Protecting Margins on Foreign Sales: Dollars vs. Percent
Many companies protect margins from changes in foreign currency rates by using special Cash Flow hedge accounting strategies.
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How the Coronavirus May Impact Your FX Cash Flow Hedge Program
Many companies will be affected by a global pandemic (should it come to fruition)—and a number are already being affected just by the containment efforts.
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Best Practices for FX Hedge Performance Reporting
You’ve spent hours and hours developing a hedging strategy, identifying exposures, forecasting, and verifying hedge accounting, but your efforts shouldn’t stop there. To inform management the job is done, and done well, you need to go to the next level: performance reporting.
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5 Challenges of Year-Over-Year Constant Currency Reporting
Many public corporations report earnings, revenues and expenses on a “constant currency” basis. The objective is to present financials year-over-year (YoY) for comparative purposes without the effects of currency movements.
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3 Hurdles to Overcome When Starting a Cash Flow Hedge Program
The thought of applying hedge accounting can be daunting for those unfamiliar with the requirements for qualifying for special hedge accounting treatment under ASC 815. In this post, we will discuss the basic requirements for qualifying and applying special hedge accounting.
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How to Use Hedge Accounting to Align Derivatives & Currency Gains/Losses
It’s mission-critical for companies to protect their margins, revenues, and expenses from unnecessary volatility. A lot of the time, volatility comes from currency changes — or, foreign exchange risk.