Agenda
The Basic
Hedged Items
Hedging Instruments
Hedge Effectiveness
Accounting Criteria
Ilustrations
Summary
What is hedging?
Hedging
Risk Exposure
Hedge transactions are used to reduce risk
exposure. But what are the possible risks?
Example 1 Sterling Effort plc, a GBP functional
company, has a firm commitment in six months'
time to purchase an item of machinery for a fixed
amount in US $.
The risk:
Sterling Effort has a foreign exchange exposure
to the US $. The cost to Sterling Effort in GBP of
the future US $ purchase will vary with the US
$/GBP exchange rate.
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Risk Exposure
Lack of offset
The financial instruments that Sterling Effort, Highlife
Bank and Lasting Returns entered into to hedge
their risk exposures are derivatives. It is also
possible to use non-derivative financial instruments
to hedge foreign currency risk. Under IAS 39 all
derivatives must be recognised in the balance sheet
at fair value. However, often the items that the
companies hedge are either not yet recorded on the
balance sheet or are recorded, but not measured at
fair value. Therefore, there is a mismatch in the
timing of recognition of the gains and losses in profit
and loss. This is where hedge accounting comes in.
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Achieving offset
Companies can employ hedge accounting
to achieve offset in profit or loss . There are
three principal methods or types of hedge
accounting, which achieve offset in different ways:
Cash flow hedge accounting
Fair value hedge accounting
Net investment hedges (otherwise known as
hedging a net investment in a foreign
operation)
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Hedging Relationship
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Hedge Accounting
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Hedge Accounting
Types
Hedge
Item is
Accounting Treatment
FV
FA/FL/ firm both the hedged item & hedging instrument are
commitme revalued to FV, and the opposite gain & loss are
nt
recognized in the income statement
Cash flow
forecast
future
transaction
(or
firm
commitme
nt for forex
txn)
Net
investme
nt
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Reliable
measurement of
effectiveness
FORMAL
DESIGNATION
Formal hedge
documentation +
risk management
policy
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The hedge is
expected to be and is
highly effective
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Hedge effectiveness
One of the criteria that must be met for an economic
hedge to qualify for hedge accounting is that it is
highly effective. A hedge is highly effective if the
changes in the fair value or cash flows of the
hedged item attributable to the hedged risk - for
example, due to changes in interest rates or foreign
exchange rates - are offset by the changes in fair
value or cash flows of the hedging instrument within
a range of 80-125%.
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Formal Designation
IAS 39 only allows an entity to apply hedge
accounting if it specifically designates the hedging
instrument and the hedged item from the point in
time when it wants to commence applying hedge
accounting. There are strict criteria that must be met
for each hedge accounting relationship to qualify for
hedge accounting
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Formal Designation
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Formal Designation
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Formal Designation
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Prospective effectiveness
The hedge must be expected to be highly effective.
This assessment is known as the prospective
effectiveness test.
Retrospective effectiveness
The effectiveness of the hedge must be assessed on an
on-going basis (at least at every reporting date) and must
actually be highly effective
This assessment is known as the retrospective
effectiveness test.
Effectiveness Testing
THE HEDGE IS EXPECTED TO BE
AND HAS BEEN HIGHLY EFFECTIVE
PROSPECTIVE
TEST
(highly effective)
AT INCEPTION
AT EACH
REPORTING DATE
AND
RETROSPECTIVE TEST
([80-125%])
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Single item
ASSETLIABILITY
LIABILITY
ASSET
Proportions of an item
Netinvestment
investmentin
in
Net
foreignoperations
operations
foreign
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OK
+10%
+10%
+9%
+11%
+10%
OK
+10%
+11%
-4%
-10%
+43%
NET POSITION
(e.g. group of
forecast sales and
purchases in
foreign currency)
Portions of risks of
non-financial
assets and
liabilities
(except for FX risk)
DERIVATIVE
INSTRUMENTS
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SHARES OWN
Hedging Portions
Qualifying items
An entity can designate all changes in the cash
flows or fair value of a hedged item in a hedging
relationship. An entity can also designate only
changes in the cash flows or fair value of a hedged
item above or below a specified price or other
variable (a one-sided risk).
