How to Overcome the Hedge Accounting Challenges Corporations Face Today

With Insights from Auditing Firm KPMG LLP (Canada)

Thursday, February 23 @ 11:00am EDT / 8:00am PDT / 4:00pm GMT
FREE Webinar

As a financial professional, you know that hedge accounting improves your financial risk management and reduces your income statement volatility. However, how do you effectively overcome the challenges associated with this process and adhere to the complex rules of hedge accounting?

Learn practical approaches to applying hedge accounting directly from KPMG LLP (Canada) and FINCAD. Understand what auditors typically look for when auditing your hedge accounting process and relationships. Learn the appropriate methodologies for hedge effectiveness testing, how to include credit risk and ultimately what documentation is typically required to ensure your hedge accounting process is accurate, consistent and efficient.

Join our experts in this 45-minute webinar as they address these fundamental hedge accounting questions:

What documentation is required to comply with hedge accounting standards (U.S. and International)?
How do I test the effectiveness of my hedges, and which methodology should I use?
How do I incorporate credit risk in my hedge effectiveness tests? Is it mandatory?

This webinar will also provide you with information on how to implement an in-house solution that makes it easier to get auditor sign-off without adding complexity to your daily routine.

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Who should attend:
This webinar is critical for all CFOs, Treasurers, Controllers and other finance professionals who are:

Considering applying hedge accounting, or
Looking to simplify their existing hedge accounting process while reducing the time and costs associated with it.

Presenters:
	Dilshad Hassen Partner, Risk Consulting, KPMG LLP (Canada) Mr. Hassen is a Partner in KPMG's Risk Consulting practice in Toronto. He has extensive knowledge and experience in advising clients on managing and mitigating financial risks and the accounting for complex transactions and financial instruments under both US GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. Mr. Hassen serves as an advisor to financial and non-financial institutions on risk management and the application of accounting standards to various complex transactions.
	Gurpreet Banwait Director, Product Management, FINCAD Gurpreet Banwait has over a decade of experience working in the financial services and software industry. He is a chartered financial analyst (CFA), as well as a financial risk manager (FRM). In his current role, he analyses market needs, particularly the needs of corporate treasuries, chief financial officers (CFOs) and other financial professionals, and manages the strategic direction of FINCAD's Insight web solutions, Hedge Accounting Insight and Fair Value Insight.

Presenters:

Dilshad Hassen
Partner, Risk Consulting, KPMG LLP (Canada)

Mr. Hassen is a Partner in KPMG's Risk Consulting practice in Toronto. He has extensive knowledge and experience in advising clients on managing and mitigating financial risks and the accounting for complex transactions and financial instruments under both US GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. Mr. Hassen serves as an advisor to financial and non-financial institutions on risk management and the application of accounting standards to various complex transactions.

Gurpreet Banwait
Director, Product Management, FINCAD

Gurpreet Banwait has over a decade of experience working in the financial services and software industry. He is a chartered financial analyst (CFA), as well as a financial risk manager (FRM). In his current role, he analyses market needs, particularly the needs of corporate treasuries, chief financial officers (CFOs) and other financial professionals, and manages the strategic direction of FINCAD's Insight web solutions, Hedge Accounting Insight and Fair Value Insight.

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