Arca Continental Adopts Bloomberg MARS to Enhance Hedge Accounting Workflows

Bloomberg today announced that Arca Continental (AC), the second largest Coca-Cola bottler in the Americas and one of the most important in the world, is now using Bloomberg’s Multi-Asset Risk Solutions (MARS) Hedge Accounting for hedge efficiency tests and to refine exposure management for aluminum prices, foreign exchange (FX) and interest rates.

With the addition of MARS Hedge Accounting, AC can complete hedge analysis quickly and efficiently. The firm also uses FXGO, Bloomberg’s premier multi-bank FX trading solution, for FX hedging execution, and has been a Bloomberg Terminal client for 15 years.

MARS Hedge Accounting will enable AC to navigate the operational and accounting complexities within their extensive dynamic portfolio of hedged transactions. The solution provides AC with transparent, independent valuations and on-demand volatility analysis to gauge risk exposure, which provides them with the ability to check their positions in real time, optimizing their strategic planning.

“We needed a solution that could house all of our hedging transactions and support valuations in real time,” said Felipe Barquin, AC Treasury Manager. “MARS Hedge Accounting gives us a holistic view of our inventory to evaluate transaction implications, identify discrepancies in hedging and supports our compliance with reporting, all in one integrated solution.”

“AC has seen significant growth in the past 10 years and needed a dependable solution with the scalability to help them adapt fast to ever-changing markets,” said Rachid Lassoued, Global Head of

Financial Engineering and Risk at Bloomberg. “We are pleased to continue working with AC to increase operational efficiency in risk management and hedge accounting.”

MARS Hedge Accounting is part of Bloomberg’s suite of risk solutions, which are accessed on the Bloomberg Terminal and via APIs that provides risk analytics for cash and derivatives securities. MARS enables traders, portfolio and risk managers to manage front office risk, market risk, XVA counterparty risk, credit risk, hedge accounting, as well as collateral and SIMM requirements – all by using a common pricing and data library, providing consistency from front to back.

About Arca Continental

Arca Continental is a company engaged in the production, distribution and sale of beverages under the

brands owned by The Coca-Cola Company, as well as salty snacks under the brands Bokados in Mexico, Inalecsa in Ecuador, and Wise in the United States. With an outstanding track record of more than 98 years, Arca Continental is the second largest Coca-Cola bottler in the Americas and one of the most important in the world. Through its Coca-Cola franchise, the company serves a population of more than 128 million in the northern and western regions of Mexico, as well as in Ecuador, Peru, the northern region of Argentina and the southwestern United States. Arca Continental is listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange under the symbol “AC”. For more information about Arca Continental, please visit www.arcacontal.com.

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