The intrinsic value of a purchased option hedging
instrument (assuming that it has the same principal
terms as the designated risk), but not its time value,
reflects a one-sided risk in a hedged item.
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Hedging Portions
Example:
an entity can designate the variability of future cash
flow outcomes resulting from a price increase of a
forecast commodity purchase above a certain level.
In such a situation, only cash flow changes that
result from an increase in the price above the
specified level are designated. The hedged risk
does not include the time value of a purchased
option because the time value is not a component of
the forecast transaction that affects profit or loss.
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Hedge some (but not all) of the cash flows for cash flow
variability or fair value changes attributable to a specific
risk only - for example, designate the impact of
movements in interest rates on 50% of the cash flows (a
hedge of a specific risk on a proportion of all cash flows).
The designated risk and portion must be separately
identifiable and must be reliably measurable.
Hedge the fair value movement on principal only (a
hedge of a portion of the cash flows). The designated
portion must be separately identifiable and must be
reliably measurable.
Hedge the fair value movement due to interest rate risk
(and not all risks) on the principal only. The designated
risk must be separately identifiable and must be reliably
measurable.
Non-financial items
A non-financial asset or liability can only be
designated as a hedged item for foreign currency
risk, or in its entirety for all risks. For example, an
entity cannot designate as the hedged item the
copper component in its forecast purchase of
bronze. Even though the price of bronze may be
highly correlated to the price of copper, the price of
copper is only a portion of the change in value of the
price of bronze. A non-financial item, such as
bronze, can only be designated as hedged in its
entirety for all risks or for foreign currency risk.
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Non-financial items
It may be possible to designate a copper forward as
a hedging instrument in hedging the price of bronze
if:
theres a high degree of correlation between
the price of bronze and the price of copper, and
it can be demonstrated that the copper forward
will be highly effective in hedging the price of
bronze
Any hedge ineffectiveness must be recognised in
profit or loss.
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Firm Commitment
A firm commitment is a binding agreement for the
exchange of a specified quantity of resources at a
specified price on a specified future date or dates.
An example is a legally binding purchase agreement
to take delivery of 100,000 bushels of corn on 30
September 20X1 for $2 per bushel.
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Firm Commitment
A commitment is binding if it is enforceable either
legally or otherwise. To be enforceable, the
agreement should provide for remedies that are
available to the parties to the contract in the event of
non-performance.
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Forecast Transaction
A forecast transaction is an uncommitted but
anticipated future transaction.
For example, a forecast purchase of 100,000
bushels of corn to be used in an entitys
manufacturing process in October. The forecast
transaction is identified in May.
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An Exception
If an entity is hedging the foreign exchange risk in a firm
commitment, this may be accounted for either as a fair value
hedge or a cash flow hedge.
Example
Heavy Metal plc has a contract to sell 500 bulldozers to
Demolition Hire plc for delivery in six months time, at a fixed
price in Euros that is determined today. Heavy Metals
functional currency is Sterling
Heavy Metal simultaneously enters into a foreign currency
forward to hedge the Euro exposure arising from its firm
commitment. It can designate the forward as a hedging
instrument in either a cash flow hedge or a fair value hedge
of its foreign currency firm commitment.
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Non-qualifying items
There are also risk exposures that do not qualify for
designation as hedged items in a hedge relationship.
These non-qualifying exposures include:
Intra-group items
Overall business risks
Held-to-maturity investments
Derivatives
Net positions
Own shares
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Non-qualifying items
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Intra-group items
Transactions between entities within the same
group can only be designated as hedged items in
the entity-only financial statements, not in the
consolidated financial statements of the group.
