August 2024 Newsletter August FX Analyses: Explore our 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 > View Newsletter August 6, 2024By FX Initiative General accounting, AFP, business, corporation, CPE, CPT, cross border, currency, derivatives, economics, education, events, examples, exchange, FASB, fevelopment, finance, foreign, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, hedging, IASB, initiative, insights, international, learning, management, market, multinational, newsletter, payments, professional, research, risk, training, 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 July 30, 2024By FX Initiative FX Risk Management accounting, business, cashflows, CPE, cross border, currency, development, economics, education, events, examples, exchange, finance, foreign, forex, FXCPE, fxinitiative, hedging, initiative, international, learning, management, payments, professional, risk, simulations, strategy, training, transactions, treasury, webinars 0 0 Comment
Fine-tuning FX Forecasting Fine-tuning FX Forecasting (Video): Find out how FX forecasters use technical and fundamental analysis to predict future exchange rates. This video is a preview of FX Initiative’s FX Market Overview course 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 July 9, 2024By FX Initiative FX Market Overview, General accounting, cashflows, CPE, cross border, currency, derivatives, development, economics, education, events, examples, exchange, finance, forecasting, foreign, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, initiative, international, management, markets, payments, professional, risk, trading, training, treasury 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 April 23, 2024By FX Initiative General, Webinar accounting, business, cashflows, CPE, cross border, currency, derivatives, development, economics, education, events, examples, exchange, finance, foreign, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, initiative, international, learning, management, models, payments, professional, risk, simulation, strategy, trading, training, transactions, treasury, webinars 0 0 Comment
Simulating Foreign Exchange Strategies In the field of foreign exchange (FX), companies are managing currency risk exposures and hedging strategies more effectively by using business intelligence (BI) tools that provide data analysis and visualization. To support global businesses, FX Initiative offers a unique suite of specialized simulation tools that model common FX risk management strategies and demonstrate best practices for preserving assets on the balance sheet and mitigating FX gains on losses on the income statement. Our FX Transaction Simulator helps treasury professionals gain valuable insight by modeling the economic and accounting impact of specific hedging strategies for underlying foreign exchange exposures such as revenues, expenses, receivables, and payables. Users can simply input their company specific and foreign exchange market variables, and then test a variety of hedging strategies, which include not hedging or hedging with a forward contract, vanilla option or zero cost collar. The resulting output is a highly detailed interactive FX risk analysis that charts the economic payoff of your selected hedging strategy, ranks the alternative hedging strategies, and reports the accounting journal entries and t-accounts with authoritative references to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Behind the scenes, our robust pricing engine and database simplifies the risk analysis process for you so you can focus on the bottom line impact to your business. This versatile tool transforms 16 inputs into one information rich analysis in 3 easy steps. The first step is to select (1) the Underlying Exposure and input the related variables of (2) Functional Currency, (3) Foreign Currency, (4) Underlying Notional Amount, (5) Beginning Exchange Rate, (6) Currency Quoting Convention, (7) Start Date, (8) End Date and (9) the Day Count. Step 2 is to select a (10) Hedging Strategy and input the related variables of (11) Hedge Ratio %, (12) Domestic Interest Rate, (13) Foreign Interest Rate, (14) Implied Volatility, and (15) the Collar Range. The third and final step is to forecast (16) the ending exchange rate to see how positive and negative changes in exchange rates impact the cash flow and financial reporting of your selected hedging strategy. By leveraging our suite of FX risk modeling tools, finance, accounting, and treasury professionals can address a wide variety of FX scenarios that can be customized efficiently and effectively. For example, if you want to change your underlying exposure or hedge strategy, it’s as simple as one-click. If you want to know which strategy yields the best outcome, all 4 strategies are ranked for you automatically. If you want to see how the default or elective accounting treatment differ, the journal entries and t-accounts are instantly presented side-by-side. This FX Transaction Simulator acts as your own personal quantitative analyst, and puts you in a position to make more qualified foreign exchange risk management decisions. To start simulating FX strategies, 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 Risk Management Training > April 16, 2024By FX Initiative Examples, FX Transaction Simulator accounting, business, corporation, CPE, cross-border, currency, development, earnings, economics, exchange, finance, foreign, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, hedging, initiative, international, management, multinational, payments, professional, risk, trading, training, transcation 0 0 Comment
February 2024 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 > View Newsletter February 6, 2024By FX Initiative General, Partnerships accounting, business, cashflows, CPE, cross-border, currency, development, economics, education, events, examples, exchange, finance, foreign, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, initiative, international, management, payments, professional, risk, training, tranactions, treasury 0 0 Comment
September 2023 Newsletter Explore our September 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 > View Newsletter September 5, 2023By FX Initiative General, Webinar accounting, business, cashflows, CPE, currency, derivatives, development, economics, education, events, examples, exchange, foreign, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, initiative, international, learning, management, payments, professional, risk, trading, training, treasury, webinars 0 0 Comment
Preparing FX Risk Policies Preparing FX Risk Policies (Video): Explore how global firms such as Apple formally plan clear parameters and guidelines for managing foreign currency risk. This video is a preview of FX Initiative’s FX Risk Management 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 July 25, 2023By FX Initiative FX Risk Management, FX Risk Policy Drafter accounting, business, compliance, controls, CPE, currency, derivatives, development, duties, economics, education, events, examples, exchange, finance, foreign, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, guidelines, hedging, initiative, internal, international, learning, limits, management, operations, parameters, payments, policy, professional, regulations, risk, segregation, SOX, threshholds, trading, training, treasury 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 13, 2023By FX Initiative Examples, FX Derivative Speculator, FX Spot & Derivatives, FX Transaction Simulator accounting, business, collars, cpe, currency, derivatives, development, economics, exchange, expenses, finance, foreign, forwards, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, initiative, international, management, operations, options, payments, professional, revenue, risk, sales, spot, technology, trading, training, treasury 0 0 Comment
Sharing Feedback & Suggestions (Survey) FX Initiative remains committed to continuously enhancing our foreign exchange (FX) risk management training. To complement both in-person meetings to online environments, we are working on improving our suite of FX topics and tools to better serve your currency risk management needs. We are listening closely to our audience of finance, accounting, and treasury professionals. Please take a moment to 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 > May 30, 2023By FX Initiative General accounting, business, cashflows, CPE, currency, derivatives, development, economics, education, events, examples, exchange, finance, foreign, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, initaitive, international, learning, management, payments, professional, risk, training, treasury 0 0 Comment