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Actionable insights on foreign exchange risk management from FX Initiative.

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 >

 

 

Learn Where to Look for FX Risk

Ready to learn where to look for FX risk? 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 >

 

 

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FX Initiative: Your FX Risk Management Formula [𝑓𝑥+𝐶𝑃𝐸=𝑓𝑥𝐶𝑃𝐸.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 videosreal-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

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