John Trefethen - Director and Co-Founder
Jun 11, 20211 min read
Audit Support – Valuation Services
Rely on HedgeStar to be your valuation specialist for Level 1, 2 and 3 instrument valuations.
John Trefethen - Director and Co-Founder
May 20, 20202 min read
Using ASC 820 to Identify Likely Bankruptcy Candidates
By: John Trefethen, Director & Co-Founder Shuttering the economy to combat covid-19 has already led to several notable bankruptcies. Not...
Tim Potter, CPA - Hedge Accounting Manager
Apr 26, 20191 min read
FASB Issues Narrow-Scope Improvements
By: Tim Potter, CPA, Senior Manager Official announcement from FASB Today, FASB issued narrow-scope improvements to its financial...
John Trefethen - Director and Co-Founder at
Mar 19, 20193 min read
Minimize Earnings Volatility with Hedge Accounting
By: John Trefethen, Director & Co-Founder All other things being equal, shareholders, owners and executives like earnings to be...
John Trefethen - Director and Co-Founder at
Feb 13, 20194 min read
Accounting Considerations When Hedging
By: John Trefethen, Director & Co-Founder Companies commonly choose to enhance certainty in future commodity prices, interest rates and...
Merc Morse
Jan 30, 20191 min read
What we observed at the S&P Global Platts Aluminum Conference
Many thanks to the folks at S&P Global Platts for putting on a wonderful aluminum event at the iconic Hotel del Coronado on January 13th...
HedgeStar Marketing
Nov 20, 20186 min read
Mythbusters: Debunking the myths about derivatives
Derivative contracts are often portrayed as the bad boys of the financial marketplace, but this characterization misrepresents most derivati
HedgeStar Marketing
Oct 16, 20187 min read
Know Your Options: Amended derivative accounting affords benefits for forward and option hedgers
As attractive as this new ratable method may be, in certain cases, it might be preferable to avoid this treatment and apply an alternative m
HedgeStar Marketing
Sep 20, 20186 min read
Hedging Benchmark Interest Rate Exposures
Under the rules of fair value hedge accounting, a prerequisite condition is that the hedge should be highly effective in offsetting this spe
American Metal Markets
Aug 8, 20181 min read
Hedging in the Steel Market: HedgeStar’s Perspective
“People are showing more interest in hedging at conferences, especially folks in the steel market,” HedgeStar manager of valuation Merc Mors