Webinar Series: Balance Sheet Hedging Program Overview FX Initiative cordially invites you to attend our webinar series. Join us and learn how to hedge FX receivables & payables and mitigate FX gains & losses. This Balance Sheet Hedging webinar will teach you how to hedge foreign exchange (FX) receivables and payables to mitigate FX gains and losses on the Income Statement. We will begin by defining the concept of a balance sheet hedge, and explore why is it often viewed as the foundation of many corporate FX risk management programs. We will break down the impact of how FX receivables and payables, which are known as underlying positions, produce FX gains and losses on the financial statements from mark-to-market accounting treatment. We will then explore how to offset those underlying FX gains and losses on the Income Statement by hedging with forward contracts to reduce periodic earnings volatility. Finally, we examine best practices for optimizing balance sheet hedges by considering details such as accounting booking rates, netting of exposures, and adjusting hedges as balances change from cash inflows and outflows. Learning Objectives Discover the concept of a foreign exchange (FX) balance sheet hedge program. Recognize how FX receivables and payables impact the financial statements. Explore how forward contracts can be used to mitigate FX gains and losses. 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. Register November 10, 2020By FX Initiative General, Webinar accounting, best, business, CPE, currency, derivative, earnings, education, event, finance, forex, forward, fxcpe, fxinitiative, gain, global, hedge, international, learning, loss, management, offset, practices, risk, training, treasury, virtual, volatility, webinar 0 0 Comment
Webinar Series: FX Risk Management Policies Program Overview FX Initiative cordially invites you to attend our webinar titled “FX Risk Management Policies” on Thursday, October 15th, 2020 at 11AM Pacific / 2PM Eastern. Join us for a continuing professional education (CPE) program and earn CPE credit as we learn how to draft a corporate foreign exchange risk management policy. This FX Risk Policy webinar will address the basics for drafting a foreign exchange risk management policy. We begin with best practice policies for pricing and booking foreign exchange (FX) transactions that enable a corporation to retain the FX risk rather than the customer, supplier or vendor. We then discuss how FX personnel, resources and operations are incorporated into a policy document that serves as a guideline for managing foreign exchange risk. Furthermore, we will cover the essential elements of a formal written FX risk management policy, including which FX exposures to hedge, how to handle counterparty credit risk, segregation of duties (SOD), internal controls, and reporting among other areas. Lastly, we will observe how FX risk policy language is disclosed in corporate annual reports (10-K) using the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings of multinational corporations as real-world examples. Learning Objectives Discover best practice policies for pricing and booking foreign exchange (FX) transactions. Recognize how to incorporate FX personnel, resources, and operations into a policy document. Identify the essential elements of a formal written corporate FX risk management policy. Explore how FX risk policy language is disclosed in corporate annual reports (10-K). Who Should Attend? New and seasoned finance, accounting, treasury, and related professionals (CPA, CIA, CRMA, CFE, etc.) interested in international business. Register October 13, 2020By FX Initiative General, Webinar accounting, best, business, CPE, currency, document, education, event, finance, forex, framework, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, guidelines, international, learning, management, policy, practices, risk, training, treasury, virtual, webinar 0 0 Comment
Webinar Series: Mastering FX Risk Management Program Overview FX Initiative cordially invites you to attend our webinar titled “Mastering Currency Risk Management” on Thursday, October 1st, 2020 at 11AM Pacific / 2PM Eastern. Join us for a continuing professional education (CPE) program and earn CPE credit as we address the fundamental concepts of corporate foreign exchange (FX) risk management. This informational session will share best practices on how to identify, analyze, execute, and optimize a foreign exchange (FX) risk management program. Participants will learn how to assess a firm’s FX risk profile using a step-by-step analysis framework, the four approaches for managing FX risk, the impact FX risk has on the financial statements, and key terminology and takeaways for building a world class FX risk management program. Learning Objectives Discover how leading multinational corporations identify foreign exchange (FX) risk, including transaction, translation, and economic risk. Explore how to analyze FX risk management strategies, including balance sheet hedging, cash flow hedging, and net investment hedging. Identify key considerations when executing FX risk management plans, including the importance of strategy, policy and financial reporting. Recognize approaches to optimizing FX risk management plans by investing in personnel, resources, and operations to improve results. Who Should Attend? New and seasoned finance, accounting, treasury, and related professionals (CPA, CIA, CRMA, CFE, etc.) interested in international business. Register September 29, 2020By FX Initiative General, Webinar accounting, best, business, CPE, currency, education, event, finance, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, international, learning, management, mastering, practices, risk, training, treasury, virtual, webinar 0 0 Comment
