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What Auditors Look For in Valuing Financial Instruments
05/05/23
What Auditors Look For in Valuing Financial Instruments
Hedgebook proudly works with 75% of the UK’s top thirty audit firms. Hedgebook Audit is also used by auditors across Australia, New Zealand and the USA.  Discussions with customers reveal there are five main reasons auditors use Hedgebook which we thought might be useful to share.
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5 reasons why FX Sales Teams need a Client Dashboard
02/03/22
5 reasons why FX Sales Teams need a Client Dashboard
FX sales teams work portfolios of customers managing multiple currency hedging instances across each one. This blog explores five ways in which a Client Dashboard can help surface opportunities, engage customers and lift overall performance.
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When to use zero-premium collar options as the method of hedging
30/08/21
When to use zero-premium collar options as the method of hedging
If it is not wise to always hedge via zero-premium collar options and you should never pay a premium to buy outright call and put currency options - what is the right approach?
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New Focus as Pressure Mounts on Auditors
06/05/21
New Focus as Pressure Mounts on Auditors
Not only are companies struggling with the increased focus on exchange rates, but our auditors are also having to learn new tricks.
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Mark-to-Market Valuations Seen in New Light
29/11/20
Mark-to-Market Valuations Seen in New Light
Mark-to-market valuations are no longer a nice to have or a necessary evil, they are in fact an important plank of what we loosely call good treasury management.
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Why FX Valuations are Wasted at Year End
14/11/20
Why FX Valuations are Wasted at Year End
As responsible FX managers we need to meet market uncertainty with probability; delivering the best, most accurate information we can, so the right decisions can be made. On any day.
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Three Ways Hedgebook Helps Banks and Brokers Work Smarter
12/10/20
Three Ways Hedgebook Helps Banks and Brokers Work Smarter
We have learnt a lot about banks and brokers pain points when it comes to engaging with their customers around FX hedging.
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Surprisingly FX Management is Business-as-usual in UK
12/08/20
Surprisingly FX Management is Business-as-usual in UK
In the midst of a global pandemic it is somewhat surprising, forex management is very much 'business-as-usual' in the UK.
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The conundrum of materiality and financial instruments
11/07/19
The conundrum of materiality and financial instruments
As a guest speaker at a recent, global accounting network event I was very interested to hear a robust discussion focused on the subjective area of “materiality”. The unsurprising, and somewhat unsatisfactory, conclusion from the room was that determining materiality depended on a number of different factors, and that there...
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Financial Reporting Council – The Enforcers
14/02/18
Financial Reporting Council – The Enforcers
Did you know that the UK accounting watchdog, the Financial Reporting Council, nearly doubled its fines to £12.8m last year for non-compliance with FRS102 when conducting audits? A common area of non-compliance for audit firms is the requirement to independently value financial instruments, for example, FX forwards, options and interest...
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16/10/12
Where do Swaps Fit into Your Company’s Portfolio?
This is part 10 of a 10 part series on currency swaps and interest rate swaps and their role in the global economy. In part 9, we discussed regulation affecting swaps. In part 10, we’ll review the effectiveness of swaps and whether or not they should be used part of a hedging strategy.
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08/10/12
Understanding Central Bank Liquidity Swaps
This is part 7 of a 10 part series on currency swaps and interest rate swaps and their role in the global economy. In part 7, we illustrated how companies use swaps in the global market place, but on a company-to-company basis. In part 8, we’ll explain the purpose of swaps on the central bank level and when they’re used.
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02/10/12
Floating-for-Floating and Fixed-for-Fixed Swaps: Domestic and Foreign Currency Transactions
This blog on floating-for-floating and fixed-for-fixed swaps is part 4 of a 10 part series on currency swaps and interest rate swaps and their role in the global economy.
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29/08/12
Just what is an interest rate swap?
One of our team was recently asked to give a simple overview of interest rate swaps and how they work. Below was the explanation we put together, using a comparison between an interest rate swap to a fixed-rate bank loan to illustrate the key characteristics. We think it is a nice, concise and clear way to explain interest rate swaps so thought we would share it. Comments welcome.
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20/08/12
Interest Rate Swap Tutorial, Part 3 of 5, Floating Legs
Introducing floating legs For our example interest rate swap we will be using the following inputs: Notional: $1,000,000 USD Coupon Frequency: Semi-Annual Fixed Coupon Amount: 1.24% Floating Coupon Index: 6 month USD LIBOR Business Day Convention: Modified Following Fixed Coupon Daycount: 30/360 Floating Coupon Daycount: Actual/360 Effective Date: Nov 14,...
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20/08/12
The GFC, Corporate Governance and Hedgebook…
In the wake of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), Corporate Governance has become a key focus, not just for large organisations but for small to medium sized entities as well. Corporate Governance relates to the rules around how a company is controlled, whether it is by processes, policies, laws or...
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