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FX Initiative: Your FX Risk Management Formula [đ‘“đ‘„+đ¶đ‘ƒđž=đ‘“đ‘„đ¶đ‘ƒđž.𝑐𝑜𝑚]

Are your finance, accounting and treasury teams ready to manage foreign exchange (FX) risk in 2019? Whether you are new to foreign exchange or a seasoned professional, follow FX Initiative for your FX risk management formula to optimize an actionable plan for managing currency risk.

FX Initiative is a leading provider of FX risk management training to finance, accounting and treasury professionals through educational videos, online tools, and webinar topics that are eligible for continuing professional education (CPE) credit and offered on-demand anytime and anywhere at FXCPE.com. Our training approach starts by identifying knowledge gaps using our Pre-Test Evaluation, and then closing those knowledge gaps with our on-demand educational videos, real-world examples, and live and recorded webinar events to create a comprehensive curriculum on currency risk management.

The organizations FX Initiative works with recognize the value of investing in training that enables employees to excel at their job responsibilities, and apply their professional development and knowledge for the benefit of the firm. We teach best practices for reducing FX gains and losses, preserving cash flows, and optimizing FX risk management strategies for revenues, expenses, receivables, payables, assets, liabilities, and equity. The benefit to the bottom line and increased understanding and communication of FX challenges and solutions is brought about through the following four essential stages of learning:

First, we ask challenging and critical questions global firms face, such as:

  • How to manage currency risk?
  • How to draft a FX risk policy?
  • Where to look for FX risk exposures?
  • What currency risks to hedge and how?
  • Which strategies meet FX hedge objectives?
  • What is the economic and accounting impact?

Second, we answer those questions in our CPE video courses, which include:

  1. FX Market Overview
  2. FX Risk Exposures
  3. FX Risk Management
  4. FX Spot & Derivatives
  5. Hedging FX Transactions
  6. Hedging Foreign Subsidiaries

Third, we reinforce concepts with CPE exams and interactive examples using our:

Fourth, we present hands-on practical CPE webinars that cover the following topics:

  1. FX Risk Management
  2. FX Risk Policy
  3. FX Forward Contracts
  4. Balance Sheet Hedging
  5. Cash Flow Hedging
  6. Net Investment Hedging

Our approach ensures that topics are not only addressed in detail, but reinforced and practiced, enhancing confidence in your ability to implement and expand on your newly improved skills. All training content is available 24/7 365 to help you anytime and anywhere with FX risk policies, FX accounting, FX hedging strategies, and everything FX risk management related.  FX Initiative serves as a trusted partner and FX risk management resource to finance, accounting and treasury professionals with the goal of increasing collaboration and profitability.

Are you ready to manage FX risk?  Become a FX Initiative subscriber today to access our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples and events at FXCPE.com. Managing FX risk is a high priority for many firms in 2019, and it is now easier than ever to learn the fundamentals of currency risk management. You can reduce FX risk and reap rewards abroad by taking the FX Initiative for your international business today!

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Cheers to your continued success in the new year,

The FX Initiative Team
support@fxinitiative.com

Attend the Net Investment Hedging webinar!

You're invited to the

Net Investment Hedging webinar!

Thursday, November 15th | 2PM Eastern | 1 CPE Credit

Program Overview
Join us for a live webinar and learn how to hedge assets & equity in foreign subsidiaries operating abroad. This 1-hour session covers 4 key learning objectives:

  1. Discover the concept of a foreign exchange (FX) net investment hedge.
  2. Recognize the accounting and cash flow implications of hedging subsidiaries.
  3. Identify the top reasons why some corporations employ net investment hedges.
  4. Explore how forward contracts can be used to hedge equity in foreign operations.

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

Attend the Balance Sheet Hedging webinar!

You're invited to the

Balance Sheet Hedging webinar!

Thursday, September, 20th | 2PM Eastern | 1 CPE Credit

Program Overview
Join us for a live webinar and learn how to hedge FX receivables & payables and mitigate FX gains & losses. This 1-hour session covers 4 key learning objectives:

  1. Discover the concept of a foreign exchange (FX) balance sheet hedge program.
  2. Recognize how FX receivables and payables impact the financial statements.
  3. Explore how forward contracts can be used to mitigate FX gains and losses.
  4. Identify best practices for optimizing and adjusting balance sheet hedges.

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

You're invited to the FX Forward Contracts webinar!

You're invited to the

FX Forward Contracts webinar!

