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FX Initiative Blog

Actionable insights on foreign exchange risk management from FX Initiative.

Time Zones & FX Trading Trends

Time Zones & FX Trading Trends (Video): Discover how time zones impact global foreign exchange (FX) market trading, volume, and liquidity. This video is a preview of FX Initiative’s FX Market Overview 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.

 

April 2022 Newsletter

Explore Spring Virtual Events: Read our April newsletter and discover the latest blog posts and insights from FX Initiative on currency risk management. We help finance, accounting, treasury, and sales professionals stay up to date with new training content, CPE webinars, and helpful tips & resources.

Scale the learning curve quickly and easily 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 >

 

2022 Program: Currency Risk Management Training

FX Initiative is pleased to present our 2022 program on currency risk management training to our global audience of finance, accounting, and treasury professionals. Download the PDF brochure and discover our foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE) training videos, software tools, and webinar topics at FXCPE.com.

Our mission is to help global businesses and sales professionals communicate FX risk management best practices efficiently and effectively. FX Initiative is a member of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) National Registry of CPE Sponsors, and approved for self-study, internet-based, and in-person programs.

 

Since 2010, FX Initiative works with Fortune 500 companies, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and FX product & service providers on understanding, identifying, assessing, and mitigating currency risk. FX Initiative is an unparalleled resource for foreign exchange risk management and continuing professional education.

Managing currency risk remains a high priority for global organizations in 2021. To optimize your firm's international operations, 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.

 

January 2022 Newsletter

New Year Knowledge: Read our January newsletter and discover the latest blog posts and insights from FX Initiative on currency risk management. We help finance, accounting, treasury, and sales professionals stay up to date with new training content, CPE webinars, and helpful tips & resources.

Scale the learning curve quickly and easily 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 >

 

End-of-Year FX Education

Take advantage of end-of-year foreign exchange (FX) education by completing our 6 part foreign exchange risk management training program. Whether you need to research a foreign exchange educational topic related to your global business, or want to simulate a foreign exchange risk management strategy using our interactive examples, we offer a wide array of quality informational topics and tools that can help you manage FX risk.

FX Initiative is designed to make complex foreign currency matters simple and manageable, and is accessible 24 hours a day 7 days a week to meet your global business needs whenever and wherever a foreign exchange opportunity arises so you can make the right decisions to meet your FX objectives.

FX Initiative helps Banking & Treasury Professionals answer FX risk management questions 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 are the economics?
  • How to do FX accounting?

Get acquainted with all of the educational topics and interactive examples available exclusively to subscribers. We encourage you to start by watching our 6 part online video series, then review and test with quizzes and CPE exams, and reinforce learning using real-world examples. Throughout your learning experience, feel free to visit our terms glossary and frequently asked questions for clarification or contact our support department for help along the way.

Student Subscribers have access to the following 6 one-hour long currency risk management educational videos, as well as review quizzes, CPE Exams, CPE Credits, and Certificates of Completion:

  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

Professional Subscribers have access to all Student benefits, plus access to our complete suite of interactive examples to help reinforce learning concepts and model risk management strategies:

FX Initiative training is available 24/7 365 to help you with FX risk policies, FX accounting, FX hedge strategies, and everything FX risk management related. Controllers and consultants alike can enhance their foreign exchange policies and procedures and simulate common hedging strategies using our collection of tools to clarify complex issues in real time to predictably mitigate currency risk when transacting across borders.

FX Initiative is focused on foreign exchange and continuously strives to deliver world class foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples and events on currency risk management. To take advantage of end-of-year foreign exchange (FX) education, 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.

November 2021 Newsletter

Explore our November 2021 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 >

 

February 2021 Newsletter

February FX Education: Read our newsletter and discover the latest blog posts and insights from FX Initiative on currency risk management. We help finance, accounting, and treasury professionals stay up to date with training content, CPE webinars, and helpful resources.

Scale the learning curve quickly and easily 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 >

 

Winter FX CPE Webinar Schedule

FX Initiative cordially invites you to attend our upcoming webinar series titled “Mastering Currency Risk Management.” To complement our self-study video training, these sessions are designed address common FX strategies and challenges global organizations encounter when managing currency risk. Each live webinar is eligible for CPE credit, and offers the ability to interact with the instructor, engage with the audience through real time polling questions, and participate in question and answer segments.

Upcoming Webinars Sessions & Dates

Mastering Currency Risk
Thursday, January 28th 2021 @ 11AM Pacific / 2PM Eastern
Learn the fundamentals of corporate foreign exchange risk management.

FX Risk Management Policies
Thursday, February 11th @ 11AM Pacific / 2PM Eastern
Learn how to draft a corporate foreign exchange risk management policy.

FX Forward Contracts
Thursday, February 25th 2021 @ 11AM Pacific / 2PM Eastern
Learn what forward contracts are and why they are the most used derivative.

Balance Sheet Hedging
Thursday, March 11th 2021 @ 11AM Pacific / 2PM Eastern
Learn how to hedge FX receivables & payables and mitigate gains & losses.

Cash Flow Hedging
Thursday, March 25th 2021 @ 11AM Pacific / 2PM Eastern
Learn how to hedge and account for forecasted FX revenues & expenses.

Whether you are interested in a timely session related to recent developments impacting the foreign exchange market or would like a scheduled approach to start learning FX risk management, our live webinar sessions are designed to help you solve unique FX risk management challenges that are not otherwise addressed in our video based programs. Explore our Events page to register and learn more about the learning objectives covered in our educational webinar series titled “Mastering Currency Risk Management.”

January 2021 Newsletter

New Year Knowledge: Read our January newsletter and discover the latest blog posts and insights from FX Initiative on currency risk management. We help finance, accounting, treasury, and sales professionals stay up to date with new training content, CPE webinars, and helpful tips & resources.

Scale the learning curve quickly and easily 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 >

 

December 2020 Newsletter

December Professional Development: Read our December newsletter and discover the latest blog posts and insights from FX Initiative on currency risk management. We help finance, accounting, treasury, and sales professionals stay up to date with new training content, CPE webinars, and helpful tips & resources.

Scale the learning curve quickly and easily 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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