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. Start FX Training May 28, 2024By FX Initiative General accounting, business, collars, continuing, corporation, CPE, currency, derivatives, development, education, events, examples, FASB, finance, forwards, fxcpe, fxinitiative, GAAP, hedging, initiative, international, ISO, learning, management, multinational, options, professional, risk, trading, 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 26, 2023By FX Initiative General, Partnerships accounting, applications, ASC, BIS, branding, business, collars, corporation, CPE, currency, derivatives, development, education, events, examples, FASB, finance, forex, forwards, fxcpe, fxinitiative, GAAP, hedging, IASB, initiative, international, ISO, learning, management, multinational, options, partnerships, professional, risk, training, treasury, white label, WTO 0 0 Comment
Highlighting FX Hedge Objectives 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 August 8, 2023By FX Initiative FX Risk Management, Hedging FX Transactions accounting, cashflows, CPE, currency, derivatives, economics, expenses, finance, forex, forwards, fxcpe, fxinitiative, GAAP, hedging, initiative, management, options, policy, revenues, risk, trading, training, treasury 0 0 Comment
August 2023 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 1, 2023By FX Initiative General accounting, business, corproation, CPE, currency, derivatives, development, economics, finance, fxcpe, fxinitiative, GAAP, global, hedging, IFRS, initiative, international, management, multinational, payments, professional, risk, trading, training, treasury 0 0 Comment
Applying FX Accounting Booking Rates (Video) 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 October 29, 2019By FX Initiative Webinar Accounting, Average, BalanceSheet, CashFlow, CPE, Currency, Daily, Derivatives, Economics, Education, EOM, Finance, FinancialReporting, Forex, Forwards, FXCPE, FXInitiative, GAAP, Hedging, IFRS, Learning, Management, MonthEnd, Prior, Rates, Risk, Strategy, Training, Treasury 0 0 Comment
Analyzing FX Accounting Approaches (Video) Analyzing FX Accounting Approaches (Video): Recognize financial reporting best practices for aligning derivative hedge instruments with underlying foreign exchange (FX) exposures. 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 22, 2019By FX Initiative General, Hedging FX Transactions accounting, cashflows, CPE, currency, derivatives, earnings, economics, education, FASB, finance, financialreporting, forewards, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, GAAP, hedging, IASB, IFRS, learning, management, options, private, public, risk, strategy, training, treasury 0 0 Comment
Learn Best Practice Accounting for FX Derivatives Foreign exchange accounting is a complex area of financial reporting that many global organizations struggle with. Adding to that complexity, companies engaged in foreign exchange risk management must also learn how to account for currency derivatives. While the specific accounting rules differ between generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and international financial reporting standards (IFRS), the fundamental concepts are essential to understand when implementing foreign exchange risk management best practices for your international business. Companies that hedge foreign exchange risk often have two main objectives: (1) To minimize the Income Statement impact of fluctuating foreign exchange rates, and (2) to reduce the variability in functional currency equivalent cash flows resulting from foreign currency transactions. In order to achieve the objective of minimizing the Income Statement impact of fluctuating foreign exchange rates, it is important to first consider the accounting treatment for the underlying position, and then to align the accounting treatment for the FX derivative accordingly. At the highest level, companies can account for FX derivatives using “default” accounting treatment or “elective” accounting treatment. The “default accounting treatment requires that derivative gains and losses should be recorded in earnings on a current basis based on changes in their fair market value. The “elective” accounting treatment permits special accounting that results in changes in the fair value of the derivative to be recorded in the equity section of the balance sheet (rather than earnings) as part of other comprehensive income and then reclassified from the balance sheet to the income statement in the period or periods in which the underlying hedged item impacts consolidated earnings. While the rules of elective accounting treatment can get quite complex, the key take away is that elective accounting treatment provides financial reporting benefits when hedging underlying exposures that do not impact the income statement on a current basis, such as forecasted transactions. Therefore, firms have a choice between the “default” and “elective” accounting treatment. FX Initiative’s currency risk management training addresses several variables to consider when choosing the most appropriate course of action for FX derivative accounting. If you are interested in learning more about accounting for FX derivatives, FX Initiative’s currency risk management training walks you through real-world scenarios using Apple as an example. Specifically, we cover hedging forecasted revenue transactions, booked receivable transactions, and net investments in foreign subsidiaries using both elective and default accounting treatment. Learning how to account for FX derivatives is critical in order to achieve your foreign exchange risk management objectives. Start learning today by taking the FX Initiative! Are you ready to learn best practice accounting for FX derivatives? Click here to take the FX Initiative! Cheers, The FX Initiative Team support@fxinitiative.com July 24, 2017By FX Initiative General 815, 820, 830, Accounting, Balance Sheet, Best Practice, Cash Flow, Continuing Professional Education, CPE, Currency, FAS 133, FASB, Financial Reporting, FX, GAAP, IFRS, Income Statement, Management, Risk, ASC, FAS 52, Foreign Exchange, IASB 0 0 Comment