How will IFRS 9 change hedge accounting for corporates?
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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
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Background
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…
Read moreFind Your Hedging Persona - what type of hedger are you?
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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
Central banks shaping the new norms of monetary policy
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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
What does the Trump presidency have in store?
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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
Will commodities continue to shine in 2017?
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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
Top 10 global business risks for 2017
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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
How can companies benefit from expected interest-rate hikes?
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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
What do corporate treasurers need to know about MiFID II?
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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
To hedge or not to hedge? Cost is the question
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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
Is ERM impossible or can technology platforms help you take control?
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Enterprise Risk Management can be used to drive significant shareholder value if……
Eight risks ‘at tipping point’ that corporate treasurers have to tackle
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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.
FASB issues proposed changes to hedge a/cing standards - corporate comments needed
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Exposure Draft contains proposals for improving how the economic results of an institution’s risk management activities are portrayed
Geneva report: why treasury needs to stay alert to impacts of negative rates
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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?
Trading in OTC interest rate derivatives increased to $2.7 trillion per day in April 2016
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BIS survey: % rate swaps most actively traded, London looses lead in over the counter to USA
Biggest waste in corporate treasury: 30 years experience just walked out the door
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Japan puts its seniors to work, why don’t corporate treasury departments do too? New ways of thinking are needed…….
European Commission puts Euribor on list of ‘critically important’ benchmarks
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The EC has established a list of ‘critical’ indexes that are of particular importance for financial markets and consumer contracts.
Standardised FIX guidelines to improve post-trade processing
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The FIX Trading Community's new guidelines will improve post-trade processing for futures, equity swaps and FX equity options.
How can the global economy navigate these ‘unchartered waters’?
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The global economy is in “completely uncharted waters”, according to a leading voice in the financial regulation sector. Risks have changed since 2008 and a single event is now systemic.
Calls for financial calm but companies must prepare for Brexit fallout
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Statements from financial leaders seek to reassure financial markets that it's “business as usual” following Friday's shock exit vote. But views from banks and analysts tell a different story.
CloudMargin’s low cost collateral management solution expands and adds many users
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Collateral Management is growing in importance as regulators take steps to reduce risk in the derivatives markets
Cash flow forecasting needs Actively Open Minded Thinkers
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Tim Harford, Senior Columnist, Financial Times, explains how open minded thinking is essential in forecasting and why Keynes was a better forecaster than Irving Fischer: “When facts change, I change my opinion”
Brexit is a really bad idea: UK sovereign rating will be downgraded from AAA and …
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Moritz Kraemer, Global Rating Officer, Sovereign Ratings, Standard & Poor quietly and clearly explains why downgrading will be the first of many problems
FASB update: simplification of share-based payments and choice in hedging rule adoption
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The Financial Accounting Standard Board has issued a new standard to simplify accounting for share-based payments, and also voted to let companies choose how they implement hedge accounting changes.
FASB paves the way for hedge accounting alignment with corporate risk management
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The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is expected to propose changes that would address some of the differences between companies’ risk management strategies and the hedge accounting model.