January 2020 Newsletter

Explore our January 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.

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2019 FX Initiative Year-In-Review

As 2019 winds down, FX Initiative looks back at a year full of foreign exchange (FX) risk management learning opportunities. From paid training programs to free content on our blog, our mission throughout the year has been to deliver timely and relevant content to help your global company conquer currency risk management. 

To put our FX training resources in perspective, we created a convenient list of our articles, videos, courses, tools, and webinars for easy reference. Over the holidays and into the new year, now is a great time to sharpen your FX skills, contribute to your professional development, and add to your firm’s performance and profitability. 

Articles 

• Learn Where to Look for FX Risk
• Find Out 4 Ways Firms Manage FX Risk
• Explore How To Forecast FX Rates
• Identify Internal Controls for FX Risk Management
• Discover the Different Types of FX Derivatives
• How to Test FX Transactions & Hedge Strategies
• Identify The Top Two FX Hedge Objectives
• Learn the Language of FX Risk Management
• FX Strategies for Foreign Subsidiaries
• Practice Pricing FX Derivatives
• Learn FX Balance Sheet Hedging Basics
• Cash Flow Hedge Considerations
• FX Forward Contract Fundamentals
• FX Risk Management In Focus
• FX Net Investment Hedging Nuances
• FX Risk Policy Best Practices
• Professional Development Planning & Profitability

Videos

• Clarifying Currency Quoting Conventions
• Tracking FX Transaction Types
• Prioritizing FX Risk Policies & Procedures
• Exploring FX Economic Risk
• Recognizing FX Revenues & Receivables
• Features of FX Forward Contracts
• Simplifying FX Spot Transactions
• FX Pricing & Booking Best Practices
• Time Zones & FX Trading Trends
• An Overview of FX Options
• The 5 Stage FX Trade Lifecycle
• Summarizing FX Supply & Demand
• Fine-tuning FX Forecasting
• Pricing FX Put & Call Options
• Preparing FX Risk Policies
• Centralizing FX Treasury Capabilities
• Highlighting FX Hedge Objectives
• Analyzing FX Accounting Approaches
• Applying FX Accounting Booking Rates
• Comparing Corporate Currency Risk Management
• Documenting FX Cash Flow Hedges
• Categorizing FX Risk Exposures

Courses

• FX Market Overview
• FX Risk Exposures
• FX Risk Management
• FX Spot & Derivatives
• Hedging FX Transactions
• Hedging FX Subsidiaries

Tools

• FX Terms Glossary
• Currency Code Locator
• FX Risk Policy Drafter
• FX Derivative Speculator
• FX Transaction Simulator
• FX Subsidiary Consolidator

Webinars

• FX Risk Management
• FX Risk Policy
• FX Forward Contracts
• Balance Sheet Hedging
• Cash Flow Hedging
• Net Investment Hedging

We look forward to sharing more FX updates and insights with you in 2020 and beyond! Thank you for trusting FX Initiative as your global foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE) provider of on-demand training, online tools, and webinar topics on currency risk management for corporate finance, accounting, and treasury professionals.

Whether you are new to foreign exchange or a seasoned professional, continue following FX Initiative for your FX risk management formula. 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.