Mapping Currencies Across Countries Mapping Currencies Across Countries: It is evident that no one single world currency exists. There are over 180 currencies recognized as legal tender in circulation throughout the world. The most widely used list of currencies is known as ISO 4217, which is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization or the ISO. The ISO is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations, and the ISO 4217 currency codes shown in this interactive map are used in banking and business globally. While many of us are familiar with the “Major” currencies, which include the euro, British pound sterling, Australian dollar, New Zealand dollar, United States dollar, Canadian dollar, Swiss franc, and Japanese yen, there are so many more currencies to explore. This interactive map helps you explore the world through the lens of currency. All 180 currencies in circulation are mapped using geographic coordinates and ISO 4217 currency codes. Simply click on the dots on the map to reveal the ISO 4217 currency code, currency name, country. To learn more about conquering currency risk, 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 February 18, 2020By FX Initiative Examples, General CAD, Continuing Professional Education, CPE, Currency, Dollar, EUR, Euro, Forex, FX Initiative, GBP, ISO 4217, JPY, Pound, USD, Accounting, Business, Economics, Education, Finance, FX, Global, Hedging, International, Learning, Majors, Management, Risk, Trade, Training, Yen 0 0 Comment
Happy New Year from FX Initiative Happy New Year from FX Initiative! Thank you for a great 2019, and we wish you a safe and successful 2020! December 31, 2019By FX Initiative General 2020, Accounting, Business, CPE, Currency, Development, Economics, Education, Finance, Forex, Goals, Hedging, International, Learning, Management, NewYear, Payments, Professional, Resolutions, Risk, Training, Treasury 0 0 Comment
Highlighting FX Hedge Objectives (Video) Highlighting FX Hedge Objectives (Video): Discover how public and private companies prioritize earnings and cash flows when hedging foreign exchange (FX) risk. This video is a preview of FX Initiative’s Hedging FX Transactions 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 October 15, 2019By FX Initiative Hedging FX Transactions accounting, cash, CPE, currency, derivatives, earnings, economics, education, finance, flows, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, hedge, hedging, international, learning, management, objectives, payments, plans, priorities, private, public, risk, training, treasury 0 0 Comment
Centralizing FX Treasury Capabilities (Video) Centralizing FX Treasury Capabilities (Video): Discover how centralized FX risk management functions provide global firms with greater visibility across the enterprise. This video is a preview of FX Initiative’s FX Risk Management 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 October 8, 2019By FX Initiative FX Risk Management, General accounting, centralize, corporate, CPE, currency, derivatives, economics, education, finance, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, hedging, international, learning, multinational, operations, payments, personnel, policy, resources, strategy, trading, training, treasury, visibility 0 0 Comment
Features of FX Forward Contracts (Video) Features of FX Forward Contracts (Video): Find out the distinctive features of foreign exchange (FX) forward contracts and discover how they can be used to hedge FX risk. This video is a preview of FX Initiative’s FX Spot & Derivatives 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 June 25, 2019By FX Initiative FX Spot & Derivatives, General, Webinar accounting, collar, contract, corporation, CPE, currency, demonstration, derviatives, discount, earnings, education, EPS, example, expense, expiry, finance, forward, fxcpe, fxinitiative, gain, hedge, interest, international, learning, long, loss, management, maturity, option, payable, premium, pricing, rates, receivable, revenue, risk, short, simulation, time, training, treasury 0 0 Comment
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 > Download the PDF January 29, 2019By FX Initiative FX Market Overview, General bestpractices, business, currency, demand, economics, education, forecasting, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, international, learning, management, professional, risk, supply, training, treasury 0 0 Comment