Hedge Accounting in Focus: Strategies for Bank FX & Rates Sales & Advisory Desks
Join us as we break down which FX and Rates hedging approaches that you suggest are most likely to succeed and which are at risk of falling short in today’s environment.
Speakers
Alison Fletcher
Corporate Treasury Specialist
Bloomberg
Alison Fletcher is a Corporate Treasury Market Specialist at Bloomberg, New York. Alison holds a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from the Australian National University and a Masters of Science (Development Economics) from the University of London. Prior to Bloomberg, Alison worked for 15 years as a Corporate FX Risk Management Advisor in Sydney, London and most recently in Singapore. She has worked for global banks such as HSBC, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Commerzbank and Abn Amro/RBS. Alison has published articles in Global Treasurer News and Bloomberg Markets Magazine and has been a guest speaker at the ACT Singapore, ASEAN Risk, The Corporate Treasurer, ACI Philippines, FinanceAsia, CTCFO Indonesia, Windy City Summit, Eurofinance, Texpo and the Canadian National, Ottawa, American National, Philadelphia and Minnesota AFP’s.
Andre Pereira
Hedge Accounting Product Manager
Bloomberg
André is a product manager at Bloomberg, responsible for the hedge accounting solution in EMEA. He has extensive experience in the technical accounting (including hedge accounting) and valuation of complex financial instruments under IFRS, providing technical accounting advice, risk management and treasury consulting services to a number of FTSE 100 and large multinational corporate treasuries. He has dedicated large part of his career improving the effectiveness and efficiency of treasury activities, processes and workflow; whether by active participation in the strategic vision and product roadmap planning of software vendors or as consultant and advisor to large corporations and financial institutions.