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...
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
HedgeStar’s Tim Potter sits on Risk Management panel at the American Metal Markets’ Steel Success
New York, NY – – The American Metal Markets held their 33rd annual Steel Success Strategies Conference June 25 – June 26. Delegates from...
Fair Value Hedges with Interest Rate Swaps
The fact is, one leg of the swap does serves as an
offset, but the other leg delivers a wholly unpredictable result
that will vary, dependin
HedgeStar Introduces Latest eBook: ABCs of Interest Rate Risk Management for Financial Depositories
Most banks and credit unions have similar business models – they fund long-term assets (loans to customers) with short-term liabilities (dep
The Net Effect - Considering Net Investment Hedges
Generally, any derivative that can be expected to be “highly effective” in offsetting the change in the value of the net investment due to c
Update on Hedge Accounting Rules FASB Addresses Effectiveness Concerns
Large segments of derivatives users will see improvements, making both the process and the presentation of hedge accounting more intuitive a
Hedging Pre-Payable Financial Instruments
The amended guidance takes a different position. It authorizes
a last-of-layer approach that allows entities to hedge some
notional amount o
