Webinar Series: FX Forward Contracts Program Overview FX Initiative cordially invites you to attend our webinar series. Join us and learn what forward contracts are and why they are the most used derivative. This FX Forward Contracts webinar will explain what forward contracts are and why they are the most used foreign exchange (FX) derivative among multinational corporations. We begin with a basic understanding of over-the-counter (OTC) foreign currency derivatives that are sold by commercial banks as part of their international treasury and risk management products. We will then delve into the fundamentals of forward contracts, including long and short positions and forward point premiums and discounts. Additionally, we will examine the payoff profile of a forward contract and review the economic cash flow and financial reporting implications. To conclude, we will look at the overwhelming popularity of forward contracts using the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) FX data as well as highlights from the annual reports (10-K) of several multinational corporations that deploy forward contracts to hedge currency risk. Learning Objectives Discover the concept of over-the-counter (OTC) foreign currency derivatives. Identify what forward contracts are and how forward points are calculated. Recognize the payoff profile, economics and accounting of forward contracts. Explore why forward contracts are the most used FX derivative by corporations. Who Should Attend? New and seasoned finance, accounting, treasury, and related professionals (CPA, CIA, CRMA, CFE, etc.) interested in international business. Register October 27, 2020By FX Initiative General, Webinar accounting, best, business, CPE, currency, derivative, education, event, finance, forex, forward, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedge, interntional, learning, management, practices, risk, trade, traning, treasury, virtual, webinar 0 0 Comment
Supporting Student Opportunities FX Initiative is pleased to offer Student Opportunities for WindyCityWebinars.org, a student supported remote learning platform that helps companies promote their brand and showcase their expertise with continuing professional education (CPE) webinars. Join us as we facilitate collaborative projects to create educational webinars between corporate sponsors and student leaders. We offer students unique opportunities to create webinars with sponsors to grow your network and gain useful knowledge. Are you an undergrad or graduate student looking to upgrade your business skills and grow your network? You are invited to apply for this opportunity! Windy City Webinars is a remote learning platform designed to safely serve the professional development and networking needs of the Chicago business community by sharing business best practices and industry insights with students and professionals. Students work with a corporate sponsor on creating a highly engaging and educational webinar project. Our portfolio projects aim to connect you to internship and employment opportunities by showcasing your learning abilities, skill sets, and work ethic to the Chicago business community. If accepted, you'll be a part of a robust community of diverse students and produce high quality projects. To help to identify and plan out your potential project, submit your application online at https://www.windycitywebinars.org/students.html or request a copy of our Student Opportunities guide by emailing info@windycitywebinars.org. July 21, 2020By FX Initiative General, Webinar accounting, best practices, collaboration, community, corporate, CPE, economics, education, finance, fxcpe, fxinitiative, industry, insights, knowledge, learning, online, opportunities, portfolio, projects, remote, resume, student, traning, treasury, webinar 0 0 Comment
4 Step FX Risk Management Policy A Foreign Exchange (FX) Risk Management Policy is a formal written document that serves as a framework for mitigating and optimizing a company’s FX risk profile. In practice, FX risk management policies can vary widely across organizations depending on their size and structure. Getting started or improving already existing policies can be a challenge without knowing best practices and seeing examples. Therefore, this FX Risk Policy Drafter was designed to help you create a comprehensive Foreign Exchange Risk Management Policy in 4 simple steps. Enter the company name, home country, functional currency, effective date, and review period. Establish internal controls by appointing at least three personnel to the segregated duties of trading, accounting and record keeping. Define materiality thresholds by specifying minimum transaction amounts and hedge coverage levels. Specify the derivative hedging instruments authorized for use and minimum acceptable counterparty credit ratings. Upon completing these 4 steps, 9 sections of the Foreign Exchange Risk Management Policy are drafted and include (1) Function, (2) Definitions, (3) Policy Guidelines, (4) Roles and Responsibilities, (5) Reporting (6) Internal Controls (7) Counterparty Guidelines (8) Policy Review and (9) Policy Approval. Upon reviewing these 9 sections, you will clearly see how the inputs in Steps 1 through 4 are used, and how the program as a whole serves to mitigate currency risk exposures inherent in a company’s business model by specifying how the company’s currency risk management goals will be carried out. You can