Download or read book Accounting for Derivatives US GAAP written by Jörg Decker and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2003-07-23 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Business economics - Accounting and Taxes, grade: 1,7 (A-), Technical University of Braunschweig (Economics - Controlling), course: Intenational Accounting, language: English, abstract: Some years before the financial scandal of Enron, which was mainly caused by the misuse of derivatives, the Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB) began deliberating on issues related to derivatives and hedging transactions.1 The cause of thinking about changes in accounting for derivatives was a problematic situation in 1986 (comparable to current situation in Germany). For example, the applicatory use was very complicated and transactions with derivatives were not transparent enough. There were only clear standards for a few product groups and transactions with derivatives were not reported on the balance sheet.2 In consequence, first in 1986, a work program called Project on Financial Instruments was founded.3 In 1992 the members of the FASB received the responsibility in working on derivatives and continued improving the existing statement for about six years in more than 100 meetings. In June 1998 (06/16/1998) the Statement for Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 133 “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Instruments” passed as an outcome of these efforts and is valid for every entity.4 Some public voices say, it is one of the most complex and controversial standards ever issued by the FASB.5 Statement No. 133 replaced FASB Statement No. 80 (Accounting for Future Contracts), No. 105 (Disclosure of Information about Financial Instruments with Off-Balance-Sheet Risk and Financial Instruments with Concentrations of Credit Risk) and No. 119 (Disclosures about Derivative Financial Instruments and Fair Value of Financial Instruments). 6 Also FASB Statement No. 52 (Foreign Currency Translation) and No. 107 (Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments) were amended, by including the “disclosure provisions about concentration of credit risk” form Statement No. 105 in Statement No.107. Despite the fact that the new Statement was issued in June 1998 it only was effective on financial statements for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2000. [...] 1 Cp. Ernst & Young LLP (2002), p. 1. 2 Cp. Henne, T.(2000), p. 51. 3 Cp. Zander, D. (2000), p. 985. 4 Cp. Maulshagen ,A./Maulshagen, O. (1998), p. 2151. 5 Cp. International Treasurer (1999). 6 Cp. Ernst & Young LLP (2002), p. 1.

Download or read book Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging Activities written by Frank J. Beil and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2013-10-09 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derivatives, and derivatives used to hedge financial and operating functions, are designed to allow managers of firms to manage effectively the downside risk of their financial and operating strategies. They also can be very useful tools that allow managers and executives to accurately predict financial and operational performance and manage the investment communities' "expectations" regarding overall firm performance. Derivatives and hedges, however, if not properly designed in conjunction with the firm's risk management strategy, can be potentially disastrous for the firm. The ongoing financial turmoil in markets can be partially explained by company managers and executives not understanding the potential financial statement impact when derivative markets move in a particular direction for longer periods of time than anticipated by firms. This book is designed for managers and executives to be a comprehensive yet accessible resource for understanding the impact of derivative and hedge accounting on a company's reporting of financial statements. The book's primary purpose is to demystify derivatives and provide practical advice and counsel on how to use them to manage more effectively the operational and financial risk to the firm. When used properly derivatives are an extremely effective tool that managers and executives can use to reduce uncertainty regarding the future.

Download or read book Treasury in Practice written by Karl-Heinz Klamra and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the 25 Dow Jones Title of the processing and manufacturing industry recorded 23 companies over the period of the years 2007- 2015, negative Translation - total - result. While this Translation - losses amounted in 2013 still to an average of 3.9% of the average group - profits, this quotient grew in 2014 to 11% and in 2015 even to 20.5%. At 7 groups the quotient of Translation loss 2015 to Profit 2015 amounts to 44.7% - 81.9%. These 7 US - groups could have increased her group - profits 44.7% - 81.9% in 2015 or about all 25 groups on an average 20.5% if they had neutralized their Translation - risk. In spite of these Translation - losses only 12 of these 25 groups hedged the Translation - risk by Net Investment Hedges. With increasing globalization the Translation problem will further grow. These and other interesting results from the balance - and hedge accounting analyzes with concern of these worldwide, famous US - corporations: e. g.: 3M, Apple, Boeing, Caterpillar, Chevron, Cisco, Coca - Cola, Du Pont, Exxon Mobil, General Electric, IBM, Intel, Mc Donald, Merck, Microsoft, Nike, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Walt Disney and Wal - Mart - Stores. Previously published books: 1)IRFS 9: Risk - Controlling IAS 39 / IFRS 7 - Hedge Accounting VI 2)IFRS 9: Analyse der Fehler IAS 39 / IFRS 7 3)Currency Headwinds - - Hedge Accounting V 4)Currency Headswind - Hedge Accounting V - Treasury in der Praxis 5)Treasury in Practice: 25 Dow Jones Groups- Hedge Accounting IV 6)Treasury in der Praxis: Devisen - und Derivate Management 7)Currency - and Financial Derivative Management in Practice: Hedge Accounting III 8)Mrd. Grab Devisenmanagement Teil III: Hedge Accounting III - 67 europaische Konzerne - 618 Mrd. Probleme 9)Treasury in Practice: Translation - Risk, Fair Value Hedge and Cash Flow Hedge: Hedge Accounting II 10)Mrd. - Grab Devisenmanagement Teil II: Hedge Accounting Soon appears: Hedge Accounting VII - Master Mind IFRS 9 - Routenplaner Corporate Finance"

Download or read book Accounting for Risk Hedging and Complex Contracts written by A. Rashad Abdel-Khalik and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the exponential growth in financial derivatives, accounting standards setters have had to keep pace and devise new ways of accounting for transactions involving these instruments, especially hedging activities. Accounting for Risk, Hedging and Complex Contracts addresses the essential elements of these developments, exploring accounting as related to today's most relevant topics - risk, hedging, insurance, reinsurance, and more. The book begins by providing a basic foundation by discussing the concepts of risk, risk types and measurement, and risk management. It then introduces readers to the nature and valuation of free standing options, swaps, forward and futures as well as of embedded derivatives. Discussion and illustrations of the cash flow hedge and fair value hedge accounting treatments are offered in both single currency and multiple currency environments, including hedging net investment in foreign operations. The final chapter is devoted to the disclosure of financial instruments and hedging activities. The combination of these topics makes the book a must-have resource and reference in the field. With discussions of the basic tools and instruments, examinations of the related accounting, and case studies to help students apply their knowledge, this book is an essential, self-contained source for upper-level undergraduate and masters accounting students looking develop an understanding of accounting for today’s financial realities.

