Diversifying the asset base geographically and earning higher yield from investing in different jurisdictions may be financially and strategically important to debt fund managers. In so doing, general partners (GPs) are exposed to currency risk on the asset side of the fund’s balance sheet.

Interest rate swaps are one of the tools that commercial real estate (CRE) borrowers can use to manage the risk associated with floating-rate loans. Borrowers choose to purchase swaps with the rationale that they are “free”, especially when compared to an interest rate cap that typically requires...

In an environment when USD interest rates drop, many swaps become significant liabilities. In such a situation, companies can consider a blend-and-extend strategy, which reduces their swap rate to lower cash interest expense and extends hedge coverage by several years.

A guide to help understand frequently referenced topics and definitions of commonly used terms in hedge accounting.

To choose the best interest rate hedging strategy, understand the pros and cons of derivative syndication as opposed to competitive auctions, direct negotiation and other alternatives.

Excess liquidity in the financial system creates challenges for financial institutions. Balance sheets demonstrate greater sensitivity to short-term rates and NIM compresses.

Focusing on improving process efficiency, modernizing technology capabilities, enabling scalability, and improving controls, a major insurance carrier worked with Chatham Financial to achieve a highly effective program that reduced time spent on derivatives operations by nearly 80 percent.

A publicly traded US-based company had recently acquired its largest supplier and wanted to proactively structure the transfer pricing agreements to facilitate centralized balance-sheet and cash-flow hedging.

A brief update on the EUR, SEK, and GBP interest rate conditions, putting the recent year-to-date movements into the context of the last 12 months.

At the beginning of April, Chatham Financial named Matthew Tevis the Managing Partner and Global Head of Financial Institutions.