The Difference

We are convicted that IMF can make a difference.

Our team is composed by skilled professionals, specialized in economics, financial markets and commodities. More than half of the team has more than 10 years of experience in financial markets and economic analysis.

Our main concern is the customer, provide ideas and solutions, making the clients’ needs our main priority.

IMF is INDEPENDENT. This means that our advices and performance does not suffer any bias neither direct influence from third parties.

IMF Services

Brief list of services provided by IMF – Informação de Mercados Financeiros S.A.

Market Information

IMF clients can also request specialized reports, namely about countries, sectors and economic areas.

We give access to our clients to databases and other historical data about quotes, macroeconomic indicators and financial data.

IMF produces information internally, using its market interpretations and many reports of several sources that we have access daily.

IMF produces information internally, using its market interpretations and many reports of several sources that we have access daily.

Most of the information produced may be customized and, therefore, fitted to the needs of each client.

  • Completely independent information

  • Possibility of customized information

  • Information can be produced in English, Spanish or Portuguese

  • Solutions for management software, like SAP

  • Databases and other historical data about quotes, macroeconomic indicators and financial data

IMF develops solutions for management software, like SAP, allowing the upload of updated quotes.

Foreign Exchange Risk

Phone “hotline”, available to questions about financial markets that are relevant for the company.

IMF helps its clients eliminate or reduce the foreign exchange risk resulting from their business activity. We construct tailor-made solutions and help with their implementation, if required.

Companies often have to deal with foreign currencies, exposing themselves to the risk of unfavorable market moves.

  • Assessment of the foreign exchange risk exposure profile

  • Last minute reports

  • Permanent surveillance of positions

  • Attendance in hedging operations

  • Free training for clients in financial instruments

IMF helps its clients eliminate or reduce the foreign exchange risk resulting from their business activity. We construct tailor-made solutions and help with their implementation, if required.

Interest Rate Risk

Generally, the consultant services of IMF in money markets rely on some support components, adapting to the course of action requested by each company.

Many companies resort to financing to support their business activity. From these debts contracts, of short term or long term, results an exposure to the risk of changes in interest rates on the money market.

  • Profile analysis due to exposure to interest rate risk

  • Support in the decision of Commercial Paper

  • Last minute reports

  • Permanent surveillance of positions

  • Attendance in hedging operations

IMF helps its clients studying strategies that are aimed to eliminate or reduce the interest rate risk underlying the debt of each company. We built tailor-made solutions and assist with their implementation, if required.

Commodities Price Risk

Our objective is clear: assist the client to be prepared for the decision making. IMF’s clients can expect advisory (guidance/advice) regarding price fluctuations and other events likely to influence these markets.

IMF is the only Portuguese company that monitors systematically the main commodity markets.

  • Daily reports, or several times a day, about each one of the markets

  • Information by SMS

  • Metals: Copper, Aluminum, Nickel, Zinc, Steel, Tin, Lead

  • Agricultural: Cotton, Soybean, Vegetable Oil, Soft Wheat and Feed Wheat, Corn, Sugar, Barley, Corn Gluten, Rapeseed Meal, Palmiste, Citrus Pulp, Sunflower Meal, Fish Meal, Cocoa

  • Energy: Oil, Natural Gas, LPG, Naphtha, Alcohol, Gasoline, Diesel, CO2

  • Chemicals: Plastics (LLDPE and PP) Pulp (NBSK and Kraft)

Clients can access a variety of information on prices, markets developments and the main factors that influence prices.

Auditing and Derivatives Valuation

Apart from valuations, IMF produces studies required by the auditors in certain circumstances, such as sensitivity analysis on scenarios of changes in the yield curve and efficacy tests that allow to use the derivative as a hedging instrument.

IMF monitors the derivatives portfolio held by the company. For such purpose, valuations are made on the derivatives portfolio, usually on a monthly basis, using calculators and methods recognized by the market.

  • Policy of hedging interest rate risk

  • Qualitative and quantitative assessment of the proposals submitted by banks

  • Qualitative and qualitativa assessment of the proposals submitted by banks

  • Accounting of thefair value of the products / derivatives portfolio

Technical Analysis

Technical Analysis is a tool for market analysis. Through the observation of charts and price series, market trends, tipping points and buy and sale signals are assessed, and support is provided to money management strategies.

IMF has a specialized department in the production of technical analysis for listed assets, serving custom requests.

Based on drawn conclusions, observations are presented on the behavior of the market.

  • Price trends

  • Graphic patterns

  • Volume Indicators

  • Oscillators

  • Moving Averages

  • Support and Resistance levels