August 2021 Newsletter August FX Analyses: Explore our newsletter and discover the latest blog posts and insights from FX Initiative. We help finance, accounting, treasury, and sales professionals stay up to date with new training content, CPE webinars, and helpful tips & resources. Get started with our foreign exchange risk management training, which provides 24/7 365 access to our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples and events at FXCPE.com. Start Training > View Newsletter August 3, 2021By FX Initiative General accounting, balance, booking, CPE, currency, development, earnings, economics, education, EPS, events, examples, exchange, finance, financial, foreign, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, hedging, income, insights, instruments, learning, management, newsletter, pricing, professional, rates, risk, sheet, statement, statements, training, treasury, updates, videos 0 0 Comment
July 2021 Newsletter Summer Learning Sessions: Explore our July newsletter and discover the latest blog posts and insights from FX Initiative. We help finance, accounting, treasury, and sales professionals stay up to date with new training content, CPE webinars, and helpful tips & resources. Get started with our foreign exchange risk management training, which provides 24/7 365 access to our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples and events at FXCPE.com. Start Training > View Newsletter July 6, 2021By FX Initiative General accounting, balancesheet, currency, derivatives, development, economics, education, examples, exchange, finance, forecasting, foreign, fundamental, fxcpe, fxinitiative, hedging, income, insights, learning, management, newsletter, plans, policy, procedures, professional, risk, statement, technical, training, treasury, updates, videos 0 0 Comment
Prioritizing Professional Development Plans Professional development in the workplace often refers to required employee training in areas such as workplace safety, corporate policies, and industry specific rules and regulations. While this training is commonplace in the corporate setting, it rarely provides value add to the employee or organization in terms of job performance and profitability. FX Initiative's approach to professional development focuses on practical employee training and delivering actionable insights. We start by identifying knowledge gaps using our Pre-Test Evaluation, then we close those knowledge gaps with our on-demand educational videos, and we reinforce our learning concepts using real-world examples. Professionals tasked with foreign exchange risk management often know their goals and objectives, but struggle with how to achieve them due to lack of training. Without practicing what you've learned and investing time and resources into education, it seems unrealistic to expect positive bottom line results and achievement of target plans. The organizations FX Initiative works with recognize that investing in quality training that directly relates to employee job responsibilities benefits both the employee and the bottom line. Not only are employees more knowledgeable and capable after completing our training, but they are able to apply their knowledge for the benefit of their customers and the firm. FX training is a win-win outcome. FX sales teams are able to have deeper conversations with clients, gain a better understanding of problems and available solutions, and secure long-term relationships that are mutually beneficial to both parties. Treasury professionals are able to significantly reduce FX gains and losses, preserve cash flows from FX transactions, and articulate their results more clearly and confidently to senior management. FX Initiative's Currency Risk Management Training provides a valuable turnkey plan for learning foreign exchange that helps FX sales teams collaborate more effectively with treasury professionals. FX service providers and global firms can take full advantage of our unique FX training opportunity by proactively investing in their employees and organizations. Professional development is no longer something to simply check off the list, it is now a priority for global companies and their employees to remain competitive and profitable. To learn more, start your FX risk management training today, which provides 24/7 365 access to our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples & events at FXCPE.com. Start FX Training June 29, 2021By FX Initiative General accounting, CFA, continuing, CPA, CPE, CTP, currency, derivatives, economics, education, finance, fxcpe, fxinitiative, goals, hedging, improvement, learning, management, objectives, performance, productivity, professional, profitability, progress, results, risk, training, treasury 0 0 Comment
June 2021 Newsletter FX Summer School Enrollment: Explore our June newsletter and discover the latest blog posts and insights from FX Initiative on currency risk management. We help finance, accounting, treasury, and sales professionals stay up to date with new training content, CPE webinars, and helpful tips & resources. Scale the learning curve quickly and easily with our foreign exchange risk management training, which provides 24/7 365 access to our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples and events at FXCPE.com. Start Training > View Newsletter June 1, 2021By FX Initiative General accounting, CPE, curreny, development, education, examples, finance, fxcpe, fxinitiative, hedging, insights, learning, management, model, newsletter, professional, risk, school, simulation, strategy, summer, training, treasury, updates, videos 0 0 Comment
May 2021 Newsletter May FX Risk Management Mastery: Explore our May newsletter and discover the latest blog posts and insights from FX Initiative. We help finance, accounting, treasury, and sales professionals stay up to date with new training content, CPE webinars, and helpful tips & resources. Get started with our foreign exchange risk management training, which provides 24/7 365 access to our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples and events at FXCPE.com. Start Training > View Newsletter May 4, 2021By FX Initiative General accounting, CPE, currency, derivatives, development, education, examples, exchange, finance, foreign, fxcpe, fxinitiative, hedging, insights, learning, management, newsletter, professional, risk, training, treasury, updates, videos 0 0 Comment
Exploring FX Economic Risk Exploring FX Economic Risk (Video): Explore the concept of foreign exchange (FX) economic risk and recognize its macro impact on the financial statements and global business opportunities. This video is a preview of FX Initiative’s FX Risk Exposures course as part of Learning Objective #1. To learn more, start your FX risk management training today, which provides 24/7 365 access to our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples & events at FXCPE.com. Start FX Training April 13, 2021By FX Initiative FX Risk Exposures, General accounting, business, CPE, currency, economics, education, elections, exchange, finance, foreign, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, government, hedging, learning, loss, macro, management, policy, political, profit, regulatory, risk, training, treasury 0 0 Comment
