HedgeStar to lead hedge accounting workshop at Cargill Risk Management’s annual Latin American Semin
HedgeStar and Valtin Capital have been invited to lead a hedge accounting workshop at Cargill Risk Management’s third annual Latin...
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...
Ten Peaks Coffee adoption of hedge accounting results in higher earnings for 2016
Having just implemented hedge accounting beginning on January 1, 2016, Ten Peaks quickly realized several benefits including less volatility
Derivatives' Valuations: Assessing Alternative Methodologies
The idea of valuing a derivative is reasonably straightforward, but the devil is in the details. The first concern is the notion of fair val