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  • SOFR: Key Characteristics & Hedge Accounting Impacts

    As many of our readers already know, SOFR (Secured Overnight Financing Rate) has been selected by the Alternative Reference Rates Committee of the Federal Reserve to replace LIBOR in 2021.

  • Cash Flow Hedging Made Easy for the Urgent Hedger

    Do you need to implement a cash flow hedge program quickly — either due to urgent management directives, Board member mandates, or competitive pressures? It happens all the time, leaving treasurers and decision-makers to scramble to come up with the right solution.

  • Understanding Hedge Effectiveness & Probability Assessments

    There has been some confusion around the ASC 815 rules set regarding effectiveness assessments and probability assessments.

  • Zero Percent Floors’ Impact on Hedging: Negotiating Debt & Swaps

    With interest rates near all-time lows, many companies are starting to worry about the effectiveness of their current hedges when they aren’t perfectly matched to the underlying debt, while others are looking to lock in the favorable rates by entering into hedges or extending the length and/or amount of hedge coverage for existing hedges.

  • Monetizing FX Hedges to Boost Cash Flow: Essential Strategies

    Under stable market conditions, most corporate foreign currency hedgers have a “set it and forget it” hedge strategy. Whether it’s cash flow or net investment hedging, once the hedges are in place, the majority of companies hold onto their derivatives through maturity. It’s an understandable practice as the best hedgers usually deliver currency against their hedges. This preserves the hedge rate in margin and converts cash at the same hedge rate.

  • 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.

  • The Fed’s Emergency Rate Cut: Impacts on Interest Rate Hedges

    On March 3, 2020, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) made an emergency 50bp interest rate cut in response to the Coronavirus’ impact on the U.S. economy.

  • New York Fed to Publish SOFR Averages Index for LIBOR Transition

    LIBOR is being phased out through 2021, and the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) was selected as the preferred LIBOR replacement by the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) in June 2017.

  • Latest Details on the LIBOR Transition and Interest Rate Reform

    As LIBOR is phased out, reference rate reform will identify new and alternative reference index rates for financial instruments, including the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR).

  • A Voice for Corporates: The AFP LIBOR Task Force

    David Bowman with the Federal Reserve Board has asked the Association for Finance Professionals (AFP) to be the voice of Corporate Treasury in terms of addressing LIBOR for the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) as part of the Coordination Subgroup.

  • FASB Approves Finalization of LIBOR Transition Guidance

    As you know, the LIBOR transition topic is evolving on an almost daily basis. Earlier this week, the FASB approved the finalization of guidance to assist entities with the transition away from LIBOR. The new Accounting Standards Update (ASU), which is expected to be issued in early 2020, will include optional expedients and exceptions to accounting guidance.

  • Interest Rate Reform and Implications on Foreign Currency Derivatives

    What’s the Issue? Britain is ending support of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) on or about 2021. US regulators currently plan to replace LIBOR with the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) curve. The pending “Illiquid LIBOR Market” and related lack of transparency will render valuations of LIBOR priced instruments troublesome.

  • November 2019 Update: Your LIBOR Questions Answered

    LIBOR has been referred to as the plumbing buried in many financial contracts, and the end of LIBOR will cause a seismic shift in the financial markets.

  • Hedge Trackers Prepares Clients for Interest Rate Reform & SOFR Transition

    If you use Hedge Trackers’ Outsourcing and/or Software suite (Capella) services, you might be wondering what’s going to happen when interest rate reform occurs and SOFR replaces LIBOR in early 2021.

  • September 2019 Fed Update: Market Insights

    Rates & Recession: What Happened? Last Wednesday, The Fed lowered its target for the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point, to a range of 1.75% to 2%.