March 2021 Newsletter March FX Risk Management Mastery: Read our March newsletter and discover the latest blog posts and insights from FX Initiative on currency risk management. We help finance, accounting, treasury, and sales professionals stay up to date with new training content, CPE webinars, and helpful tips & resources. Scale the learning curve quickly and easily with our foreign exchange risk management training, which provides 24/7 365 access to our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples and events at FXCPE.com. Start Training > View Newsletter March 2, 2021By FX Initiative General accounting, articles, CPE, currency, development, education, events, examples, finance, fxcpe, fxinitiative, hedging, insights, learning, management, model, newsletter, professional, risk, simulation, strategy, treasury, updates, videos, virtual 0 0 Comment
CPE Webinar Invite: FX Forward Contracts Program Overview FX Initiative cordially invites you to attend webinar titled "FX Forward Contracts" on Thursday, February 25th, 2021 at 11AM Pacific / 2PM Eastern. Join us and learn what forward contracts are and why they are the most used derivative. This FX Forward Contracts webinar will explain what forward contracts are and why they are the most used foreign exchange (FX) derivative among multinational corporations. We begin with a basic understanding of over-the-counter (OTC) foreign currency derivatives that are sold by commercial banks as part of their international treasury and risk management products. We will then delve into the fundamentals of forward contracts, including long and short positions and forward point premiums and discounts. Additionally, we will examine the payoff profile of a forward contract and review the economic cash flow and financial reporting implications. To conclude, we will look at the overwhelming popularity of forward contracts using the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) FX data as well as highlights from the annual reports (10-K) of several multinational corporations that deploy forward contracts to hedge currency risk. Learning Objectives Discover the concept of over-the-counter (OTC) foreign currency derivatives. Identify what forward contracts are and how forward points are calculated. Recognize the payoff profile, economics and accounting of forward contracts. Explore why forward contracts are the most used FX derivative by corporations. Who Should Attend? New and seasoned finance, accounting, treasury, and related professionals (CPA, CIA, CRMA, CFE, etc.) interested in international business. Register February 23, 2021By FX Initiative General, Webinar accounting, best, business, CPE, currency, derivative, education, event, finance, forex, forward, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedge, hedging, international, learning, management, OTC, practices, risk, training, treasury, virtual, webinar 0 0 Comment
Simulating FX Hedging Strategies To become proficient in any skill, including currency risk management, practice makes perfect. To help companies practice in 2021, FX Initiative’s Foreign Exchange Transaction Simulator addresses a wide variety of FX scenarios by stress-testing hypothetical FX hedging strategies. This interactive risk modeling tool illustrates the economics and accounting of the most common hedging strategies for underlying foreign exchange exposures such as revenues, expenses, receivables, and payables. You can simply input your company specific and foreign exchange market variables, and then select your hedging strategy, which includes not hedging or hedging with a forward contract, vanilla option or zero cost collar. The resulting output is a highly detailed interactive FX risk analysis that charts the economic payoff of your selected hedging strategy, ranks the alternative hedging strategies, and reports the accounting journal entries and t-accounts with authoritative references to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Behind the scenes, our robust pricing engine and database simplifies the risk analysis process for you so you can focus on the bottom line impact to your business. This versatile tool transforms 16 inputs into one information rich analysis in 3 easy steps. Step 1 is to select (1) the Underlying Exposure and input the related variables of (2) Functional Currency, (3) Foreign Currency, (4) Underlying Notional Amount, (5) Beginning Exchange Rate, (6) Currency Quoting Convention, (7) Start Date, (8) End Date and (9) the Day Count. Step 2 is to select a (10) Hedging Strategy and input the related variables of (11) Hedge Ratio %, (12) Domestic Interest Rate, (13) Foreign Interest Rate, (14) Implied Volatility, and (15) the Collar Range. Step 3 is to forecast (16) the ending exchange rate to see how positive and negative changes in exchange rates impact the cash flow and financial reporting of your selected hedging strategy. This FX risk management web application customizes strategies and can be modified efficiently and effectively. For example, if you want to change your underlying exposure or hedge strategy, it’s as simple as one-click. If you want to know which strategy yields the best outcome, all 4 strategies are ranked for you automatically. If you want to see how the default or elective accounting treatment differ, the journal entries and t-accounts are instantly presented side-by-side. This Foreign Exchange Transaction Simulator acts as your own personal quantitative analyst, and puts you in a positions to make a qualified foreign exchange risk management decisions. To begin practicing hypothetical FX hedging, start your FX risk management training today, which provides 24/7 365 access to our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples & events at FXCPE.com. Start FX Risk Management Training > February 16, 2021By FX Initiative Examples, General accounting, compare, contrast, currency, demonstration, economics, education, example, expense, forecast, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, hedging, hypothetical, learning, management, model, payable, practice, proficient, receivable, revenue, risk, simulation, stresstest, tool, training, VaR 0 0 Comment
February 2021 Newsletter February FX Education: Read our newsletter and discover the latest blog posts and insights from FX Initiative on currency risk management. We help finance, accounting, and treasury professionals stay up to date with training content, CPE webinars, and helpful resources. Scale the learning curve quickly and easily with our foreign exchange risk management training, which provides 24/7 365 access to our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples and events at FXCPE.com. Start Training > View Newsletter February 2, 2021By FX Initiative General, Partnerships, Webinar accounting, articles, CPE, currency, development, edcuation, events, examples, finance, fxcpe, fxinitiative, hedging, insights, learning, management, model, newsletter, professional, risk, simulation, strategy, training, treasury, updates, videos, virtual, webinars 0 0 Comment