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  • Risk Management in Volatile Markets: How to Respond with Hedging

    Volatility across currency, interest rate and commodity markets – plus regulatory and accounting standards updates – have market participants wondering what they can do to stabilize their operations. Here’s how to respond with hedging – no matter how the market turns.

  • Interest Rates Are Rising: Lock In Rates Now with IR Hedging

    The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is set to meet on May 4, 2022 – and it’s looking like the fed funds rate will rise (again).

  • Introducing the Portfolio Method: The FASB Expands Fair Value Hedge Accounting

    On March 28, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU 2022-01 to improve and expand fair value hedge accounting. Here’s what this update means for corporates and other organizations using the last-of-layer strategy.

  • Flexibility of Hedge Accounting

    Today, I want to tell you that hedge accounting is more flexible than you think. I specifically want to talk about when we’re forecasting transactions that might happen in the future. Recently we talked about the future issuance of fixed rate debt. And a lot of people are intimidated, they’re “I can’t do that. I […]

  • When Should You Start a Hedge Program?

    A popular Chinese proverb says “the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.” This is equally true in the world of hedging.

  • Things That Can Sabotage a Hedge Program

    Today we’re going to talk about things that can sabotage your hedge program.

  • Basics of Interest Rates: Difference Between LIBOR & SOFR Rates

    Today, we’re going to talk a little bit about interest rates and what’s going on and what’s happening and what some of these words and terms mean and what they’re going to mean to you. It’s going to be pretty elementary.

  • Hedge Accounting for Future Issuance of Fixed Rate Debt

    Today, we’re going to be talking about the future issuance of fixed rate debt.

  • Currency Cash Flow Hedging & the Quarterly Hedge Period

    Welcome back to Hedging with Helen. Today we’re going to be talking about currency cash flow hedging and the quarterly hedge period.

  • Identifying Exposure Tenor: Where Does It Begin & End?

    Welcome. Today, we’re going to be talking about identifying the tenor of your exposure. Where does it begin and where does it end?

  • Balance Sheet Hedging Performance Reporting

    Welcome back to Hedging with Helen. Today we’re going to talk about currency balance sheet hedging, and, specifically, we’re going to talk about the performance reporting around balance sheet hedging.

  • Blend & Extend Transactions and Hedge Accounting

    Welcome back to Hedging with Helen. Today, we’re going to be talking a little bit about interest rate cash flow hedging. I specifically want to talk about a blend and extend.

  • Budget Rate Setting for Next Year

    Today, I’d like to talk to you about the use of a budget rate and how to set the budget rate.

  • FX Risk Management Policy & Objective Setting

      Today, I’m going to be talking about objective setting. And when we’re talking about FX policies, a lot of times – almost universally, I guess – I see the objective in the policies to mitigate FX risk, and it’s not really clear what it is we’re communicating to the board of directors who is […]

  • Time to Act: SOFR Readiness Checklist

    With the transition from LIBOR in full swing, the time to act is now. New transactions starting in January 2022 will not be based on LIBOR. Some financial institutions are using SOFR, but there are other reference rates being used, causing market confusion and changing risk profiles.