This is because inter-company transactions do
not expose the entity to a risk that affects
consolidated profit or loss.
Non-qualifying items
Overall
business risks
Overall business risk cannot be hedged
because it cannot be specifically identified
and measured.
For example, an entity cannot apply hedge
accounting to a hedge of a risk of a
transaction not occurring which will result
in less revenue. This is an overall business
risk.
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Non-qualifying items
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Held-to-maturity investments
A held-to-maturity (HTM) investment cannot be a hedged
item with respect to interest rate risk or prepayment risk.
To hedge an HTM investment for those risks would be
inconsistent with the entitys stated indifference to future
profit opportunities for that asset, as evidenced by its
decision to classify the asset as HTM.
However, an HTM asset can be a hedged item with
respect to foreign currency risk and credit risk.
Non-qualifying items
Derivatives
Derivatives cannot be designated as hedged items.
However, theres one exception. A written option can
qualify as a hedging instrument if it is designated as an
offset to a purchased option.
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Non-qualifying items
Net positions
A hedge of an overall net position does not qualify for
hedge accounting.
This is because hedge effectiveness is required to be
measured by comparing the change in fair value or cash
flows of a hedging instrument and a specific hedged item
(or group of similar items).
A net position is not a specific item.
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Non-qualifying items
Own shares
An entitys transactions in its own equity cannot be
hedged because they do not expose the entity to a
particular risk that could impact profit or loss.
For example, a forecast dividend payment cannot be a
hedged item, as IAS 32 requires that distributions to
equity holders are debited directly to equity and therefore
they do not impact profit or loss.
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An exception
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An exception
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Non-derivatives
Some examples of non-derivative hedging
instruments are loans and deposits denominated in
a foreign currency.
A common example of using a non-derivative
financial instrument as a hedging instrument is to
use a foreign denominated debt liability as a hedge
of a net investment in a foreign operation.
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Exception
There are some rules governing the use of derivatives as
hedging instruments
Derivatives
Unless it is a written option, a derivative carried at fair
value can always be used as a hedging instrument
provided:
Exception
Written options
A written option cannot be designated as a hedging
instrument unless it is designated as an offset to a
purchased option.
This is because where an entity writes an option, it
effectively takes on risk. The potential loss on a written
option could be significantly greater than the potential
gain in value of the hedged item that an entity seeks to
hedge
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Splitting a Derivative
A hedging derivative cannot be split into component
parts with one of those component parts designated
as the hedging instrument, except as follows:
the intrinsic value and time value of an option
can be separated, with only the intrinsic
element designated as the hedging instrument
the interest and spot elements of a forward can
be separated, with only the spot element
designated as the hedging instrument
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Splitting a Derivative
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Example
Global Holdings plc enters into a forward contract to sell
$1,000,000 for 636,943 in three months time to hedge
the foreign exchange translation risk associated with
movements in the spot rate relating to its investment in its
US subsidiary, PanAmerica. PanAmerica has net assets
of $1,000,000 in Global Holdings consolidated group
accounts
Global designates the hedged risk as movements in spot
rate only. Movements in the fair value of the premium or
discount (the forward points) implicit in the fair value of
the forward contract will therefore not give rise to hedge
ineffectiveness and are recognised separately in profit or
loss
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Requirements
IAS 39 doesnt prescribe a specific method for
assessing hedge effectiveness. However, it does
require an entity:
to specify at inception of the hedge relationship
the method it will apply to assess the
effectiveness; and
to apply that method consistently for the
duration of the hedging relationship
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Assessing effectiveness
Here are some key questions about
effectiveness
How is effectiveness assessed?
When is effectiveness assessed?
Can effectiveness be assumed?
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hedge
Assessing effectiveness
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How
Several mathematical techniques can be used to
assess hedge effectiveness, including ratio analysis
and various statistical methods like regression
analysis. The appropriateness of a given method will
depend on the nature of the risk being hedged and
the type of hedging instrument used. The method
specified must be:
Consistent with managements risk management
strategy and objective.
