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Essential hedge effectiveness testing: methods and importance
21/06/23
Essential hedge effectiveness testing: methods and importance
Hedge effectiveness testing is a crucial practice in the world of finance, ensuring the changes in fair value of a hedge adequately offset the changes in fair value of the hedged item. Kevin Mitchell, MD of Hedge Effective Advisory, explores a range of hedge testing methods.
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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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Hedgebook User Survey: more FX Hedging, more frequently
25/07/22
Hedgebook User Survey: more FX Hedging, more frequently
Five key learnings from this year's Hedgebook Annual User Survey. There are some interesting trends as greater volatility is driving more FX Hedging activity and this is confirmed across our user base.
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Hedge accounting FX options: time versus intrinsic value
23/08/21
Hedge accounting FX options: time versus intrinsic value
Learn how FX options lock in the certainty of worst case exchange rate outcomes while allowing participation in favourable rate movements.
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Why is it so Easy for Your FX Customers to Leave?
23/04/21
Why is it so Easy for Your FX Customers to Leave?
Lockdown has made building FX customer relationships a whole lot harder - but does it have to be? Hedgebook asks the question.
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Is auto-hedging the next big thing in treasury?
24/03/21
Is auto-hedging the next big thing in treasury?
The pros and cons of auto-hedging is becoming a key debate; what is it, the motivations for it and what concerns could customers have?
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Hey Banks! Our Clients Want to Share
03/02/21
Hey Banks! Our Clients Want to Share
In 2020 we surveyed our corporate clients and found 91% of respondents were open to sharing more information with their banks through Hedgebook's API.
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How Hedgebook Audit Helps Auditors Value Financial Instruments
19/01/21
How Hedgebook Audit Helps Auditors Value Financial Instruments
Hedgebook Audit enables the cost effective valuation of financial instruments, compliance and enabling auditors to operate remotely.
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Is Santa FX Hedging this Christmas?
16/12/20
Is Santa FX Hedging this Christmas?
In terms of a global importer Santa would have to be right up there - a light hearted look at FX hedging transactions at the North Pole.
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15/02/17
New FX hedging instruments within Hedgebook
Traditionally, the typical Hedgebook user has focused their foreign exchange hedging activity at the vanilla end of the spectrum. Forwards, purchased options and options that are in one-for-one collar relationships have been the staple diet of importers and exporters. To be honest, even purchased options are not particularly common as...
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04/02/15
Hedge accounting has never been easier
It seems like a lifetime ago since hedge accounting was first introduced, nearly ten years ago now. My how auditors loved it. How complicated could they make it? Very, ,was the answer. How about insisting on regression testing for simple foreign exchange forward contracts or forcing options to be split...
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