Track: Treasury Operations

Stepping Down from the Tower to Improve FX Hedge Performance Reporting

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Room: 404 AB

If you hedge and no one uses the hedge rate in company planning, forecasting or senior management presentations, is it really a hedge? Hear how to increase treasury's visibility by developing a solid understanding of currency issues while working with and educating operations management.

Speakers:

• Catherine P. Portman
  Assistant Treasurer
  Juniper Networks, Inc.

• Sandra Koch
  Senior Consultant
  Hedge Trackers, LLC

Objectives

• Better understand how to communicate the strategic importance of hedge programs across the corporation
• Share how treasury got involved in operations and what they are doing to maintain the connection
• Generate reports that provide management insight into both the economic and financial statement "effectiveness" of existing hedge programs
• Reveal how operations pricing practices impacted global exposures and hedge program

Pre-Requisites

• None

Take-Aways

• Mismatch schedule definition guide
• FX variance analysis calculations

CPA Field of Study: ACCT