Singapore through Pacific Oil imports tons of crude petroleum from neighbouring country Malaysia annually to manage the high consumption demand in the country and abroad. However, top management in...

Singapore through Pacific Oil imports tons of crude petroleum from neighbouring country Malaysia annually to manage the high consumption demand in the country and abroad. However, top management in Pacific Oil is not comfortable with the idea of using derivatives as a way to manage the transaction exposure.

(i)Theoretically, why do the top management in Pacific Oil are not in favour in using derivative to manage the transaction exposure?

(ii) Describe other strategies to manage the transaction exposure.