Lies, damned lies and valuations
With the passing of 30 June we have entered another busy period for year-end valuations. One of the most common questions we are asked at these important balance dates is “why is there a difference…
“Predicting rain doesn’t count; building Arks does.”
The ethos of Hedgebook’s Australian reseller, Noah’s Rule, is highly appropriate for a corporate risk management firm. Noah’s Rule (the company)isapassionate advocate of corporate risk management through active risk awareness. Noah’s Rule specialises in assisting…
Rakon Ltd takes HedgebookPro and Infoscan data
We are pleased to announce that Rakon Ltd has chosen HedgebookPro and Hedgebook’s market data service, Infoscan, to assist in managing their financial market exposures. Rakon is a publicly listed technology company based in New…
Forward exchange contracts: Pre-deliveries and extensions
When a company uses forward exchange contracts (FECs) to hedge forecasted future foreign currency exposures, often the hedge contract needs to be adjusted to reflect the actual timing of the cashflows as they fall due….
CVA is here to stay
Nine months ago we at Hedgebook engaged audit firms, banks and corporates to discuss Credit Value Adjustment (CVA) and Debit Value Adjustment (DVA) as the introduction of IFRS 13 loomed. The overwhelming response was one…
CVA module: simple and inexpensive
We have been busy developing a Credit Value Adjustment (CVA) module over the last couple of months which will be released prior to 30 June 2014. The timing allows users with 30 June balance dates…
FX management and a good night’s sleep
How hard is it really to manage your foreign exchange positions? Often we over think it and probably over-complicate things at the same time. Sure if you are a large corporate with many and varied…
IFRS 7 – Disclosure Requirements of Financial Instruments
A key pillar of Hedgebook’s ethos is to make life easier for corporates in managing and reporting their financial derivative exposures. This approach extends to aiding Treasurers and CFOs comply with the ever increasing compliance…
Calculating fx forward points
A common misunderstanding we often encounter relates to the calculation of foreign exchange forward points. Foreign exchange forward points are the time value adjustment made to the spot rate to reflect a future date. The…
Will auditors enforce CVA compliance?
There is no doubt that CVA (credit value adjustment) and DVA (debit value adjustment) is rapidly becoming front of mind as corporations who have a 31 December balance date and outstanding financial instruments discover something…
IFRS 13: Fair value measurement – Credit Value Adjustment
The purpose of this blog is to examine IFRS 13 as it relates to the Credit Value Adjustment (CVA) of a financial instrument. In the post GFC environment, greater focus has been given to the…
Credit Value Adjustment
Credit Value Adjustment or CVA has been around for a long time, however, with the introduction of the accounting standard IFRS13, this year there is a requirement to understand it a bit better. The new…