HEDGE ACCOUNTING LÀ GÌ

The first thing you need to bởi vì before you even start khổng lồ play with hedge accounting is lớn determine the TYPE of hedge relationship that you’re dealing with.

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Why?

Because: the type of hedge determines your accounting entries. Make no mistake here. If you incorrectly identify the type of the hedge, then your hedge accounting will go totally wrong.

But here’s the thing:

Although all types of hedges are neatly defined in IAS 39/IFRS 9, we all struggle with understanding the differences and distinguishing one type from the other one.

A few weeks ago I was giving a lecture about hedge accounting khổng lồ the group of auditors. Most of them were audit managers and seniors – so not really freshmen, but experienced and highly qualified people.

Yet after about 5 or 10 minutes of speaking about different types of hedges, one audit manager interrupted me with the question:

“Silvia, I get the definitions. I just don’t get the difference. I mean the real substance of a difference between fair value hedge & cash flow hedge. It looks the same in many cases. Can you shed some light there?”

Of course.

What types of hedges vị we have?

Although I clearly explain a hedge accounting in details in my IFRS Kit, let me shortly explain what type of hedges we have:

Fair Value Hedge;Cash Flow Hedge, andHedge of a Net Investment in a Foreign Operation – but we will not khuyễn mãi giảm giá with this one here, as it’s almost the same mechanics as a cash flow hedge.

First, let’s explain the basics.

What is a Fair Value Hedge?

Fair value hedge is a hedge of the exposure khổng lồ changes in fair value of a recognized asset or liability or unrecognized firm commitment, or a component of any such item, that is attributable khổng lồ a particular risk and could affect profit or loss.

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That’s the definition in IFRS 9 and IAS 39.

So here, you have some “fixed item” and you’re worried that its value will fluctuate with the market. I’ll come back to this later.

How to tài khoản for a Fair Value Hedge?

OK, let’s not go into details và let’s just assume that your fair value hedge meets all criteria for hedge accounting.

In such a case, you need lớn make the following steps:

Step 1:Determine the fair value of both your hedged item và hedging instrument at the reporting date;Step 2:Recognize any change in fair value (gain or loss) on the hedging instrument in profit or loss (in most cases).You need to bởi the same in most cases even if you don’t apply the hedge accounting, because you need khổng lồ measure all derivatives (your hedging instruments) at fair value anyway.Step 3:Recognize the hedging gain or loss on the hedged công trình in its carrying amount.

To sum up the accounting entries for a fair value hedge:

Description	Debit	Credit
Hedging instrument:
Loss on the hedging instrument	P/L – FV loss on hedging instrument	FP – Financial liabilities from hedging instruments
OR
Gain on the hedging instrument	FP – Financial assets from hedging instruments	P/L – FV gain on hedging instrument
Hedged item:
Gain on the hedged item	FP – Hedged cửa nhà (e.g. Inventories)	P/L – Gain on the hedged item
OR
Loss on the hedged item	P/L – Loss on the hedged item	FP – Hedged item (e.g. Inventories)

Note: P/L = profit or loss, FP = statement of financial position.

What is a Cash Flow Hedge?

Cash flow hedge is a hedge of the exposure to variability in cash flows that is attributable lớn a particular risk associated with all or a component of a recognized asset or liability or a highly probable forecast transaction, và could affect profit or loss.

Again, that’s the definition in IAS 39 và IFRS 9.

Here, you have some ”variable item” và you’re worried that you might get less money or have to lớn pay more money in the future than now.

Equally, you can have a highly probable forecast transaction that hasn’t been recognized in your accounts yet.

How to trương mục for a Cash Flow Hedge?

Assuming your cash flow hedge meets all hedge accounting criteria, you’ll need lớn make the following steps:

Step 1:Determine the gain or loss on your hedging instrument and hedge thắng lợi at the reporting date;Step 2:Calculate the effective & ineffective portions of the gain or loss on the hedging instrument;Step 3:Recognize the effective portion of the gain or loss on the hedging instrument in other comprehensive income (OCI). This thành phầm in OCI will be called “Cash flow hedge reserve” in OCI.Step 4: Recognize the ineffective portion of the gain or loss on the hedging instrument in profit or loss.

To sum up the accounting entries for a cash flow hedge:

Description	Debit	Credit
Loss on the hedging instrument – effective portion	OCI – Cash flow hedge reserve	FP – Financial liabilities from hedging instruments
Loss on the hedging instrument – ineffective portion	P/L – Ineffective portion of loss on hedging instrument	FP – Financial liabilities from hedging instruments
OR
Gain on the hedging instrument – effective portion	FP – Financial assets from hedging instruments	OCI – Cash flow hedge reserve
Gain on the hedging instrument – ineffective portion	FP – Financial assets from hedging instruments	P/L – Ineffective portion of gain on hedging instrument

Note: P/L = profit or loss, FP = statement of financial position, OCI = other comprehensive income.

