Cygma is the result of Chatham Financial's commitment to making a positive impact in four areas: the markets it serves; the well-being of its clients; the lives of its employees; and its community and the world. Chatham's expertise in providing currency and interest rate risk management solutions to large real estate, private equity, corporate and financial institution clients provides an established and proven infrastructure that forms the foundation of a microfinance and SME-focused, currency risk management service. The Cygma team, working in concert with Chatham Financial, comes to the market with an established reputation for integrity and dedication to socially responsible investment, capital markets expertise, excellence in client services, and a proven technology and operational infrastructure. The team has an aggregate of 50 years of experience working in risk management consulting, capital markets, and microfinance.

The name Cygma comes from a combination of two words: the Latin word for swan, Cygnus, and the Greek letter sigma, or σ. Cygnus serves as a constant reminder of the "black swan" or "tail risk" (the highly improbable, high impact, yet difficult-to-predict event) for which we will always be on the lookout. The lower-case sigma stands for the standard deviation of a probability distribution. In combining the two to come up with the name Cygma, we want to emphasize our focus on helping our clients to steer clear of "black swan" events, or at the very least be in a position to withstand them, through our set of comprehensive risk management services.

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