Defining Derivatives

Answer both of the following questions in a 2-3 page Word document:

1. To be adequately informed about the adequacy of a company's risk management, investors and creditors need information about strategies for holding derivatives and specific hedging activities. Toward that end, extensive disclosure requirements are required. Identify several of these requirements.

2. The key criterion for qualifying as a hedge is that the hedging relationship must be highly effective in achieving offsetting changes in fair values or cash flows based on the hedging company's specified risk management objective and strategy. Explain what happens if a swap is used ineffectively to hedge the fair value of a note.

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