John R. Rush

JOHN R. RUSH

International Financial Markets Consultant

The Rush approach to financial consulting

Any company on the client base of a medium to large size central business district accounting or law firm is, almost by definition, of a size sufficient to benefit significantly from the financial risk management expertise John R. Rush has to offer.

The following "four triggers" (identified by the following capitalised words) could act as a "prompt" to help specify clients for whom his expertise will prove invaluable:

borrowers and investors who have INTEREST RATE RISKS
importers and exporters who have EXCHANGE RATE RISKS
commodity producers and users who have COMMODITY PRICE RISKS
equities investors who have EQUITY PRICE RISKS.

These four groups often - regardless of financial success derived from their core commercial activities - have financial behaviour driven by Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, or FUD.

Consequently, they may well be in need of an appropriate financial risk management policy.

John Rush's specialist consulting services, which are often sought as a consequence of attendance at Oakbridge financial training workshops which he writes and presents, include:

identifying areas where corporations and/or financial institutions are exposed to financial risk
financial risk management policy formulation and implementation
reviews of existing risk management policies as part of, or prior to, audit assessments. In particular, scrutinising existing policies for potential flaws.
advice, in a risk management context, on use of appropriate fundamental and derivative financial instruments in financial markets in accordance with policy guidelines. Financial derivatives selected may include forward rate agreements, swaps, futures and options.
specialist technical financial risk management advice (particularly exchange rate and interest rate risk management respectively)
broad strategic financial markets trading advice.

He is able to provide a client company with a "comfortable" financial risk management structure that then facilitates concentration on the company's mainstream commercial activities.

John Rush has much to offer otherwise commercially successful companies who are financially risk averse, but who may be inexperienced in financial risk management. This is particularly the case with those companies involved in international trade (importers and exporters) that are of a relatively small size and do not have a specialist corporate treasurer.

He has the experience and expertise to "arm" senior executive consulting clients with the knowledge that equips them to ask the right financial risk management questions of their treasury/financial management staff.

His financial consulting work stresses the crucial importance of using appropriate limits and authorities to control dealing staff in order that conditions leading to financial markets dealing outside policy guidelines can be avoided.

John Rush is a recognised writer and speaker on international financial markets, particularly in the areas of explaining:

otherwise complex financial transactions and structures
government, central bank and corporate responses to volatile financial markets movements.

He is available as a conference or seminar speaker. Videotapes of his presentations are available on request. Just contact him and ask!