{"id":577,"date":"2016-03-15T12:28:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T16:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seci.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=577"},"modified":"2016-03-15T12:28:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T16:28:40","slug":"comment-of-the-week-market-risk-reminder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seciblog.pli.edu\/index.php\/comment-of-the-week-market-risk-reminder\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment of the Week \u2013 Market Risk Reminder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We have been discussing the topic of Market Risk Disclosures a lot in this environment of volatile exchange rates, bumpy commodity prices and uncertain interest rates. This disclosure is one of the most confusing parts of Regulation S-K. Without going into a whole lot of details about S-K Item 305 (which we covered in an earlier blog at <a href=\"https:\/\/seciblog.pli.edu\/?p=489\"><u>seciblog.pli.edu\/?p=489<\/u><\/a>), as we move towards the end of the first quarter it will continue to be important to focus on getting this disclosure right.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, with this post as a reminder, here is a quick example in a recent comment:<\/p>\n<p>Item7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk, page 63<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Please provide an analysis on whether your &#8220;cash flow hedges,&#8221; discussed in the second- to-last paragraph of page 63, are material, such that you would need to provide the disclosure in Item 305(a) of Regulation S-K. Please see General Instruction 5.B to Item 305(a) and (b).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As usual, your thoughts and comments are welcome!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We have been discussing the topic of Market Risk Disclosures a lot in this environment of volatile exchange rates, bumpy commodity prices and uncertain interest rates. This disclosure is one of the most confusing parts of Regulation S-K. 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