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.
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Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Previous experience in corporate finance
Advanced Preparation: None
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