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Calipso
CALIPSO (www.calipso-gbf.it) is the result of the combined experience of Risk Management professionals and Banca Finnat, a bank with a long history of independence in the Italian merchant banking sector. The professionals developed their vast, complementary experience in risk management in both private companies and in financial institutions. The emergence in recent years of increasingly sophisticated financial instruments, financial market globalisation and the strong link between economic and financial variables mean that the financial management of a company becomes more and more complex. Then the arrival of new rules both at accounting standards level (IAS) and Banks' credit risk management (Basel II) insist that companies keep a tighter rein on the impact that the different variables in play can have on their income and equity positions.
Drawing upon the consolidated methodologies for Asset Management and bank Asset & Liability Management, CALIPSO's aim is to provide corporate customers with an independent and objective quantitative approach, the means to identify and measure economic and financial risks and the calculation of their related impact on a company's income statement and balance sheet. Achieving this key result is fundamental in defining Risk Management Policies and the subsequent selection of the most appropriate financial instruments. Only a management approach as strict as that offered by CALIPSO will allow companies the option of holding their course and keeping their ship afloat in today’s perilous financial seas, and at the same time re-establish a more balanced and profitable keel in their relations with the banking system.
CALIPSO services:
• Fair Value
Fair Value calculation of financial assets and liabilities, with a special focus on the measurement of derivatives (IAS 39).
• Hedging Policy
Advice on Risk Management Policy implementation to formalise risk management objectives (financial and otherwise) and to calculate the related corporate exposure (IAS 32, IAS 39).
Verification of hedging effectiveness using appropriate quantitative measuring instruments.
• Governance
Preparation of internal communications tools and the development of financial performance measurement and reporting systems.
• Ratings - Basel II
Business Plan building support.
Credit rating estimates.
Support in action to improve credit ratings.
• Trading Support
Real-time assessment of proposed derivative transactions and customer-counterparty trading support.
• Corporate Risk Management
Asset & Liability Management.
Integrated financial and business risk analysis.
These CALIPSO services feature a real independence confirmed by the absence of conflict of interest. In fact, CALIPSO does not sell derivatives or other banking products. In addition, the service is provided against a paid mandate and performed 100% in the customer's interests.
Another important feature is the quantitative approach used by CALIPSO through its adoption of methodologies that guarantee analysis objectivity. This feature is assured by the team of professionals with a quantitative background and consolidated experience in the fields of Risk Management and Business Finance.
Drawing upon the consolidated methodologies for Asset Management and bank Asset & Liability Management, CALIPSO's aim is to provide corporate customers with an independent and objective quantitative approach, the means to identify and measure economic and financial risks and the calculation of their related impact on a company's income statement and balance sheet. Achieving this key result is fundamental in defining Risk Management Policies and the subsequent selection of the most appropriate financial instruments. Only a management approach as strict as that offered by CALIPSO will allow companies the option of holding their course and keeping their ship afloat in today’s perilous financial seas, and at the same time re-establish a more balanced and profitable keel in their relations with the banking system.
CALIPSO services:
• Fair Value
Fair Value calculation of financial assets and liabilities, with a special focus on the measurement of derivatives (IAS 39).
• Hedging Policy
Advice on Risk Management Policy implementation to formalise risk management objectives (financial and otherwise) and to calculate the related corporate exposure (IAS 32, IAS 39).
Verification of hedging effectiveness using appropriate quantitative measuring instruments.
• Governance
Preparation of internal communications tools and the development of financial performance measurement and reporting systems.
• Ratings - Basel II
Business Plan building support.
Credit rating estimates.
Support in action to improve credit ratings.
• Trading Support
Real-time assessment of proposed derivative transactions and customer-counterparty trading support.
• Corporate Risk Management
Asset & Liability Management.
Integrated financial and business risk analysis.
These CALIPSO services feature a real independence confirmed by the absence of conflict of interest. In fact, CALIPSO does not sell derivatives or other banking products. In addition, the service is provided against a paid mandate and performed 100% in the customer's interests.
Another important feature is the quantitative approach used by CALIPSO through its adoption of methodologies that guarantee analysis objectivity. This feature is assured by the team of professionals with a quantitative background and consolidated experience in the fields of Risk Management and Business Finance.
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