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Actionable insights on foreign exchange risk management from FX Initiative.

Recognizing FX Revenues & Receivables (Video)

Recognizing FX Revenues & Receivables (Video): Explore the economic and accounting similarities and differences between forecasted and booked foreign exchange (FX) transactions using the FX Transaction Simulator tool.

 

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.

 

Exploring FX Economic Risk (Video)

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.

 

June 2019 Newsletter

Explore our June 2019 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 >

 

FX Risk Policy Best Practices

Discover FX risk policy best practices! FX Initiative’s FX Risk Policy webinar covers best practices for drafting a FX risk management policy, including strategies for pricing and booking FX transactions that enable a corporation to control FX risk, and how personnel, resources and operations are incorporated into a policy framework to reduce the impact of unpredictable changes in FX rates. 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 >

 

 

FX Forward Contract Fundamentals

Would you like to learn the fundamentals of FX forward contracts? FX Initiative’s FX Forward Contracts webinar covers long and short FX positions, forward point premiums and discounts, and the payoff profile of a forward contract using real world examples that show the economic impact on cash flows and accounting entries in the financial statements. 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 >

 

 

Identify The Top Two FX Hedge Objectives

Ready to optimize your firm’s FX hedge objectives? FX Initiative’s Hedging FX Transactions course covers best practices employed by Fortune 500 companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for achieving the top two FX hedge objectives, illustrated in detail with real world economic and accounting examples. 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 >

 

 

How to Test FX Transactions & Hedge Strategies

Ready to learn how to test FX transactions & hedge strategies? FX Initiative’s Foreign Exchange Transaction Simulator is a risk modeling tool that illustrates common FX exposures such as revenues, expenses, receivables and payables. The result is a detailed and interactive FX risk analysis that charts the economic payoff of a hedge strategy along with accounting journal entries and references to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). This tool serves to simplify the risk analysis process for you so you can focus on the practical bottom line impact to your global business. 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 >

 

 

Discover the Different Types of FX Derivatives

Do you want to discover the different types of FX derivatives in detail? FX Initiative’s FX Spot & Derivatives course will help you distinguish the different type of FX derivatives firms employ to effectively hedge FX risk. This program provides a comparative analysis of FX derivatives with simulated examples to demonstrate the instruments your firm can use. 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 >

 

 

Explore How To Forecast FX Rates

Want to explore how to forecast FX rates? FX Initiative’s FX Market Overview course provides proven best practices and real world examples to help you forecast future exchange rate movements in the $5+ trillion daily FX market, the largest and most liquid market in the world. 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 >

 

 

Attend the Cash Flow Hedging webinar!

You're invited to the

Cash Flow Hedging webinar!

Thursday, October 18th | 2PM Eastern | 1 CPE Credit

Program Overview
Join us for a live webinar and learn how to hedge and account for forecasted FX revenues & expenses. This 1-hour session covers 4 key learning objectives:

  1. Discover the concept of a foreign exchange (FX) cash flow hedge.
  2. Explore how FX revenues and expenses impact the financial statements.
  3. Recognize the cash flow and accounting implications of cash flow hedges.
  4. Identify corporate best practices for hedging forecasted FX transactions.

Who Should Attend
New and seasoned finance, accounting, treasury, and related professionals (CPA, CIA, CRMA, CFE, etc.) interested in international business.