Applied consistently to all similar hedges unless
different methods are explicitly justified.
Assessing effectiveness
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When
Effectiveness must be assessed, at a minimum, at each
balance sheet date, including interim financial statements.
Can effectiveness be assumed?
Even where the principal terms of the hedging instrument
and of the entire hedged asset or liability or hedged
forecast transaction are the same, an entity cannot
assume hedge effectiveness under IFRS.
Hedge effectiveness must be both assessed and
measured. This is because significant hedge
ineffectiveness may arise from other sources - for
example, as a result of changes in the liquidity of the
hedging instruments or their credit risk.
Basis Risk
It is not always possible for an entity to find a hedging
instrument with exactly the same terms as the item it
wishes to hedge. This is where basis differences arise.
Basis differences result from using a hedging
instrument that is based on a specific risk, which is
similar, but not identical, to the risk being hedged in the
hedged item.
For interest sensitive items, basis differences result
from differences in interest indices - for example,
LIBOR versus Treasury rates, three-month LIBOR
versus six-month LIBOR and from credit differences.
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Basis Risk
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Example
Deep and Dark plc has a forecast purchase of
Grade A cocoa for use in its chocolate production
process.
Exchange-traded cocoa futures are indexed to
Grade B cocoa. Hence, there is a difference in
basis or grade between Deep and Darks
hedged purchase and the futures available to it
from the market to hedge its exposure.
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Perfect or almost
perfect relationships
Ratio analysis
Asset/ liability
mismatch hedging
(eg. asset swaps)
Price vs price
regression or
variance-reduction
analysis
Portfolio hedging
(net position hedges)
Change in price vs
change in price
regression analysis
Ratio analysis - calculates the ratio of the change in the fair value
of the hedged item to the change in the fair value of the hedging
instrument.
The entity can select the method depending on its risk management
strategy. Different methods can be used for different types of hedges.
[IAS 39.147]
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Hedge Ratio
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Hedge Ratio
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Accounting Treatment
A hedge is accounted for as follows:
Effective portion
The portion of the gain or loss on the hedging instrument
that is determined to be effective in hedging the hedged
item is deferred in a separate reserve in equity.
The effective portion does not stay in equity without ever
being recognised in profit or loss. It is moved out of equity
and reclassified into profit or loss, or recycled, when the
hedged item affects profit or loss
Ineffective portion
The ineffective portion of the gain or loss on the hedging
instrument is recognised immediately in profit or loss.
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Forecast Transactions
When considering hedges of forecast transactions
you need to bear in mind the following key facts:
The rules for forecast transactions
What does highly probable mean?
Probability: some considerations
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Basis Adjustments
An entity can choose between two accounting
policies regarding the gains and losses
deferred in equity if a cash flow hedge of a
forecast transaction subsequently results in
the recognition of a non-financial asset (or a
non-financial liability).
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Basis Adjustments
An entity can either:
1.
Reclassify the associated gains and losses into
profit or loss in the same period, or periods, during
which the asset acquired or liability assumed affects
profit or loss (such as in the periods that
depreciation expense or cost of sales is recognised
that derives from the non-financial item).
2.
Basis adjust the carrying amount of the asset or
liability with the associated gains and losses
deferred in equity. Basis-adjusting involves
removing the associated gain or loss from equity
and including it in the initial cost of the asset or
liability, in which case such gain or loss will
automatically impact profit or loss when the nonfinancial item is depreciated or sold.
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Equity
Income
Statement
Hints:
Where the entity has under-hedged its cash
flow risk exposure, so the change of in
value in hedging instrument for hedged risk
is less then change in value of the hedged
item for that risk, that difference will not be
reflected in in profit or loss as hedge ineffectiveness.
