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 FX   |   RATES  |   CREDIT    |   EQUITY  |   VOLATILITY   |  CAPITAL EFFICIENCY 

WHEN PARA BELLUM IS BROUGHT IN
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HEDGE PROGRAMMES THAT NEED BUILDING OR RETHINKING

FX, Rates, Credit, Equity and Volatility hedges designed, reviewed or rebuilt around the underlying exposures, liabilities and portfolios.

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CAPITAL THAT COULD WORK HARDER

Capital, liquidity, funding, financing and collateral that could be better structured, deployed or managed.

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WHEN THE BANK ISN’T THE ONLY VOICE YOU NEED

Independent expertise alongside counterparties when important structuring and hedging decisions need another set of eyes, with advice focused on what works for you, not what someone else wants to sell.

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WHEN THE TEAM NEEDS MORE CAPABILITY

Boards, investment committees or treasury teams that need additional financial markets, derivatives or risk expertise without making a permanent hire.

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BUILDING SOMETHING NEW

New treasury frameworks, derivatives infrastructure, policies, hedging mandates or hedging programmes that need specialist design from the outset.

TYPICAL PROFILE
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ASSET MANAGERS

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CORPORATE TREASURIES

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PRIVATE MARKETS

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FAMILY OFFICES

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DIRECT CAPITAL INVESTORS

LENDERS & INSURERS

NOT THIS

What Para Bellum does not do.

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Product Distribution

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Para Bellum does the work and leaves your team stronger for it.

WHAT THE WORK COVERS

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DERIVATIVES & STRUCTURING

FX, Rates, Credit, Equity and Volatility.

From straightforward hedging through to complex structures.

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COUNTERPARTY DOCUMENTATION

ISDA, CSA, GMRA and GMSLA negotiations.

Restructurings. Exits. Portfolio transitions. Novations.

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CAPITAL EFFICIENCY

Improving the use of capital, liquidity, funding and collateral.

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PORTFOLIO ENGINEERING

Programme design

Hedge design

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Portfolio / Trade Restructuring

Unwinds

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DERIVATIVES & TREASURY INFRASTRUCTURE

FX & Rates policies

Derivatives governance

Operating frameworks

Hedging mandates

Monitoring and reporting tools built for the programme

PROBLEMS SOLVED
Selected examples: derivatives, funding, capital efficiency and treasury infrastructure.
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TEN CURRENCIES, NO INFRASTRUCTURE

CORPORATE TREASURY

A group CFO managing exposure across ten currencies with no consolidated view.

Financial statements instead of an exposure map.

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WAREHOUSE FACILITY RATE MISMATCH

PRIVATE CREDIT

A hedge redesign: floating funding costs repriced instantly while asset yields lagged.

Turning short-duration exposure into leveraged rate risk and compressing ROE.

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CAPITAL EFFICIENCY IN AN OPERATING AIRPORT FINANCING

INFRASTRUCTURE

Capital trapped by CSA and collateral mechanics.

Not by hedge failure or credit stress.

LET’S MAKE IT HAPPEN

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