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Treasury Perspectives – 2012-2013

Money market funds in the balance

Money market funds are widely used by treasurers as a secure and liquid investment vehicle for surplus cash – but will this... Read More »

Risk tops the agenda in Europe

Treasury & Risk – August 2012

Treasurers keep a close eye on European banks and monitor CDS spreads to supplement credit ratings.

The Greek elections in June may have averted the... Read More »

Upwardly Mobile

Treasury Perspectives – 2012-2013

Mobile payment technology has enjoyed enormous success in Kenya and other emerging markets – but what are the opportunities for the treasurers of multinational corporations? Can... Read More »

The new one-stop shop

Global Finance – June 2012

Liquidity management is the latest corporate treasury process to get the one-stop-shop treatment by big banks and solution vendors.

A few years have passed since the... Read More »

A right old fix

Raconteur – March 2012 The wild price swings for raw materials over the past few years have highlighted the need for companies to find a strategy that works for them.

Commodity... Read More »

SEPA’s tight deadline

Treasury & Risk – March 2012 Migrating to the single payments area in two years poses a real challenge.

Europe is one big step closer to payments integration with the announcement... Read More »

Weighing FX Options

Treasury & Risk – February 2012 As treasurers in Europe look to shield their companies from a possible breakup of the euro, the argument for using FX options becomes harder... Read More »

Babel Revisited

Financial-i – Q4 2011

The new ISO 20022 standards may promise to streamline payments, but the system is being hampered by slow takeup and a lack of cohesion and regulation.... Read More »

The Future of Money Funds

Treasury & Risk – November 2011 Can constant NAV funds survive the latest wave of regulatory changes?

Money-market funds (MMFs) have had no shortage of attention since 2008, when the Reserve... Read More »