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Equity
Income
Statement
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4,624
4,432
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4,567
4,567
The hedge relationship in No. 3 is not highly effective, hence does not
qualify for hedge accounting.
Discontinuance (1/2)
CRITERIA FOR HEDGE
ACCOUNTING ARE NO
LONGER MET
(documentation,
effectiveness testing)
THE HEDGING
INSTRUMENT
EXPIRES, IS SOLD,
TERMINATED OR
EXERCISED
REVOCATION OF THE
DESIGNATION
(managements decision)
Discontinuance (2/2)
FAIR VALUE
HEDGE
CASH FLOW
HEDGE
NET INVESTMENT
HEDGE
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Discontinuation
When to discontinue?
An entity must discontinue prospectively cash flow hedge
accounting if:
the hedging instrument expires or is sold, terminated or
exercised, or
the hedge no longer meets the hedge accounting
criteria (for example, if it is no longer highly effective or
its effectiveness is no longer measurable), or
the forecast transaction is no longer expected to occur,
or
the entity de-designates the hedge relationship
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Discontinuation
If an entity discontinues hedge accounting by dedesignating the hedging relationship, it may elect
to designate prospectively a new hedging
relationship with the same hedging instrument,
provided the new hedging relationship meets the
requirements for hedge accounting.
But whats the effect of discontinuing cash flow
hedge accounting on hedging gains or losses that
have already been recognised in equity?
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Discontinuation
The impact
When a cash flow hedge is discontinued, the
cumulative gain or loss on the hedging instrument
deferred in equity:
continues to be separately recognised in equity
(provided the forecast transaction is still
expected to occur), and
is then removed and included in profit or loss,
when the forecast transaction occurs.
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Discontinuation
The impact
If, however, the forecast transaction is no
longer expected to occur, the cumulative gain
or loss on the hedging instrument is
recognised immediately in profit or loss
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Definition
A cash flow hedge is a hedge of the exposure to
variability in cash flows that:
is attributable to a particular risk associated
with a recognised asset or liability (such as all
or some future interest payments on variable
rate debt) or a highly probable forecast
transaction and
could affect profit or loss
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Period
1
Total
Hedged Item
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Derivative
(30)
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P&L
Period
2
30
(30)
(30)
0
(30)
0
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Balance Sheet
Dr
Recognise gain in
FV of forward
since 30/9/09
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Forward
asset
9,500
Cr
Income
Statement
Dr
Cr
Equity
Dr
Cr
Hedging
reserve
9,500
Balance Sheet
Dr
Recognise
receipt of
equipment at
spot
Cr
Income
Statement
Dr
Cr
Equity
Dr
Equipment Payables
Asset
1,250,000
1,250,000
Cr
Hedging
reserve
10,200
Equipment
Asset
19,700
Hedging
reserve
19,700
Balance Sheet
Dr
Payment for
equipment at
spot rate and
exchange loss
on the payable
since 31/3
Payable
1,250,000
Gain on
forward
contract for the
period
Forward
asset
10,300
Net settlement
under forward
contract
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Cash
30,000
Cr
Income Statement
Dr
Cr
Cash
FX Loss
1,260,000 10,000
FX Gain
10,300
Forward
Asset
30,000
Equity
Dr
Cr
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Summary
A cash flow hedge is a hedge of an exposure to
variability in cash flows that could affect profit or
loss. A forecast transaction must be highly
probable to qualify for cash flow hedge
accounting.
In a cash flow hedge the effective portion of the
change in fair value of the hedging instrument is
recognised outside profit and loss in equity and
recycled into profit and loss when the hedged item
affects profit and loss.
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Summary
For a cash flow hedge that results in the
recognition of a non-financial asset or liability the
hedging gains or losses can basis adjust the
hedged asset or liability.
When the hedge is discontinued and the forecast
transaction is no longer expected to occur any
hedging gains or losses deferred in equity must
be taken to profit or loss immediately.
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