Fairmount has provided cutting edge derivative product services and strategies to its clients since the early 1990s. We develop an overall financial plan and integrate prudent derivative structures as alternative or additional means of effective capital cost management.

We specialize in the following areas:

Services

• Client Education
• Management Education
• Pricing and Covenant Negotiation
• Interest Rate Management Plans
• Structuring and Bidding
• Monitoring and Performance Evaluation
• FASB 133 Calculations (Hedge Accounting) 
• Collateral Confirmation 

Product Strategies

• Interest Rate Swaps
  • Fixed to Floating
  • Floating to Fixed
  • Basis and Altrenative Index
• Interest Rate Caps and Collars
• Swaptions
• Forward Starting Swaps
• Total Return Swaps 

While many financial advisors have added swap advisory services to their menu, few do it with the level of experience and expertise offered by Fairmount. The use of derivatives in the municipal finance sector (particularly for non-profits) has moved well beyond traditional synthetic fixed rate financings to complex structures that require more than the ability to input a structure into pricing models. Fairmount uses proprietary models and the experience of its professional staff as swap advisors and principals to offer expert advice on the range of issues associated with the transaction.