financial risk management with foreign institutions from a central and departmental view presented...
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Financial Risk Management with Foreign Institutions
From a Central and Departmental View
Presented by: Bob Stemple,
Associate Director Research Revenue
Peggy Bartek, Sr. Grants Administrator MGH Center for Global Health
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Setting Expectations
• Specific deliverables • Scope• Communication• Cultural
Who? What? Where? When?
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Assessing Collaborators
• Financial systems • Technical expertise• Environmental factors (economic,
geographical)• Past performance, questionnaires
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Building an Agreement
• Clear deliverables• Contractual language as protection for all
parties• Managing risk, never eliminating it• Engaging local counsel• Third parties – NGOs, hospitals,
universities
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Types of Agreements
• Fixed price – what happens when currency fluctuates?
• Milestones – what happens when milestones are not met?
• Custom agreements
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Managing Risk - Ongoing
• Fluctuating exchange rates – who takes the hit?
• COMMUNICATION! – local and foreign• Roles and responsibilities – collaborator
and foreign PI• Training for local administrators• Petty cash at foreign sites
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Subcontract from a hospital in SpainContract states to be invoiced and paid in U.S. Dollars
Date Awarded Euro Budget Expenses Payments
4/12/12 $100,000 N.A. $100,000
5/14/12 $50,000
6/16/12 $50,000 $50,000
7/17/12 $50,000
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Subcontract from a hospital in SpainContract states Budget in Euros
Date Awarded Euro Budget Expenses Equivalent
4/12/12 $100,000 .7546 €75,460
5/10/12 .8547 $50,000 €42,735
6/16/12 .8547 $50,000 €32,725
Total $100,000 €75,460
Should be €42,735
Short ($11,712) €10,000
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Subcontract from a hospital in SpainContract states to be invoiced in Euros
Date Awarded Euro Expense Invoiced Payments
4/12/12 $100,000
5/14/12 .7546 $50,000 €37,730
6/16/12 .6546 $50,000 €32,730
7/17/12 .8546 €37,730
.8546 €32,730
Totals ($17,552) $82,448 €70,460
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Subcontract from a hospital in SpainContract states to be invoiced & paid in Euros
Date Awarded Euro Expense Invoiced Payments
4/12/12 $100,000
5/14/12 .7546 $50,000 €37,730
6/16/12 .6546 $50,000 €32,730
7/17/12 $44,149 .8546 €37,730
8/19/12 $34,286 .9546 €32,730
Total $78,435 ($21,565) €70,460
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Subcontract to a hospital in JapanContract states to pay in Japanese Yen
Date Awarded Mark Budget Invoiced Payments
4/12/12 $100,000
5/14/12 $50,000 $50,000
6/16/12 1.479 ¥73,977
Now what? ¥23,977