Hedge accounting
Risk-free rates may fail liquidity test for hedge accounting
Experts fear trades referencing SOFR and €STR will not be eligible for hedging relief
Libor Risk Q&A – Murex
Alexandre Bon, Group co-head of Libor and benchmark reform, and head of marketing and strategy, Asia‑Pacific, at Murex, discusses key industry concerns around the transition away from Libor, including how the discontinuation deadline will be impacted by…
Jittery ringgit spurs options growth in Malaysia
Local corporates seek new hedging tools, but longer-term options liquidity lacking
Why the numbers don’t add up for post-Libor hedge accounting
Experts raise concerns over IASB’s Phase II plans to move on from Libor
Hedging adviser of the year: Chatham Financial
Risk Awards 2020: Hedge accounting solution helps Freddie Mac tackle P&L swings from loan hedges
Libor transition and implementation – Covering all bases
Sponsored Q&A
Libor reform threatens hedge accounting for loans
Changes to loan terms may nullify contracts and create balance sheet volatility
MetLife executes $250 million SOFR-linked repo
Isda AGM: US insurer's hedging chief says systems issues hindering its use of derivatives, however
IFRS 9 drives appetite for long-dated hedges in Asia
New accounting standard helps manage mark-to-market volatility of long-term trades
Banks warned on holes in EU’s proposed Brexit relief
Potential EC, French and German no-deal relief is expected to be short-lived and incomplete
Swaps users wary of hedge accounting hit from Brexit transfer
Uncertainty over exemption for novated trades may force hedgers to sacrifice netting benefits
IFRS 9 versus IAS 39: Opportunities in changes to hedge accounting
With financial reporting in a state of flux amid the introduction of several new accounting standards, many corporates may feel overburdened by the need to ensure accounting compliance to take full advantage of IFRS 9 from the point of adoption. Robert…
General Motors embraces hedge accounting change
Automaker ramps up cash flow hedging in wake of FASB update
Ford reports $204 million derivatives charge
Foreign exchange and commodity contracts fall in value
Brexit: banks take the ‘no’ out of novations
Swaps clauses stop end-users blocking counterparty switch, making it easier to move trades to EU affiliates
FASB to vote on hedge accounting for US Libor successor
Standards body likely to approve SOFR as eligible
US hedge accounting changes could spur small bank swaps boom
Banks eye opportunities to claim hedge accounting treatment for fixed-rate portfolios and callable debt
Fed weighing VM capital cut for cleared swaps
Powell implies support for practice that saved UBS $300m in capital
Corporate deal of the year: Air Liquide and Barclays
Risk Awards 2017: Record-breaking contingent hedge accompanies complex, cross-border acquisition
IASB revives IFRS 9 project to recognise portfolio hedging
Banking book behavioural complexity could still stymie attempts to facilitate macro hedging
OTC market resisting swap futures threat
Swap futures yet to break out, but backers see margin, accounting and Citadel as tailwinds
Time is tight: Implementing the IFRS 9 three-stage approach
Sponsored interview: Oracle
EBA stress test shines light on interest income hedging dilemma
Non-maturing liabilities pose problems for banks' IRRBB hedge accounting