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Keith Bergman, VP & Director
Keith is an expert in derivative and hedging accounting in both GAAP and IFRS, thanks to his 30+ years in treasury accounting. He's also deeply experienced in cash management, cash positioning and cash flow forecasting
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Companies selling or purchasing abroad with invoices denominated in foreign currency are exposed to foreign currency risk and thus foreign exchange risk.
This course begins with an explanation of the various types of risk and the foreign currency hedging activities available to mitigate or eliminate foreign currency risk.
Enrollees learn about multiple types of hedging instruments and gain an understanding for how to aggregate exposures into meaningful categories. Hedging examples are discussed to provide a better understanding of how to apply each instrument. The course concludes with a review of FASB’s ASC 815 requirements for Derivatives and Hedging.
Learning Objectives
- Define the steps for effective hedging of foreign currency exposures.
- Describe the characteristics of foreign currency hedging instruments and how they can be applied.
- Explain the market conventions for quoting currency rates and calculate the base currency given the foreign currency exposure.
- Illustrate how to aggregate exposures (including outstanding hedges) to provide a net currency position and hedge ratio.
- Apply examples of hedging scenarios with various risk management objectives to illustrate the use and benefit of each hedging instrument.
- Explain hedge accounting requirements under FASB ASC 815.
Last updated/reviewed: June 25, 2021
20 Reviews (61 ratings)Reviews
Richard Schultz
(CFO at SoMedia Networks )
A very thorough overview of hedging. The complex nature of the material was offset by the instructors slow and methodical delivery. However, the written documentation (including the exam) conflicted occasionally with the spoken instruction, leading to a bit of confusion. In particular, one slide relating to an example of hedging with options referred to a loss calculation which was actually a gain, and in the exam, a double negative should have been a single negative.
Anonymous
(Consultant)
Good discussion of the various hedging strategies. Some of the concepts are difficult to understand and could benefit from more explanations. It would also help if all of the calculations of how the amounts are arrived at are shown in the slides. Some of the calculations are missing, leaving the audience wondering how the numbers are derived.
Peter Morris
(Consultant at Treasury)
Even though I have an extensive background in FX exposure management, this course provides an excellent sanity check as to the hedging practices and the current available derivatives. One drawback is that the instructor's presentation style was somewhat robotic.
Anonymous
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Overall good. It would be nice if it wasn't basically reading from the slides. As the material got a little more complicated, there was not time to think thru the examples.
Samuel Narotsky
(Corporate Accounting Consultant at Self Employed)
Too much reading of slides.
Review questions were good, and had useful feedback for errors, but I'd have liked more of them.
Quite long for a 1-hour course.
Anonymous
(Research Service Analyst)
Good presentation with relevant samples cases. A lot of information to take in. Will return to presentation and course materials for reference.
Mucio Batista
(Treasury Lead at Ppro Financial Ltd)
Great course! Professor Bergman brilliantly covers the main aspects of managing foreign currency exposures in a simple and direct way.
Anonymous
(CONTRACT ACCOUNTANT)
Course provides good information on hedging in one of the simplest manners I have seen. The instructor is not very engaging.
Mark Brinkerhoff CPA, CGMA, ..
(VP Finance at Ultradent Products Inc.)
Complex Course. Lots of examples which are helpful but they are a bit complex in the time allotted
Anonymous
(Independent Financial Consultant)
Good class though definitely an advanced topic for experienced Finance/Accounting personnel.
Anonymous
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The presentation was a little dry - obvious that the presenter was just reading material.
Anonymous
(Risk and Control Manager)
Decent course. Commentary beyond what is on the slides would help with engagement.
Melinda Lawrence
(Chief Financial Officer at ID90 Travel)
great material. Thank you for the course. The slides and examples were very good.
Anonymous
(CFO)
terrific course that covered all the basics for establishing a plan to combat Fx
Anonymous
(VP Finance/Corp Controller)
Excellent course for treasury professionals with a few years under their belt.
Nadia Biletska
(Internal auditor at Cisco Systems)
The examples are very useful and apply the concepts to different scenarios.
Anonymous
(Internal Audit Director)
Good information. The material is at the intermediate or higher level.
Anonymous
(VP Finance)
Comprehensive as to subject but delivery could have been livelier.
Anonymous
(Sr. Institutional Fixed Income Trader)
thanks...
Steve Briley
(VP-Finance at Beaver Manufacturing Company)
very good
Prerequisites
Course Complexity: Advanced
Prerequisite: Previous experience in corporate finance
Advanced Preparation: None
Education Provider Information
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Illumeo, Inc., 75 East Santa Clara St., Suite 1215, San Jose, CA 95113
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For more information regarding this course, including complaint and cancellation policies, please contact our offices at (408) 400- 3993 or send an e-mail to .