Who we are
All together, we have been working for over 50 years in the world of risk management, mainly at BNP Paribas Spain, where we have been head of sales to Corporates and Public Institutions and head of sales of Derivatives to Institutional Investors respectively since 1998.
We have worked with most of the major Spanish clients on all kinds of underlying assets, interest rates, foreign currencies, commodities, inflation and credit in Spain and in many other countries on five continents.
We have been involved in many iconic transactions, such as pension outsourcing, electricity tariff deficit, private placements, refinancing, balance hedges, bond hedges, syndicated loans, project finance, LBO, securitization, aircraft leasing, lease backs, balance guaranteed swaps and the largest transactions linked to inflation in Spain.
We believe in long-term relationships, building them day-by-day, whether or not there is a transaction, putting our commitment, knowledge and experience at the disposal of our clients and providing them with prompt solutions that create value for them.
Executive with extensive experience and great knowledge of products and markets, with excellent reputation in major Spanish companies, business-oriented and accustomed to work with objectives and to fulfil them. With this undertaking, he seeks to continue executing transactions that involve efficient solutions for the client's needs.
José Azcue
Partner“Independence and neutrality makes our client the center and the only important thing in our work. Our goal is to become your first call regarding Risk Management”
He has worked in the world of derivatives for the past 22 years, always in leading financial institutions, mainly insurance companies and banks. Client-oriented. The development of new products that help his clients get better hedging solutions has been a constant for him.
Enrique Calvo
Partner“Our experience comes from direct involvement in the development of the derivatives market”
More than 25 years of experience in financial markets. He has been a major player in the OTC (Interest Rate swap) markets in Spain.
He has been working as an FX trader and book runner in several international banks and has been Managing Director of Capital Markets at ACF (Savings Banks investment banking arm). One of his main tasks has been, understanding, managing and structuring hedging transactions in order to mitigate (or limit) interest rate and foreign exchange exposures for corporates and smaller financial institutions, i.e. hedging highway risk in their syndicated loan transactions with a double, accreting simultaneously executed CPI and interest rate swap transaction, thus hedging interest rate exposure (financial costs) and hedging their CPI exposure (income) .
Alejandro Sánchez-Pedreño
Senior advisor“All transaction engages in risk, risk can be harmful if uncontrolled and they can be an opportunity if properly managed. Our aim is to keep risk under control whilst seeking for opportunity.”
Over the course of more than 20 years, hundreds of clients audited by many different big and small clients in all sectors and multiple geographies have benefited and praised him for his friendly, practical and highly technical approach to the complex topic of financial risk management and accounting for financial hedges, both as an advisor and as an audit expert.
He is passionate about helping clients understand, in a very simple way, the reporting impacts of their hedging decisions.
Francisco Carballo
Senior Advisor“We take care as well of our clients´ derivatives reporting needs, so they can focus on running their business/projects and leave that additional complexity to us. We act as the “safe” bridge between their reporting and hedging needs, making sure it´s done accurately, easy for them, and with the most optimal management of all stakeholders (internal and auditors).”