HedgeStar’s Tim Potter participates in hedging workshop at the LME Ferrous Forum
By: Heidi Lindahl, Senior Marketing Manager Chicago, IL –HedgeStar’s hedge accounting manager, Tim Potter, CPA was recently invited to...
HedgeStar’s Haymaker and Morse present "Trends in the Interest Rate Environment and New Account"
HedgeStar's Craig Haymaker, CPA and Merc Morse, presented at the November meeting of MN AFP. The session was focused on present trends
HedgeStar presents w/ Cargill Risk Management at TEI Minnesota’s International Tax Essentials Court
By: Heidi Lindahl, Senior Marketing Manager Minneapolis, MN – On October 24, 2017, Tim Potter, hedge accounting manager with HedgeStar,...
Minimize Earning's Volatility with Hedge Accounting
As an example, the CEO of Conoco justified his company’s pending merger with Phillips Petroleum in part by asserting that the deal would pro
Thinking Ahead: Adjusting Hedge Coverage as the Market Changes
The thing about risk is that it keeps changing. Whether it’s due to ever-evolving macroeconomic conditions or firm-specific developments, a
Summary of the new Accounting Standard Update as it relates to Hedge Accounting
The new standards are expected to make it more viable for producers and consumers to apply hedge accounting to derivatives being used to hed
Summary of the new Accounting Standard Update relating to hedge accounting.
The new standards are expected to make it more viable for financial institutions to apply fair value hedge accounting to derivatives being u
Dual Focus: Hedging Programs Need to Focus on Both Sides of the Income Statement
To frame the issue, we start with an appreciation that virtually all companies are in a spread business, where profit (i.e., the spread) equ
Navigating the myriad rules of hedge accounting.
*Update* 6/22/17: Read our summary on the new Accounting Standard Update as it relates to hedge accounting and commodity hedging....
FASB’s proposed changes in the hedge accounting standards for 2017
By: John Trefethen, Director & Co-Founder In planning for 2017, it is important for companies to consider the implications of FASB’s...