Download or read book Derivatives Disclosure and Accounting written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Securities and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999-08 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hearing on financial derivatives and the new SEC's regulations and the FASB's proposal concerning derivatives. Witnesses: Thomas Logan and Patrick Montgomery, Treasury Mgmt. Assoc.; Kenneth Lehn, Prof., U. of Pittsburgh, former Deputy Chief Economist, SEC; William Miller, Assoc. for Invest. Mgmt. and Research; Joseph Bauman, International Swaps and Derivatives Assoc., Inc.; Stephen Wallman, Commissioner, SEC, and Michael Sutton and Eric Sirri; Kenneth Wolfe, Hershey Foods Corp.; Alex Pollock, Fed. Home Loan Bank of Chicago; William Roberts, Amer. Bankers Assoc.; and Edmund Jenkins, chmn., Financial Accounting Standards Board.

Download or read book Innovations written by Gary L. Gastineau and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accounting standards for derivatives activity are undergoing rapid revision, both in the U.S. and internationally. Hedge accounting, a special treatment to allow offsetting profits and losses on different components of a hedge to be reflected in earnings at the same time, is becoming less useful with the increased reporting of marked-to-market valuations. This process is being accelerated by the newly adopted Financial Accounting Standard 119, which calls for a substantial increase in the disclosure of derivatives-related information by U.S. corporations. We argue, however, that release of much derivatives information, such as notional principal values, numbers and maturities of contracts in different markets, and so on, can easily be misleading, and may not aid public understanding of the true risks facing a firm. In some cases, it may even be damaging to the shareholders' interests. The rush to implement new accounting standards in this instance carries the risk of requiring inappropriate disclosure for firms using derivatives.

Download or read book FASB derivative accounting standards written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging written by Mark A. Trombley and published by Irwin/McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 2003 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

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Download or read book Growth in Financial Derivatives written by A. Rashad Abdel-Khalik and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the period 1995-2012, U.S. financial institutions had contributed significantly to the growth in financial derivatives. The notional amount of total derivatives held by the 25 largest U.S. bank holding companies grew eighteen times from $16.6 trillion in 1995 to $308 trillion in 2012, while the U.S. GDP merely doubled from $7.7 trillion to $16.2 trillion over the same period. In this paper, we examine three possible drivers of this growth: (a) the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, (b) the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, and (c) FAS 133 (now ASC 815), Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, which became effective in 2000. Using a sample of U.S. bank holding companies, we find a temporal association between the passage of the two Congressional Acts and the abnormal growth in trading/over-the-counter derivatives. We also predict and find that the use of cash flow hedge accounting treatment helps reduce earnings volatility/equity risk, and that firms increase their use of non-trading derivatives when facing high level of earnings volatility/equity risk.

Download or read book Accounting for Derivatives written by Juan Ramirez and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-10 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accounting for Derivatives: Advanced Hedging under IFRS is a comprehensive practical guide to hedge accounting. This book is neither written by auditors afraid of providing opinions on strategies for which accounting rules are not clear, nor by accounting professors lacking practical experience. Instead, it is based on day-to-day experience, advising corporate CFOs and treasurers on sophisticated hedging strategies. It covers the most frequent hedging strategies and addresses the most pressing challenges that corporate executives find today. The book is case-driven with each case analysing in detail a real-life hedging strategy. A broad range of hedging strategies have been included, some of them using sophisticated derivatives. The objective of this book is to provide a conceptual framework based on the extensive use of cases so that readers can create their own accounting interpretation of the hedging strategy being considered. Accounting for Derivatives will be essential reading for CFOs, internal auditors and treasurers of corporations, professional accountants as well as derivatives professionals working at commercial and investment banks. Key feature include: The only book to cover IAS39 from the derivatives practitioner’s perspective Extensive real-life case studies to providing essential information for the practitioner Covers hedging instruments such as forwards, swaps, cross-currency swaps, and combinations of standard options as well as more complex derivatives such as knock-in forwards, KIKO forwards, range accruals and swaps in arrears. Includes the latest information on FX hedging and hedging of commodities

Download or read book IFRS 3 Business Combinations written by International Accounting Standards Board and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities written by Financial Accounting Standards Board and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Accounting for Derivatives written by Raymond E. Perry and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1997 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With that statement, writer and editor Raymond E. Perry throws down the gauntlet. A basic understanding of derivatives accounting is essential for maximizing your investment returns from these volatile instruments. In Accounting for Derivatives, Raymond Perry and other financial professionals explain every aspect of accounting for derivatives in today's exploding derivatives market. Topics include: Accurate determination of the fair value of derivatives; Accounting for derivatives; Making sense of the existing authoritative guidance for derivatives.

Download or read book Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities written by Financial Accounting Standards Board (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Financial Derivatives written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 2005 CCH Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging written by James F. Green (Accountant) and published by CCH Incorporated. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: