Accounting for Derivatives: Advanced Hedging under IFRS

Accounting for Derivatives: Advanced Hedging Under IFRS by Juan Ramirez is a comprehensive practical guide to hedge accounting. The author has drawn on his day-to-day experience, advising corporate CFOs and treasurers on sophisticated hedging strategies to provide an invaluable resource for the practitioner. The most frequently used hedging strategies are all covered and the most pressing challenges that corporate executives face today in this area are addressed. Accounting for Derivatives is case-driven throughout, with each specific case analyzing in detail a real-life hedging strategy. A broad range of hedging strategies have been included, some of them using sophisticated derivatives. This framework, based on the extensive use of real-life cases enables the reader to create their own accounting interpretation of the specific hedging strategies. Practical advice is offered throughout on how to minimize the earnings volatility impact of hedging with derivatives. Key feature include: The only book to cover IAS39 from the derivatives practitioner's perspective Extensive real-life case studies providing essential information for the practitioner Covers numerous hedging instruments including 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 Analyzes the hedge of foreign currency denominated liabilities In-depth information on hedge of commodity riskRamirez, Juan is the author of 'Accounting for Derivatives: Advanced Hedging under IFRS', published 2007 under ISBN 9780470515792 and ISBN 0470515791.