LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After studying this chapter you will be able to get a grasp of the following:
- Meaning of cross-currency interest rate swaps
- Different types of cross-currency swaps
- Accounting for cross-currency interest rate swaps
- Trade life cycle of cross-currency interest rate swaps
- Accounting journal entries to be recorded during the different phases of the trade life cycle
- Illustration of investments in cross-currency interest rate swaps
- Preparation of general ledger accounts
- Preparation of income statement, balance sheet after the investments in interest rate swaps are made
- FX revaluation and FX translation process
- Functional currency, foreign currency and presentation currency