As you can see, you don’t even cảm biến the hedged item here & you only khuyễn mãi giảm giá with the hedging instrument. So that’s completely different from fair value hedge accounting.

How to lớn Distinguish Fair Value Hedge và Cash Flow Hedge?

What I’m going to explain right now is my own lô ghích of looking at this issue. It’s not covered in any book.

It’s how I look at most hedging transactions and this is a very simplified view. But maybe it opens up your mind lớn logical thinking about hedges.

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Please, ask first:

What kind of sản phẩm are we hedging?

Basically, you can hedge a fixed nhà cửa or a variable item.

Hedging a Fixed Item

A fixed item means that the sản phẩm has a fixed value in your accounts & it may provide or require fixed amount of cash in the future.

The same applies for unrecognized firm commitments that have not been sitting in your accounts yet, but they will be in the future.

And when it comes khổng lồ hedging fixed items, then you’re practically dealing with the fair value hedge.

Why is that?

Well, here, you are worried, that in the future, you would be paying or receiving a different amount than the market or fair value will be. So you don’t want khổng lồ FIX the amount, you want to GET or PAY exactly in line with the market.

I’m referring to “GET” or “PAY” only for the sake of simplicity. In fact, you don’t even need khổng lồ get or pay anything in the future – you’re just worried that the thắng lợi will have a different carrying amount in your books that its’ fair value.

Fair Value Hedge Example

You issued some bonds with coupon 2% p.a.

It’s nice that you always know how much you’ll pay in the future.

BUT you are worried that in the future, market interest rate will be much lower than 2% and you will be overpaying (in other words, you could get the loan at much lower interest in the future than you will be paying at the fixed rate of 2%).

Therefore, you enter into interest rate swap to lớn receive 2% fixed / pay LIBOR12M + 0.5%. This is a fair value hedge – you tied the fair value of your interest payments lớn market rates.

Hedging a Variable Item

A variable item means that the expected future cash flows from this thành quả change as a result of certain risk exposure, for example, variable interest rates or foreign currencies.

When it comes to hedging variable items, you’re practically speaking of a cash flow hedge.

Why is that?

Here, you are worried that you will get or pay a different amount of moneyin certain currency in the future that you would get now.

In fact, in a cash flow hedge, you want lớn FIX the amount of money you’ll get or pay – so that this amount would be the same NOW and IN THE FUTURE.

Cash Flow Hedge Example

You issued some bonds with coupon LIBOR 12M+0.5%.

It means that in the future, you will pay interest in line with the market, because LIBOR reflects the market conditions.

BUT – you don’t want to pay in line with market. You want khổng lồ know how much you will pay in the future, as you need khổng lồ make some budget, etc.

Therefore you enter into interest rate swap khổng lồ receive LIBOR 12 M + 0.5% / pay 2% fixed. This is cash flow hedge – you fixed your cash flows & you will always pay 2%.

To Sum This All Up

Now you can see that the same derivative – interest rate swap – can be a hedging instrument in a cash flow hedge as well as in a fair value hedge.

The key lớn differentiate is WHAT RISK you hedge. Always ask yourself, why you undertake the hedging instrument.

But it’s not that simple as it seems because there are some exceptions in IAS 39 và IFRS 9.

For example, even when you have a fixed item, you can still hedge it under cash flow hedge và protect it against foreign currency risk.

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Equally, you can hedge a variable rate debt against fair value changes – và that’s the fair value hedge.

Therefore, please refer to lớn the following table summarizing the types of hedges according to lớn risks and items hedged:

Item hedged	Risk hedged	Type of hedge
Fixed-rate assets and liabilities	Interest rates, Fair value, Termination Options	Fair value hedge
Fixed-rate assets and liabilities	Foreign currency, credit risk	Fair value hedge or cash flow hedge
Unrecognized firm commitments	Interest rates, Fair value, Credit risk	Fair value hedge
Unrecognized firm commitments	Foreign currency	Fair value hedge or cash flow hedge
Variable-rate assets và liabilities	Fair value, termination options	Fair value hedge
Variable-rate assets và liabilities	Interest rates, foreign currencies, credit risk	Cash flow hedge (most cases)
Highly probable forecast transactions	Fair value, interest rates, credit risk, foreign currency	Cash flow hedge

Now, I’d like to hear from you. Please leave me a phản hồi and let me know whether you have dealt with some hedge accounting in practice, what issues you faced and how you solved them. Thank you!