Lenders such as banks, mortgage lenders, and credit unions manage large portfolios of fixed-rate loans. Typically, these assets are funded with floating-rate liabilities. This mismatch between fixed-rate assets and floating-rate liabilities can...
June
25,
2020
Posted by
Jeff Goggins
The translation process converts local currency financial statements of subsidiaries into USD based financials for consolidation and reporting purposes. This is a relatively simple accounting process that’s typically performed by software in...
May
04,
2020
Posted by
Ruth Hardie
In March, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04 on the “Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting.” This guidance provides optional practical expedients and exceptions to GAAP for contracts, hedge relationships and other...
April
07,
2020
Posted by
Hedge Trackers
In this video, Ruth Hardie, senior director of client services, provides an overview of what you can expect from interest rate swaps given the current large drop in rates.
March
16,
2020
Posted by
Farah Lotia
On Sunday afternoon, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) reduced its target rate by 100bps to a range of 0-0.25%. Zero percent interest rates are quickly becoming a reality in the United States. In fact, treasury inflation-protected...
March
04,
2020
Posted by
Ruth Hardie
On March 3, 2020, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) made an emergency 50bp interest rate cut in response to the Coronavirus’ impact on the U.S. economy. Both Cash Flow and Fair Value interest rate hedgers will be affected by the change.
February
18,
2020
Posted by
Ruth Hardie
LIBOR is being phased out through 2021, and the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) was selected as the preferred LIBOR replacement by the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) in June 2017. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is...
September
24,
2019
Posted by
Farah Lotia
Rates & Recession: What Happened? Last Wednesday, The Fed lowered its target for the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point, to a range of 1.75% to 2%.
August
05,
2019
Posted by
Ruth Hardie
As the London Inter-bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) begins to phase out, many corporate treasurers have been flooded by a wave of uncertainty. Our advice has been to proactively start planning alternatives by looking out for the guidance and term...