Approaching the End of LIBOR2 Mar at 12:00 am0More than a year ago, I wrote an article that shed some light on the unfolding of an extraordinary event…
Splitting the Risk: Managing Interest Rates in Project Finance2 Feb at 12:00 am0Saudi is undergoing a growth explosion. For evidence, you need to only look at the debt market. As per the…
Risk Management lessons learnt from 20225 Jan at 12:00 am0Just a few weeks before the end of the year 2022, the U.S Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced a…
Why Hedge Accounting?1 Dec 20220In a year where central banks continue to hike interest rates and tighten financial conditions to counter inflationary pressure, interest…
Range Accrual Swaps – A Dangerous Game27 Oct 20220The relentless surge in interest rates was always going to trouble financially leveraged corporations and institutions exposed to floating rate…
The Role of Quantitative Easing (QE)6 Oct 20220The size of United States Federal Reserve’s balance sheet is now 10x the size it was by the end of…
Paying heed to Economic Risk1 Sep 20220The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published their “World Economic Outlook” report in July 2022. The report forecasted a negative and…
Let’s Talk About Single Stock Futures4 Aug 20220Last month the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) launched single stock futures (SSF) contracts – its second in a series of derivatives…
How to Establish an Effective Interest Rate Hedge Approach30 Jun 20220We currently live in a world of financial chaos with myriad factors beyond our control. Covid-19 still plagues some regions,…
Inflation Risk2 Jun 20220It’s fair to say that the global economic scene is not a pleasant one to watch nowadays. Corporates are penalized…