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Derivatives Hedging Translation Flashcards

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How are derivatives recorded?

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At cost when acquired re-valued to fair value each period on Balance Sheet.

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How are unrealized gains/losses on trading securities recorded?

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Recorded on income statement

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How are gains and losses on Available for Sale (AFS) securities recorded?

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They are included in Other Comprehensive Income.

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What is a Fair Value Hedge? How is it recorded?

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Fair Value Hedge offsets exposure to changes in the value of a recognized asset/liability or of an unrecognized commitment

Initially recorded on Balance Sheet at Fair Value

Gains/Losses recorded on Income Statement

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What is a Cash Flow Hedge? How is it recorded?

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Cash flow hedges protect from exposure to fluctuations in cash flows.

Initially recorded on Balance Sheet at Fair Value

Gains/Losses going to OCI

Example: A cereal company enters into a futures contract on grain purchases to offset the risk that grain will go up in price.

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Where are gains and losses on foreign currency hedges recorded?

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In Other Comprehensive Income (OCI)

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What disclosures are required for derivative transactions?

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Objectives and Strategies

Context to help investor understand the instrument

Risk Management Policies

Complete List of Hedged Instruments

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8
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How do transactions denominated in in a currency other than a company’s functional currency affect the income statement?

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Fluctuations in that currency cause a gain or loss that must be recognized on the income statement as Income from Continuing Operations

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For the balance sheet which date’s translation rate is used to report assets and liabilities?

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The current translation rate as of the balance sheet date is used to report assets and liabilities.

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10
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Which date’s currency translation rate is used for the reporting of revenue and expense transactions in a foreign currency?

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Use the weighted average exchange rate for the current year.

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If the functional currency is the reporting currency which exchange rate is used on the foreign currency financial statements?

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Foreign Currency Financial Statements are remeasured into the Reporting Currency (Dollar) using the weighted-average exchange rate

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Where are re-measurement gains and losses due to foreign currency translation reported?

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On the income statement as Other Income.

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13
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When are 39 and 60 day rates used

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Forward contracts

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14
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Foreign currency gain and loss for note payable

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Includes increase/ decrease in principal and interest

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15
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Examples of derivative benchmarks

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Stock prices
Interest rates
Mortgage rates
Currency rates 
Commodity prices
Other agreed upon rates
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16
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What must derivative investments contain

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One or more underlyings and notional amounts

No initial net investment or smaller net investment than required for similar response contracts

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What is an underlying

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Any financial or physical variable that has either observable changes or objectively verifiable changes

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18
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What is an in the money call option

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Price of underlying is greater than strike or exercise price

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What are notional amounts

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Are the referenced associated asset or liability that are commonly a number of units such as barrels of oil

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20
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Name hedging instrument disclosures

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Objectives and strategies
Context to understand instrument
Risk management policies
List of hedged instruments

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21
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Examples of exclusions from definition of derivative

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Leases
Adjustable rate loans
Equity securities

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22
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Examples of derivatives

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Options
Futures contracts
Credit index contracts
Interest rate swaps

23
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What is required for bifurcation of derivative

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Must meet the definition of derivative

Have economic characteristics and risks not closely and clearly related to host contract

24
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How can election to not bifurcate be made? How is it recorded?

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Election made on instrument by instrument basis

Recorded at FV

25
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Disclosure requirements if not bifurcating

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Separate line item for FV and non-FV instrument on B/S or

Aggregate amount of all hybrid instruments with amount of hybrid instruments at FV

26
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Hedge accounting permitted for

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Unrecognized firm commitments
AFS securities
Foreign currency denominated hedge forecasted transactions
Net investment in foreign operations

27
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Hedging instrument general criteria

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Sufficient documentation required at beginning of process

Must be highly effective throughout life

28
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Criteria to qualify unrecognized firm commitment as hedged item

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Must bind both parties
Specific with respect to all significant items
Contains net performance clause that makes performance probable

29
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Recording gain or loss in FV and cash flow hedge

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FV hedge - Gain or loss in earnings
Cash flow hedge - effective portion to OCI, ineffective to reported in cumulative basis to reflect lesser of gain or loss on derivative or cumulative gain or loss from and in expected cash flows

30
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Derivatives meet definition of

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Asset and liability and recorded on balance sheet

31
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Examples of foreign currency hedges

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Unrecognized firm commitment
AFS securities
Foreign currency denominated transactions
Net investment in foreign operations reported as translation adjustment

32
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Rates used in forward contract gain and loss

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Use forward rate at date entered into at balance sheet date

33
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Rates used for foreign current valuation of asset or liability

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Spot rate

34
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Gain and loss treatment of forward contract to speculate

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Gain or loss included in earnings each period

35
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Examples of off-balance sheet risk

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Outstanding loan commitments
Recourse obligations on receivables
Futures contracts

36
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Disclosures required if estimating FV of instrument not practicable

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Information pertinent to estimating FV

Reasons it is not practicable

37
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Required Disclosure of concentrations of credit risk

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Disclosures for all financial instruments

Include info on shared activity region, economic activity, amount of loss if concentrated parties failure to perform, info on entity’s collateral policy

38
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IFRS recognition of cash flows and hedge of net investment

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Accounted for in OCI

39
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If functional currency of subsidiary is equal to foreign currency how to translate at what rate

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Asset and liabilities translated at current rates

40
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If functional currency of subsidiary is US dollar remeasure using

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Remeasure at historical and current rates

41
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How to translate revenue and expense

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Use weighted average of current rates

42
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How are accumulated gains or losses on certain foreign currency statements reported

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As component of stockholder equity entitled OCI

43
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Where are translation adjustments from translation of foreign currency statement

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OCI
Accumulated OCI
Stockholder equity

44
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Where to allocate gain or loss when functional currency equals reporting currency

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Remeasurement recorded in net income

45
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What accounts to use historical rates on when company’s books not functional currency

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Historical rates for inventories at cost and marketable equity securities reported at cost

46
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What is Remeasurement gain or loss

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Where the functional currency is converted to accounting currency. Gain or loss to net income

47
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What is he functional currency

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Currency of primary economic environment in which the entity operates, currency of environment in which an entity primary generates and expends cash

48
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Types of currencies under IFRS

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Foreign, functional, and presentation

49
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How does IFRS define functional currency

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Currency in which company primarily operates

50
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Under IFRS, if functional currency equals presentation currency how is gain or loss reported

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Translation gain or loss reported in current earnings on income statement

51
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IFRS requirements regarding foreign currency translation

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Nonmonetary items measured at historical cost use historical rates
Monetary items translated at year end spot rate
Functional currency is same as presentation currency gain or loss deferred

52
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If the functional currency is the foreign currency what rate method is used? At what rate are assets and liabilities measured? Owners equity? Revenue and expenses?

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Current rate method

Assets and liabilities - current rates
Revenues and expenses - weighted average rates
Equity - historical rates

53
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If the functional currency is the reporting currency (US dollar) what method is used? What rate is used for assets and liabilities? Revenue and expenses? Equity?

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Remeasurement method
Monetary assets and liabilities - current rates
Nonmonetary assets and liabilities - historical rates
Revenues and expenses - weighted average rates
Except depreciation - historical rates
Equity - historical rates

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