ART	SCIENCE
Insight beyond the obvious	Robust financial analysis
Innovative and creative solutions	Quantitative risk mapping, risk modeling and correlation analysis
Big-picture strategic overview	Financial forensics to uncover hidden risks
Intuition based on experience and knowledge	Hedging simulations and stress-testing
Illustrative communication of risks analysis and results	Application and valuation of derivative instruments
The articulation of financial market strategy and tactics	Scenario testing of alternative hedge policies
Stakeholder's perspectives	Application of disciplined logic

The reasons why organisations engage Asia-Pacific Risk Management to design and review financial risk and treasury management policies include:-

• Material change in activities and/or assets/liabilities
• Financial stress or under-performance due to non-recognition or non-management of financial risks in the past
• Unacceptable volatility of financial performance for stakeholders
• Changes in ownership or owners representatives (the Board of Directors)
• New company requiring rigorous financial policies
• A challenge to the status-quo methods of managing financial risks by new management/directors
• Corporate health-check and compliance to governance rules/guidelines
• Treasury/Risk Management policy required to be externally reviewed

The Asia-Pacific Risk Management approach to designing and reviewing client organisation's treasury/risk management policies is to adopt a combined 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' process.

Ongoing Risk Management Advice

The reasons why organisations retain Asia-Pacific Risk Management to provide independent and strategic ongoing financial risk management advice include:-

• The organisation is not justified in directly employing an experienced Treasurer in-house, therefore effectively outsources the expertise/knowledge
• Interpretation and dissemination of information, trends and developments in global financial/commodity markets
• Proactive advice and guidance on market implications for the client’s own risk position and performance
• Specific hedging recommendations and risk profiling strategies within
  policy parameters
• Discipline and forums for making decisions in advance of market movements
• Reassurance and support to the client’s management to act
• Entry tactics to changes in hedging levels
• Continuity and consistency in hedging programmes
• Impartial check on pricing, financial instruments and financing alternatives
• Efficient operations of the treasury function

Asia-Pacific Risk Management's advisory role is to work in partnership with the client's management team to achieve their financial objectives.

Debt Management Advisory Services

The reasons why organisations appoint Asia-Pacific Risk Management to provide independent and ‘behind the scenes’ debt management advice include:-

• The borrower has no, or limited, experience in debt raising/refinancing/restructuring
• The provision of independent and external advice on the borrower’s long-term strategic debt path
• Identification of, and information on appropriate and alternative borrowing sources
• Practical evaluation and assessment of what pricing and lender demand the borrower can command in the marketplace
• Introduction of new lender groups
• Strategy and tactics of conducting tenders from lenders/debt issue arrangers
• Accurate evaluation of lender’s proposals
• Benchmarking pricing/terms to peer borrowers
• Backroom assistance to negotiations
• Comfort and reassurance to the Board of Directors that all options have
  been considered
• Advice on documentation/security

 Asia-Pacific Risk Management, through the experience and market knowledge of its principals, adds value to corporation's debt raising and refinancing projects. The advisory role is 'behind the scenes' in support of the client to command the optimum pricing and structure from lenders.

 

ART	SCIENCE
Insight beyond the obvious	Robust financial analysis
Innovative and creative solutions	Quantitative risk mapping, risk modeling and correlation analysis
Big-picture strategic overview	Financial forensics to uncover hidden risks
Intuition based on experience and knowledge	Hedging simulations and stress-testing
Illustrative communication of risks analysis and results	Application and valuation of derivative instruments
The articulation of financial market strategy and tactics	Scenario testing of alternative hedge policies
Stakeholder's perspectives	Application of disciplined logic

The reasons why organisations engage Asia-Pacific Risk Management to design and review financial risk and treasury management policies include:-

• Material change in activities and/or assets/liabilities
• Financial stress or under-performance due to non-recognition or non-management of financial risks in the past
• Unacceptable volatility of financial performance for stakeholders
• Changes in ownership or owners representatives (the Board of Directors)
• New company requiring rigorous financial policies
• A challenge to the status-quo methods of managing financial risks by new management/directors
• Corporate health-check and compliance to governance rules/guidelines
• Treasury/Risk Management policy required to be externally reviewed

The Asia-Pacific Risk Management approach to designing and reviewing client organisation's treasury/risk management policies is to adopt a combined 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' process.

Ongoing Risk Management Advice

The reasons why organisations retain Asia-Pacific Risk Management to provide independent and strategic ongoing financial risk management advice include:-

• The organisation is not justified in directly employing an experienced Treasurer in-house, therefore effectively outsources the expertise/knowledge
• Interpretation and dissemination of information, trends and developments in global financial/commodity markets
• Proactive advice and guidance on market implications for the client’s own risk position and performance
• Specific hedging recommendations and risk profiling strategies within
  policy parameters
• Discipline and forums for making decisions in advance of market movements
• Reassurance and support to the client’s management to act
• Entry tactics to changes in hedging levels
• Continuity and consistency in hedging programmes
• Impartial check on pricing, financial instruments and financing alternatives
• Efficient operations of the treasury function

Asia-Pacific Risk Management's advisory role is to work in partnership with the client's management team to achieve their financial objectives.

Debt Management Advisory Services

The reasons why organisations appoint Asia-Pacific Risk Management to provide independent and ‘behind the scenes’ debt management advice include:-

• The borrower has no, or limited, experience in debt raising/refinancing/restructuring
• The provision of independent and external advice on the borrower’s long-term strategic debt path
• Identification of, and information on appropriate and alternative borrowing sources
• Practical evaluation and assessment of what pricing and lender demand the borrower can command in the marketplace
• Introduction of new lender groups
• Strategy and tactics of conducting tenders from lenders/debt issue arrangers
• Accurate evaluation of lender’s proposals
• Benchmarking pricing/terms to peer borrowers
• Backroom assistance to negotiations
• Comfort and reassurance to the Board of Directors that all options have
  been considered
• Advice on documentation/security

 Asia-Pacific Risk Management, through the experience and market knowledge of its principals, adds value to corporation's debt raising and refinancing projects. The advisory role is 'behind the scenes' in support of the client to command the optimum pricing and structure from lenders.