Creating and Issuing Effective Requests for Proposal
by Kylene Casanova
Checklist to save yourself and your bidders time and money
Best Practices & Benchmarking
Background
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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by Carla Huelsmann, Deutsche Bank & CTMfile
Creating and issuing effective RFPs that don’t waste your or your supplier’s time
Five lessons for corporate treasurers from Man United’s sacking of David Moyes
by Kylene Casanova
1. Never agree to takeover from a legend, 2. if you must …..
Corporate Treasury Outsourcing
by Kylene Casanova
How to generate value by outsourcing non-core treasury functions
Project Management for treasury professionals - an essential skill
by Kylene Casanova
Manage the five key processes and the ‘golden triangle’, and manage project risk
How to navigate the risks and seize the opportunities inherent in a merger, acquisition, divestment
by Kylene Casanova
What to do once the deal is signed and prior to close
Treasury benchmarking and self assessment is growing: Hackett Group dashboard pulls data from ERP sy
by Kylene Casanova
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.
ACT/Kyriba survey reveals core priorities of ACT Members for the next year: the bigger the company t
by Kylene Casanova
During March and April 2013, Kyriba, in conjunction with the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) conducted an online survey of treasury and finance professionals, all members of the Association.
Thomson Reuters launches corporate responsibility indices: “an objective, rules-based benchmar
by Kylene Casanova
Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has launched a new family of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) indices.
Developing and retaining treasury talent
by Kylene Casanova
Developing and retaining talent is a challenge for any treasury department. Even though the U.S. job market is still struggling, an individual with the right combination of education and experience can
To be the best corporate treasury department: monthly boot camp process reviews are essential
by Kylene Casanova
Patricia Greenfield, Treasury Operations Manager, at AstraZeneca the global pharmaceutical company, is a lovely, kind lady, but she has zero tolerance for manual creep, use of spreadsheets, and
Management philosophy and operating principles for the effective corporate treasury department
by Kylene Casanova
In their presentation at Eurofinance's Monaco conference in September, entitled 'Changing the game in treasury management', Conor Leyden and John Voorhis from Omnicom Group, covered the basic approach needed to chan
Take care: ‘AFP Treasury Benchmarking Program - 2012 Survey’ results are out
by Kylene Casanova
The AFP Treasury Benchmarking Programme - 2012 Survey sponsored by PNC, is a serious and useful survey that has been running since 2008. In the introduction to this year's report they claim: "Benchmarking the practi
Treat with care: the AFP ‘2011 Survey-Bank Relationship Management’ Benchmark Survey results
by Kylene Casanova
The AFP Survey of Bank Relationship Management, sponsored by IBM and PNC, is a serious and useful survey that has been running for four years.
Focus of corporate treasury department AND structure is changing
by Kylene Casanova
The focus of the corporate treasury department is changing. This was summed up by Philips' Gary Throup excellent presentation
UPS’s four pillars of operational success in corporate treasury
by Kylene Casanova
Ernie Caballero's - Vice President Eurasia Treasury and M&A at UPS - standout presentation at BNP Paribas's 4th Cash Management University contained one slide