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Accounting for Derivatives in Practice under IFRS9

4.5
5 reviews
  • Another very much nicely exhibited course from an industry professional. Keep it up.
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  • The 3-day Accounting in Practice class gave me all the learning to confront IFRS 9 execution in my organization.
    |
  • Juan Ramirez conveyed an exhaustive prologue to Hedge Accounting issues under IFRS9. His coaching was extremely involved with a decent number of cases from real life.
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Short course

In Singapore (Singapore) and London

£ 2001-3000

Get a deep understanding of derivatives!

  • Duration

    2 Days

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This programme will give you a deep understanding of derivatives accounting and the application of hedge accounting for the interest rate, inflation and FX markets. Learning is based on an intense use of real cases, applying IFRS9 step by step. The new requirements are contrasted with IAS 39 where needed, with detailed discussions on the implementation of new rules.

Case studies and workshops simulate real life client discussions, and cover the decision making, documentation requirements, hedge effectiveness assessment and the accounting entries of a hedging strategy during its life.

This course is also available remotely via LFS Live.

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Location

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London
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34 Curlew Street, se12nd

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Different dates availableEnrolment now open
Singapore (Singapore)
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The Finexis Building

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Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

Derivatives structurers and salespeople
Derivatives accountants
Financial managers
Treasurers
Derivatives middle-office
Stock analysts

Basic understanding of financial statements
Derivatives instruments: forwards, calls, puts and interest rate swaps (basic level)

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Reviews

4.5
excellent
  • Another very much nicely exhibited course from an industry professional. Keep it up.
    |
  • The 3-day Accounting in Practice class gave me all the learning to confront IFRS 9 execution in my organization.
    |
  • Juan Ramirez conveyed an exhaustive prologue to Hedge Accounting issues under IFRS9. His coaching was extremely involved with a decent number of cases from real life.
    |
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4.4
fantastic

Course rating

Recommended

Centre rating

Anonymous

5.0
03/11/2016
What I would highlight: Another very much nicely exhibited course from an industry professional. Keep it up.
What could be improved: Everything was positive.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Anonymous

3.5
30/10/2016
What I would highlight: The 3-day Accounting in Practice class gave me all the learning to confront IFRS 9 execution in my organization.
What could be improved: Nothing.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Anonymous

5.0
28/10/2016
What I would highlight: Juan Ramirez conveyed an exhaustive prologue to Hedge Accounting issues under IFRS9. His coaching was extremely involved with a decent number of cases from real life.
What could be improved: N/A.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Anonymous

5.0
05/10/2016
What I would highlight: London Financial Studies is a superb skill enhancement centre - the staff, the tools, the atmosphere and the course educational programs are on point.
What could be improved: Nothing bad.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Anonymous

4.0
03/10/2016
What I would highlight: I came especially from South Africa to do the course on hedge accounting by Juan Ramirez. He has an extremely exhaustive learning of the subject and gives pragmatic knowledge of how support bookkeeping is actualized. This was extremely valuable. I would prescribe the course.
What could be improved: No negative aspects.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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This centre's achievements

2016

All courses are up to date

The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 16 years

Subjects

  • IAS
  • IFRS
  • IT risk
  • Risk
  • Accounting
  • Chronology
  • Investment
  • Financial liabilities
  • Financial Assets
  • Interest
  • Macrohedging
  • Hedging
  • Hybrid Instruments
  • Cash Flow
  • Derivatives

Teachers and trainers (1)

Juan Ramirez

Juan Ramirez

Teacher

Juan Ramirez is a senior professional at one of the big 4 auditing firms with first-hand experience on providing accounting advice on specific complex financial instruments and transactions, primarily related to (de)recognition, consolidation and hedging. Previously, he was responsible for the marketing of strategic equity derivatives to corporate and banking clients at BNP Paribas in London. Juan is the author of “Accounting for Derivatives” and “Handbook of Corporate Derivatives and Equity Capital Markets” books, both published by Wiley.

Course programme

Day One

Accounting for FX derivatives
Conceptual Framework
- Introduction to IFRS 9
- Interaction with other IFRS standards

Introduction to FX transactions
- Types of FX exposures
- Functional currency vs. presentation currency
- Chronology of a FX transaction

Workshop: Philips Hedging a highly expected foreign sale
- Identification of the FX exposure
- Applying hedge accounting hedging with an FX forward
- Applying hedge accounting hedging with an option
- Applying hedge accounting hedging with a tunnel
- Applying hedge accounting hedging with a knock in forward

Case Study: Hedging a highly expected foreign purchase
- Identification of the FX exposure
- Applying hedge accounting hedging with an FX forward

Case Study: Net investment hedge – France Telecom and Everything Everywhere
- Translation of foreign operations
- Identification of the FX exposure
- Applying hedge accounting hedging with a cross currency swap
- Applying hedge accounting hedging with foreign debt

Short case studies: Special FX situations
- Intercompany FX hedging hedge accounting challenges
- Dual hedging using a single derivative

Day Two

Accounting for Interest Rate Derivatives
Workshop: Hedging a floating rate liability – Cash flow hedge
- Financial assets classification under IFRS 9. Comparison to IAS 39
- Financial liabilities classification and the fair value option
- Accounting for floating rate bonds – the effective interest rate
- Applying cash flow hedge for a fixed to floating interest rate swap
- Hedge accounting documentation and hedge effectiveness assessments
- Accounting entries

Workshop: Hedging a future issuance of a fixed rate liability
- Case background and hedging strategy
- Hedge accounting documentation and hedge effectiveness assessments
- Accounting entries

Workshop: Hedging a fixed rate liability
- Accounting for fixed rate bonds
- Applying fair value hedge for a floating to fixed interest rate swap
- Hedge accounting documentation and hedge effectiveness assessments
- Accounting entries

Case study: Hedging inflation risk
- IAS 39 vs. IFRS 9 guidelines on inflation risk hedging
- The challenge of hedging inflation linked revenues

Case study: Macrohedging (under IAS 39)
- Explanation of the objectives
- Steps to its application and its weaknesses under IAS 39
- IFRS 9 macrohedging project

Other topics
- Hedging credit risk
- Hybrid instruments

Accounting for Derivatives in Practice under IFRS9

£ 2001-3000