Features of FX Forward Contracts 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 November 29, 2022By FX Initiative FX Spot & Derivatives, General accounting, business, CPE, currency, derivative, development, economics, education, events, examples, exchange, finance, foreign, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, instruments, international, management, payments, professional, risk, training, treasury, webinars 0 0 Comment
Happy Thanksgiving from FX Initiative! Happy Thanksgiving from FX Initiative! We’re thankful for our wonderful team members and clients. To our valued clients, partners, and team, we are grateful for all you’ve done for our business this year. All of your hard work, dedication, and resilience has helped us reach our organization’s goals for 2022. On this holiday, we want to make sure you know how much you’re appreciated and how much we value your contributions. We hope you have a joyous holiday and we look forward to serving your foreign exchange risk management needs well into the future. On behalf of FX Initiative, we wish you, your family, and loved ones a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. FX Initiative: Currency Risk Management Training November 22, 2022By FX Initiative General 2022, accounting, business, CPE, currency, development, education, events, examples, exchange, finance, foreign, fxcpe, fxinitiative, gratitude, happy, holiday, international, management, professional, risk, season, thanksgiving, training, treasury 0 0 Comment
Recognizing FX Revenues & Receivables 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. Start FX Training November 15, 2022By FX Initiative FX Risk Exposures, General accounting, business, cashflows, CPE, currency, derivatives, development, economics, education, events, examples, exchange, finance, foreign, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, international, learning, management, payments, professional, risk, training, treasury 0 0 Comment
Recognizing FX Revenues & Receivables 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. Start FX Training November 15, 2022By FX Initiative FX Risk Exposures, General accounting, business, cashflows, CPE, currency, derivatives, development, economics, education, events, examples, exchange, finance, foreign, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, international, learning, management, payments, professional, risk, training, treasury 0 0 Comment
White Label FX Web Applications FX Initiative's white label web applications are designed to help treasury professionals and FX sales teams with a wide variety of foreign exchange (FX) risk management challenges and opportunities. Whether you are creating a FX risk policy or analyzing economic and accounting scenarios, our risk models and strategy simulations share best practices in easily understandable formats. Examples include: FX Risk Policy FX Terms Glossary ISO Currency Codes Foreign Subsidiaries FX Revenues FX Expenses FX Receivables FX Payables FX Spot Transactions FX Forward Contracts FX Option Contracts FX Zero Cost Collars Our white label web applications are branded with the client's logo and embedded as an iframe into the client's website. An iframe is one of the most convenient HTML structures, and is an embedded window on the client’s web page that shows content hosted on FX Initiative’s servers. In 4 simple steps, our solutions can be deployed on the client's website quickly and easily with minimal technology resources. Learn More September 27, 2022By FX Initiative General, Partnerships accounting, business, cashflows, collar, corporate, CPE, cuurency, derivatives, development, economics, exchange, FASB, finance, foreign, forex, forward, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, IASB, initiative, international, management, option, payments, policy, professional, risk, simulate, strategy, trading, training 0 0 Comment
Mastering FX Risk Management Webinar Program Overview FX Initiative cordially invites you to attend our webinar titled “Mastering Currency Risk Management”. 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 13, 2022By FX Initiative General, Webinar accounting, business, cashflows, CPE, currency, derivatives, development, earnings, education, events, examples, exchange, finance, foreign, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, international, learning, management, payments, professional, risk, training, treasury, webinar 0 0 Comment
Back-to-School Suggestions (Survey) As the school year approaches, FX Initiative remains committed to continuously enhancing our foreign exchange (FX) risk management training. To complement both in-person meetings and online environments, we are working on improving our suite of FX topics and tools to better serve your currency risk management needs safely and remotely. We are listening closely to our audience of finance, accounting, and treasury professionals with the goal of providing useful and innovative virtual learning and business resources to keep organizations engaged online during the pandemic and beyond. Help us improve by sharing your feedback regarding what you like about our FX training and how we can do better. Take our short survey: https://www.fxcpe.com/feedback > August 30, 2022By FX Initiative General accounting, business, comments, CPE, currency, development, education, events, examples, exchange, feedback, finance, foreign, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, international, management, payments, professional, reviews, risk, suggestions, survey, trading, training, treasury, webinars 0 0 Comment
Applying FX Accounting Booking Rates Applying FX Accounting Booking Rates (Video): Recognize how businesses use specific foreign exchange (FX) rates, such as the daily FX spot rate or prior month end FX spot rate, for accounting purposes to record FX transactions on the financial statements. This video is a preview of FX Initiative’s Balance Sheet Hedging webinar as part of Learning Objective #4. 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 August 23, 2022By FX Initiative FX Risk Management, General accounting, business, cashflows, CPE, currency, derivative, development, earnings, economics, education, EPS, events, examples, exchange, finance, foreign, forex, forward, fxcpe, fxinitiative, gain, global, hedging, international, learning, loss, management, payments, professional, risk, trading, training, webinars 0 0 Comment
An Overview of FX Options An Overview of FX Options (Video): Explore the value drivers of foreign exchange (FX) put and call options, and recognize the payoff profile of option contracts. This video is a preview of FX Initiative’s FX Spot & Derivatives course as part of Learning Objective #2. 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 14, 2022By FX Initiative FX Derivative Speculator, FX Spot & Derivatives accounting, business, CPE, cross-border, currency, derivatives, development, economics, exchange, finance, foreign, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, international, management, payments, professional, risk, training, transactions, treasury 0 0 Comment
FX Pricing & Booking Best Practices FX Pricing & Booking Best Practices (Video): Explore how multinational corporations can retain and reduce FX risk by pricing and booking FX transactions strategically. 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 May 17, 2022By FX Initiative FX Risk Management, General accounting, business, CPE, currency, derivatives, development, economics, education, events, examples, exchange, expense, finance, foreign, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, international, learning, management, payable, payments, professional, receivable, revenue, risk, trading, training, transactions, translation, treasury 0 0 Comment