Thursday, June 21st | 2PM Eastern | 1 CPE Credit

Program Overview
Join us for a live webinar and learn what forward contracts are and why they are the most used derivative. This 1-hour session covers 4 key learning objectives:

  1. Discover the concept of over-the-counter (OTC) foreign currency derivatives.
  2. Identify what forward contracts are and how forward points are calculated.
  3. Recognize the payoff profile, economics and accounting of forward contracts.
  4. 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.

Focus First on FX Fundamentals

Foreign exchange risk management is referred to as a topic that’s “an inch wide and a mile deep.” This phrase means that one can easily cover the surface of the topic, but once you delve deeper there is a plethora of nuances and subtleties multinational corporations need to know to succeed.

The concept of “meta-learning” relates to an awareness and understanding of “how” you are learning not just “what” you are learning. In order for companies to solve more complex FX risk management issues, it is essential to look at “how” you are learning the fundamentals of FX risk management first.

For example, many companies struggle with accounting for currency derivatives. However, before a firm can truly grasp derivative accounting, it is essential to first build a foundation of knowledge on how to account for underlying foreign exchange exposures. Taking a step back can lead to a leap forward.

FX Initiative’s Currency Risk Management Training provides an incremental approach on both “how” and “what” to learn as it relates to foreign exchange exchange risk management. Whether you are brand new to FX or have prior experience, the training program can start where you currently are.

Our series of 6 training modules begins by focusing on the fundamentals of the Foreign Exchange Market and concludes with more advanced topics on Hedging FX Transactions & Foreign Subsidiaries. In between, we cover FX Risk Exposures, Risk Management, and Spot & Derivatives. This framework is designed to help the learner jump right into the curriculum at any point to elicit the most critical knowledge for their personal development. The key is that the learner has an awareness of where they are on the learning curve, and that is where the "how" of meta-learning comes into the equation.

FX Initiative's currency risk management training includes the following 6 video modules:

  1. Foreign Exchange (FX) Market Overview
  2. FX Risk Exposures
  3. FX Risk Management
  4. FX Spot & Derivatives
  5. Hedging FX Transactions
  6. Hedging Foreign Subsidiaries

You can watch the free introductions for each program to get an idea of the learning objectives covered, and then begin with the video you want to learn more about. For example, if you already know how to read currency quotations in the newspaper and how supply and demand impacts FX forecasting, then you may be ready to start learning where to look for FX Risk Exposures or how to create a FX Risk Management Policy. Investing the time up-front in learning foreign exchange fundamentals can help you solve more complex issues later on.

If you are ready to enahce your learning experience, become a FX Initiative subscriber today and access our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples and events at FXCPE.com. Managing FX risk has become a higher priority for many firms recently, and it is now easier than ever to learn the fundamentals of currency risk management. Take the FX Initiative for your international business today!

Click here to subscribe >

Cheers,

The FX Initiative Team
support@fxinitiative.com

Start Learning the ABC’s of FX Risk Management

When it comes to Foreign Exchange Risk Management, finance, accounting and treasury professionals often find themselves dealing with a wide range of complex cash flow and financial reporting issues. In order to provide more sophisticated solutions to complicated problems, it is essential to first build a foundation of knowledge to use as a framework to make decisions. FX Initiative’s currency risk management training helps you learn “The ABC’s of FX” starting with the most basic concepts to help you scale the learning curve and effectively manage FX risk for your business.

Global companies face questions of how to manage currency risk? How to draft a FX risk policy? Where to look for FX risk exposures? What currency risks to hedge and how? Which strategies meet FX hedge objectives? What are the economics? How to do FX accounting?

FX Initiative's foreign exchange risk management training addresses all of these questions with our online video series about:

  1. Foreign Exchange (FX) Market Overview
  2. FX Risk Exposures
  3. FX Risk Management
  4. FX Spot & Derivatives
  5. Hedging FX Transactions
  6. Hedging Foreign Subsidiaries

Then, you can review and test with quizzes and CPE exams. And reinforce learning using real examples with our:

FX Initiative training is available 24/7 365 to help you with FX risk policies, FX accounting, FX hedging strategies, and FX risk management.

Are you ready to manage FX risk?  Take the FX Initiative by subscribing today!

 

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If you are ready to deliver better results to the bottom line, become a FX Initiative subscriber today and access our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples and events at FXCPE.com. Managing FX risk has become a higher priority for many firms recently, and it is now easier than ever to learn the fundamentals of currency risk management. Take the FX Initiative for your international business today!

Click here to subscribe >

Cheers,

The FX Initiative Team
support@fxinitiative.com

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