John Trefethen - Director and Co-Founder
Oct 225 min read
How Hedge Accounting Optimizes Financial Risk Management
For many organizations, hedging is a great way to manage financial risk.
John Trefethen - Director and Co-Founder
Jun 29, 20232 min read
New Home Sales and Mortgage Application Increase in the US
Fair value hedge accounting allows financial institutions to hedge the value of balance sheet assets and reduce earnings volatility in kind.
Craig Haymaker, CPA - Chief Operating Officer
Mar 3, 202111 min read
Hedge Accounting – A Better Way to Hedge Interest Rate Risk
Fair value hedge accounting allows financial institutions to hedge the value of balance sheet assets and reduce earnings volatility in kind.
John Trefethen - Director and Co-Founder at
Feb 12, 20212 min read
Hedging Versus Speculation
By: John Trefethen, Director & Co-Founder As the NCUA considers easing the derivative application rules, there have been some critics to...
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
HedgeStar Marketing
Sep 2, 20148 min read
Hedging Bank Portfolios: Framing the Issue
To illustrate, consider a simplified example where a bank relies on monthly deposits as its primary funding source in connection with its ho
HedgeStar Marketing
Jun 3, 20036 min read
Hedging With Swaps
A fairly common reason that shortcut treatment is denied, particularly if the swap happens to be a seasoned instrument at the time the hedge
HedgeStar Marketing
Apr 1, 200011 min read
Futures versus Forwards: Implications of FAS 133
A forward contract is a principal-to-principal transaction that commits the counterparties to exchange some underlying property at a given p