Interest Rate Risk Management

A recent example of deal-contingent hedging for a large European private equity fund.

A recent example of how we successfully advised a European financial sponsor on terminating an existing debt hedge at exit.

With market volatility hitting the headlines and the geopolitical landscape seemingly changing every week, risk management is once more at the forefront of every CFO’s mind. One instrument that has become an established part of any financial risk management toolbox is the deal-contingent hedge.

On December 19, Jackie Bowie spoke on Bloomberg's Daybreak Europe and the BBC's Business Today about the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee's final meeting of 2024.

The Bank of England (BoE) held interest rates at 4.75% in its final policy meeting of the year, as it tries to navigate the dual challenge of stubborn inflation and stagnating economic growth. The Bank’s decision followed the release of U.K. inflation and wage growth data that suggests price...

On Wednesday, December 18, 2024, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted 11 to 1 to decrease the fed funds rate to a target range of 4.25%–4.50%. This marks 100 basis points of interest rate cuts since the FOMC began adjusting the target range at the September 2024 meeting. Beth Hammack,...

Last week’s releases of productivity and costs, CPI, PPI, and import/export prices marked the final inflation reports the Fed will consider before their Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday. Similar to the November jobs report, depending on how you view the report data, there...

Several key reports were released last week related to the employment situation in the U.S. Investors are keenly focused on jobs data since the Fed shifted its stance late last year, stating that it was time to lower rates as risks were balanced, and there were signs that the labor market was...