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Webinar: Hedge Accounting & EOFY Readiness

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With EoFY now upon us, tune in for a hedge accounting refresh to prepare you for audit time. Also covered will be hedge accounting using internal derivatives, designating equity investments in a hedge relationship, and imputing synthetic legs into a derivative to qualify for hedge accounting.   

Presenters:

  • Kevin Mitchell – Partner, Rochford
  • Thomas Averill – Managing Director, Rochford

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Webinar: Treasury Infrastructure & TMS RFPs

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To have a world-class treasury function you need a solid treasury infrastructure (System > People > Policy > Process) & Key considerations when contemplating TMS investments. 

Presenters:

  • Kevin Mitchell – Partner, Head of Hedge Accounting, Rochford
  • Tom Alexander (TJ) – Partner, Head of Product, Rochford

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Webinar: Economic Themes for 2021

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Hear from Rochford who presents their view on the economic themes for the year ahead.

  • Hard Asset and commodity price inflation
  • Australia positioned well to benefit from global growth and ultra-loose monetary policies
  • Is the Greenback entering a multiyear Bear trend?
  • Will inflation ever really come back?
  • Global economic cooperation back on the table in the Biden Whitehouse, and what that means for Australia/China relations

Presenters:

  • Thomas Averill – Managing Director
  • Derek Mumford – Director, Head of Risk Advisory
  • Kevin Mitchell – Partner, Head of Hedge Accounting

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Webinar: ‘Hope’ is not a Risk Management Strategy – Lessons from the GFC and COVID

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Extreme periods of market and economic volatility such as the recent pandemic and the 2008 GFC put enormous strains on treasury and finance teams and can cause knee-jerk decision making from company boards.

Rochford will share some real examples of how to effectively navigate these stormy waters as well as lessons from the companies that sunk, and the boards that panicked.

The session will be covering the following topics:  

  • FX risk management
    • Identify, Measure, Manage & Monitor
  • Derivative restructuring 
    • Accounting considerations  
  • Policy and process  
  • Building strategies that work in normal market conditions and black swan events  
  • Understanding the tail risk
  • Liquidity, in a crisis  

Presenters:

  • Thomas Averill – Managing Director 
  • Derek Mumford – Director, Head of Risk Advisory 
  • Kevin Mitchell – Partner, Head of Hedge Accounting

Webinar: Why is Cash Flow Forecasting Always the No.1 Headache for Treasury Teams?

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Having a consolidated cash flow forecast that can be relied upon remains a challenge for treasury teams and regularly tops the results of industry surveys. Poorly executed forecasting exposes companies to a raft of financial and operating risks. We will run through a real-life case study and highlight the different challenges currently impacting companies and provide some insights to developing your cash flow forecasting process.

Presenters:

  • Tom Alexander – Partner, Rochford
  • Thomas Averill – Managing Director, Rochford

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Date: Wednesday, 4th November 2020

Time: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM AEST

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