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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:

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.

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December 10, 2024By FX Initiative General accounting, business, cashflows, corporate, CPE, cross border, currency, derivatives, economics, education, events, examples, finance, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, initiative, international, learning, management, payments, risk, trading, training, transactions, treasury, webinars 0 0 Comment

October 2024 Newsletter

Fall FX Training & Tips: Explore our October 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.

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October 1, 2024By FX Initiative General accounting, business, cashflows, CPE, cross border, CTP, currency, development, economics, education, events, examples, finance, fxcpe, fxinitiaitve, global, hedging, initiative, insights, international, learning, management, multinatinoal, newsletter, payments, professional, risk, training, transactions, treasury, webinars 0 0 Comment

Applying FX Accounting Booking Rates

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.

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August 27, 2024By FX Initiative FX Risk Exposures, FX Risk Management accounting, business, cashflows, corporation, CPE, cross border, currency, development, economics, education, events, examples, finance, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, initiative, management, multinational, payments, professional, risk, training, transactions, treasury, webinars 0 0 Comment

Centralizing FX Treasury Capabilities

Centralizing FX Treasury Capabilities (Video): Discover how centralized FX risk management functions provide global firms with greater visibility across the enterprise. This video is a preview of FX Initiative’s FX Risk Management course as part of Learning Objective #1.

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August 20, 2024By FX Initiative FX Risk Management accounting, business, cashflows, corporate, CPE, cross border, currency, development, earning, economics, education, events, examples, finance, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, initiative, learning, management, multinational, payments, professional, risk, simulations, strategy, training, transactions, treasury, webinars 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.

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August 13, 2024By FX Initiative FX Risk Management accounting, business, conferences, CPE, cross border, currency, development, education, events, examples, finance, fxinitiative, fxpce, global, initiative, international, learning, management, payments, professional, risk, training, transactions, treasury, webinars 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.

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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

Summarizing FX Supply & Demand

Summarizing FX Supply & Demand (Video): Explore how supply and demand factors influence foreign exchange (FX) rate fluctuations. This video is a preview of FX Initiative’s FX Market Overview course as part of Learning Objective #4.

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June 25, 2024By FX Initiative FX Market Overview accounting, corporate, CPE, cross border, currency, derivatives, development, economics, education, events, examples, finance, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, initaitive, international, learning, management, multinational, payments, professional, risk, training, transaction, treasury, webinars 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.

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June 11, 2024By FX Initiative FX Spot & Derivatives accounting, business, call, cashflows, corproate, courses, CPE, currency, derivatives, development, earnings, economics, education, events, examples, finance, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, initiative, international, management, multinational, options, payments, professional, put, risk, simulations, training, treasury, webinars 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.

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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

Conquering Currency Risk Management

Conquering currency risk management involves identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing various foreign exchange (FX) exposures, and developing and implementing a coordinated and systematic plan that utilizes company resources efficiently and effectively to mitigate and optimize FX risk. An important part of mitigating FX risk is hedging exposures such as revenues, expenses, receivables, payables, assets, liabilities, and equity.

The degree to which companies implement adequate foreign exchange risk management practices can vary substantially, from not managing the risk at all to engaging in robust hedging activities. As a result, the FX impact on the bottom line can vary widely across organizations.

Global companies face questions including, but not limited to: 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? That's a lot of questions! It's time to take the FX Initiative!

FX Initiative's foreign exchange risk management training starts with watching our online video series about:

Foreign Exchange (FX) Market Overview
FX Risk Exposures
FX Risk Management
FX Spot & Derivatives
Hedging FX Transactions
Hedging Foreign Subsidiaries

Then, review and test with quizzes and CPE exams, and reinforce learning using real examples with our:

FX Initiative training is available 24/7 365 to help you with FX risk policies, FX accounting, FX hedging strategies, FX risk management, and more.

Are you ready to manage FX risk? Become a FX Initiative subscriber today and access our complete suite of foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE), examples and events at FXCPE.com. Managing FX risk has become a higher priority for many firms in 2024 and it is now easier than ever to learn the fundamentals of currency risk management. Make this the year to reduce FX risk and reap rewards abroad by taking the FX Initiative for your international business today!

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April 9, 2024By FX Initiative General, Webinar accounting, business, cashflows, corporation, cpe, currency, derivatives, economics, education, events, examples, finance, fxcpe, fxinitiative, global, hedging, initiative, international, learning, management, multinational, payments, risk, training, treasury, webinars 0 0 Comment