Most businesses are exposed to interest rate risks from their operating cash flows, their financing and their investments. Businesses with variable interest rate investments face the possibility of…
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Openlink has announced it is teaming up with Direct Swap to offer a trading platform to help corporates with their hedging activities for commodities, interest rates and currency.
by Bija Knowles
The US accounting standards body has released an update on hedge accounting to enable companies to better represent the economic results of their hedging in their financial statements
by Kylene Casanova
Are you up to date on the UK's new rules on corporate interest restriction? From 1 April 2017, UK companies that claim tax deductions on interest expenses have a new set of rules to apply
by Kylene Casanova
Reval’s white paper on ‘Lessons from early adopters’ and key advantages of IFRS 9 is essential reading as the deadline approaches
by Kylene Casanova
The European Commission has proposed a set of measures to ease the reporting burden and simplify regulatory requirements for companies that participate in the EU's derivatives market
by Kylene Casanova
Corporates can accurately price their whole portfolios and new OTC derivative trade offers
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The European Securities and Markets Authority has published its final technical advice on supervisory fees for trade repositories, aiming to create a level playing field
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The International Accounting Standards Board has proposed minor amendments to IFRS 9, which will replace IAS 39 Financial Instruments from January 2018
by Kylene Casanova
As the US economy enters an interest-rate tightening cycle, a guide published by the AFP advises treasurers to revisit their rate hedging strategy
by Kylene Casanova
Seven out of 10 finance teams say that they have or will implement new hedging strategies as a result of IFRS 9, which will replace IAS 39 Financial Instruments
by Kylene Casanova
HedgeTrackers ask important and interesting questions in an interactive tool to find out what type of behaviour you fit into, and what are the best options
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A report by the Credit Suisse Research Institute looks at how central banks have changed since the financial crisis and at the challenges they face. It sets out two possible scenarios
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As we embark on the Trump presidency, will we see a new era for business and financial markets? These are some of the changes we can expect as Trump settles in at the White House
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Analysis from Thomson Reuters looks at the three main factors behind strong commodity performance last year: fiscal stimulus from China, speculative trading and Trump
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A report by Allianz has profiled the top 10 business risks for 2017, including cyber threats, political risks, risks to reputation and new technologies
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Corporate investors can hedge against the expected interest rate rise in the US with a variety of instruments, write Tom Boczar and Jeff Markowski on AFPOnline
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MiFID II has been described as “one of the most ambitious and contentious reforms introduced by the EU in response to the 2008 financial crisis” - its implementation is now just a year away
by Kylene Casanova
Ira Kawaller, a derivatives consultant, gives some advice on adjusting hedge coverage over time, in an article on the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) website
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Enterprise Risk Management can be used to drive significant shareholder value if……
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These risks are all an unknown quantity. So if we can't measure them, how can treasurers react and prepare? An 11-person panel at EuroFinance's International Treasury conference discussed how.
by Kylene Casanova
Exposure Draft contains proposals for improving how the economic results of an institution’s risk management activities are portrayed
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The Geneva report, published this month, discusses the future of negative or near-zero interest rate policies. So what are some of the effects that corporate treasurers need to look out for?
by Kylene Casanova
BIS survey: % rate swaps most actively traded, London looses lead in over the counter to USA
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Japan puts its seniors to work, why don’t corporate treasury departments do too? New ways of thinking are needed…….
