are both maturity and currency mismatches between the
underlying exposure and the futures hedge. The regression in equation 5.7 must be modified for a
delta -cross hedge to include both basis risk from the maturity mismatch as well as currency cross -
rate risk from the currency mismatch. The general form of the regression equation for estimating
the optimal hedge ratio of a delta-cross hedge is