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Overhadging (finance) and La Galissonniere, Roland-Michel Barrin, marquis de (sh)


Overhadging (finance)


A hedged position in which the offsetting position is for a greater amount than the underlying position held by the firm entering into the hedge.





La Galissonniere, Roland-Michel Barrin, marquis de (sh)




born Nov. 10, 1693, Rochefort, France
died Oct. 26, 1756, Montereau

French naval officer.

While serving in the French navy (1710-36), he made several supply trips to New France and held various commands in the Atlantic. As commandant General of New France (1747-49), he sought unsuccessfully to fortify a link along the Ohio River between French Canada and the Louisiana settlements and to establish French settlements in Detroit and the Illinois country. In 1754 he was given command of a naval squadron assigned to protect French shipping from the Barbary pirates.