There is no such thing as general Best Practice, only Good Practices that might be worth using as an indicator of possible practices in your department. Similarly, Benchmarks are not absolute truths.…
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As merger & acquisition (M&A) becomes a key growth strategy for corporates, a report from EY has identified five key trends expected to define the M&A transaction market globally in 2017
by Kylene Casanova
David Beatty, a senior advisor to McKinsey, asks: are hedge-fund activists a catalyst for beneficial changes in governance and strategy or short-term opportunists?
by Kylene Casanova
Blockchain, essentially a giant network, which records ownership and value, is being hailed as the second coming of the internet. Raconteur break down its future in 8 charts
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Shell’s centralisation journey; Block chain; OpenLink bringing commodity & treasury ERM solutions together; PSD2; and KYC were the most popular items in 2016
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KYC services expand to include due diligence across all regulations and regions; BEPS; Capital in the supply chain; Brexit; Understanding and minimising the impact on suppliers of extended payment terms
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Disruptive technologies that will transform: auto industry; how block chain could…; building a digital banking business; renewable energy; and digital utility: New opportunities and challenges
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Shell’s lessons from centralisation journey; EPC on potential of blockchain; OpenLink bringing commodity & treasury ERM solutions together; Transaction banking feels the strain
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Wise words from practical, sensible corporate treasurers
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World’s climate is in trouble: less than a quarter of companies disclose their environmental impact and only 13% have green or sustainable financing strategies in place
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A survey of more than 500 CFOs shows that the role is becoming increasingly diversified and that the CFO's mandate is expanding to cover areas including IT, cybersecurity, risk and M&A.
by Nicolas Christiaen , CEO & Founder, Cashforce
It is a question that many companies have been asking themselves for the past few years. Innovative, dedicated technologies may be very exciting, but the question remains: Are they worth the investment?
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CFO: “Sustainability is smart business, and is how we are managing our business.” Treasurer: “If we’re not sustainable, we don’t have a business. Sustainability is consistent with having a long-term business.”
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Blockchain technology is rapidly opening up new possibilities for how businesses communicate with each other, but do we always understand exactly what the new terminology means?
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Shell insourcing model shows how to do it with own staff. If use outsourcing, carryout comprehensive reviews of impact to see if you are really making savings
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Don’t allow 30 years experience of corporate treasury to just retire and walk away, instead encourage your key staff to advise and mentor your current team. This is how to make mentoring effective
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Scania show how the corporate treasury department can be more effective
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A survey on treasury fintech shows that the UK and Singapore are leading the way in investing in fintech solutions for corporate treasury. The US and France are lagging behind.
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Application Programming Interfaces and inter-connected systems and services are opening up a new future for corporate treasury and transforming the whole business delivery model
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Israeli High Court’s FATCA injunction could make other countries rethink America’s imperialistic law. Corporate treasurers need to campaign: to remove FATCA, and for BEPS consistency and the end to fiscal secrecy
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Crowd source your data collection to get a fuller picture. AND you don’t have to start again to get the new functionality and data needed to bring together the perfect solution
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It takes dedication to come home with a gold medal, and the same could be said for corporate treasury success. Key lessons are that corporate treasury departments need to research, set clear goals and adapt accordin
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Japan puts its seniors to work, why don’t corporate treasury departments do too? New ways of thinking are needed…….
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Corporate treasury departments can create exceptional user experiences that will set themselves apart from other head office departments, IF they ask “What do my users want?”
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Overall, CFOs are more bullish about their own companies' prospects in the coming year but there is a huge amount of caution regarding Europe and China, as well as US equity markets.
