10+ years of experience in capital and energy markets
Experience in capital market disputes and investigations, derivatives valuations, and hedging
Expert in trading and compliance, risk management, and investment management
London
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Badr Iftikhar is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Financial Services in London. He brings more than 10 years of experience in capital and energy markets. Mr. Iftikhar’s primary areas of concentration are capital market disputes and investigations, risk management and hedging, trading and compliance, derivatives valuation, and investment management. He focuses on the financial services and energy industries.
Most recently at A&M, Mr. Iftikhar has been involved in a compliance assessment of a global commodities firm, for which he reviewed risk controls and market conduct risks.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Iftikhar spent more than seven years with FTI Consulting, serving recently as Senior Director with the capital markets team. Prior to that, Mr. Iftikhar worked at RWE power as part of their complex risk and hedge execution team. He has testified as a financial markets expert in U.K court and has advised European governments, corporates, banks, traders and regulators on issues within the financial and energy markets.
Mr. Iftikhar earned a master’s degree in finance from Bocconi University. He is a Chartered Finance Analyst (CFA), a Professional Risk Manager (PRM) and holds a Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF).
Companies regularly use derivative products to hedge financial risks. Among products that are commonly used are interest rate swaps and foreign exchange derivatives. Interest rate swaps are typically used to hedge against interest risk from floating rate loans, effectively converting the floating interest rate into a fixed interest payment. Foreign exchange derivatives, on the other hand, are typically used by companies with operations in multiple countries to hedge their currency exposures.