use this tool to improve or enhance your already existing policy or to lay out a new formal Foreign Exchange Risk Management Policy with clear parameters and guidelines for managing currency risk across the enterprise. Not only does this tool offer a well written policy you can use to tailor your own policy after, it also provides the level of detail to make implementation feasible. Take advantage of this Foreign Exchange Risk Policy Drafter as your own writing tool to help create an optimal foreign exchange risk management policy for your organization. To learn more about about corporate currency risk management best practices, 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 March 10, 2020By FX Initiative FX Risk Policy Drafter, General accounting, appetite, approval, coverage, CPE, currency, derivative, economics, education, finances, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, guidelines, hedge, learning, levels, management, operations, personnel, plans, policy, prarmeters, procedures, resources, risk, rules, thresholds, tolerance, traning, treasury 0 0 Comment
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. Start FX Training December 10, 2019By FX Initiative General accounting, articles, assess, courses, CPE, currency, education, finance, forex, formula, fxcpe, fxinitiative, goals, hedging, learning, management, progress, reflect, refresh, renew, review, risk, tools, traning, treasury, videos, webinars 0 0 Comment
Preparing FX Risk Policies (Video) 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 September 24, 2019By FX Initiative FX Risk Management, General 10K, accounting, amount, appetite, Apple, coverage, CPE, currency, derivative, disclosures, duration, education, finance, footnotes, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, guidlines, hedge, iPad, iPhone, learning, level, Macbook, operations, personnel, plans, policies, policy, preparation, procedures, resources, risk, rules, tolerance, trade, traning, treasury 0 0 Comment
Recognizing FX Revenues & Receivables (Video) 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 June 18, 2019By FX Initiative FX Transaction Simulator, General accounting, Apple, application, ASC830, booked, compare, contrast, currency, demonstration, economics, education, example, expense, FAS52, forecast, foreignexhcange, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, learning, management, model, payable, receivable, recognized, revenue, risk, SaaS, simulation, tool, traning, unrecognized 0 0 Comment
Prioritizing FX Risk Policies & Procedures (Video) Prioritizing FX Risk Policies & Procedures (Video): Learn the importance of a foreign exchange (FX) risk management policy and explore how firms such as Apple put formal plans into place. 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 May 28, 2019By FX Initiative FX Risk Management, General 10k, accounting, appetite, apple, best, corporate, CPE, currency, derivative, disclosure, finance, footnote, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, guidelines, hedge, learning, level, management, operations, parameters, personnel, plans, policy, practices, procedures, resources, risk, rules, tolerance, traning, treasury, worldwide 0 0 Comment
Tracking FX Transaction Types (Video) Tracking FX Transaction Types (Video): Explore the 4 kinds of FX transactions using Apple as an example. This video is a preview of FX Initiative’s FX Risk Exposures 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 21, 2019By FX Initiative FX Risk Exposures, General Apple, CPE, currency, debt, derivative, education, equity, example, expense, forex, forward, fxcpe, fxinitiative, gain, hedge, iPhone, learning, loss, management, option, payable, receivable, revenue, risk, sales, traning, transactions 0 0 Comment
FX Net Investment Hedging Nuances Would you like to know the nuances of FX net investment hedging? FX Initiative’s FX Net Investment Hedging webinar explores how multinational corporations can hedge assets and equity in foreign subsidiaries, and demonstrates the importance of formally designating derivatives as net investment hedges for accounting purposes to benefit from reporting FX gains and losses in equity on the balance sheet. 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 > Download the PDF April 23, 2019By FX Initiative Hedging Foreign Subsidiaries, Webinar accounting, ASC815, asset, consolidation, CTA, currency, defer, derivative, education, equity, financial, foreign, forex, fxcpe, fxinitiative, gains, hedge, learning, losses, management, net, operations, reporting, risk, subsidiaries, traning, translation 0 0 Comment
FX Risk Management In Focus Would you like to take a focused look at FX risk management practices? FX Initiative’s FX Risk Management webinar focuses on the fundamentals of corporate FX risk management, and explores how leading multinational firms prioritize and manage the 3 types of FX risks. Upon completion of this program, participants will learn how to assess their organization’s FX risk profile and prioritize strategies using a structured analysis framework. 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 > Download the PDF April 16, 2019By FX Initiative FX Risk Management, General, Webinar bestpractices, cashflows, corporate, currency, earnings, economic, education, exposures, focus, fxcpe, fxinitiative, hedge, learning, management, mitigate, priorities, risk, strategy, traning, transaction, translation 0 0 Comment