Audit Support – Valuation Services
By: John Trefethen, Director & Co-Founder Rely on HedgeStar to be your valuation specialist for Level 1, 2 and 3 instrument valuations....
Using ASC 820 to Identify Likely Bankruptcy Candidates
By: John Trefethen, Director & Co-Founder Shuttering the economy to combat covid-19 has already led to several notable bankruptcies. Not...
FASB Issues Narrow-Scope Improvements
By: Tim Potter, CPA, Senior Manager Official announcement from FASB Today, FASB issued narrow-scope improvements to its financial...
Minimize Earnings Volatility with Hedge Accounting
By: John Trefethen, Director & Co-Founder All other things being equal, shareholders, owners and executives like earnings to be...
Accounting Considerations When Hedging
By: John Trefethen, Director & Co-Founder Companies commonly choose to enhance certainty in future commodity prices, interest rates and...
What we observed at the S&P Global Platts Aluminum Conference
Many thanks to the folks at S&P Global Platts for putting on a wonderful aluminum event at the iconic Hotel del Coronado on January 13th...
Mythbusters: Debunking the myths about derivatives
Derivative contracts are often portrayed as the bad boys of the financial marketplace, but this characterization misrepresents most derivati
Know Your Options: Amended derivative accounting affords benefits for forward and option hedgers
As attractive as this new ratable method may be, in certain cases, it might be preferable to avoid this treatment and apply an alternative m
Hedging Benchmark Interest Rate Exposures
Under the rules of fair value hedge accounting, a prerequisite condition is that the hedge should be highly effective in offsetting this spe
Hedging in the Steel Market: HedgeStar’s Perspective
“People are showing more interest in hedging at conferences, especially folks in the steel market,” HedgeStar manager of valuation Merc Mors
