Hedging Grain Price Risk
By: Craig Haymaker, Chief Operating Officer Grain price risk continues to manifest itself in the marketplace as major grains – corn,...
Measuring Interest Rate Risk
o effectively manage interest rate risk, institutions need timely and accurate information on how changes in interest rates will impact...
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