IMMFA expresses concern over European MMF law
by Kylene Casanova
Money market fund reform could be bad news for European capital markets and could damage businesses and other entities that use money market funds
Financing Short-Medium Term Deficits
Background
In cash and liquidity management the primary objective is always to minimise the cash deficits that need financing. And when there are cash deficits, to minimise the overall cost of the financing…
Read moreACI FMA association’s new Model Code 2015 on governing ethics & market conduct
by Kylene Casanova
Updated version gives new guidance governing ethics and market conduct across fixed income, currency and commodity markets
PrimeRevenue Dynamic Discounting service integrated with SCF & Spend Analytics
by Kylene Casanova
Plus new comparison of merits of dynamic discounting v. supply chain finance (UPDATED with screenshot)
FIX Trading Community releases Best Practices document for IPO process
by Kylene Casanova
Best Practice standards document for the automation of the Initial Public Offering process
McKinsey&Co.’s scary global report on ’Debt and (not much) deleveraging’
by Kylene Casanova
Global debt since 2007 has grown by $57 trillion, outpacing world GDP growth. Where is it all going to end?
Corporate crowdfunding: The future of capital, banks not included?*
by Kylene Casanova
Is this an emerging reality or just a frivolous side show? World Bank research study predicts it could be bigger than the entire global venture capital industry
ICAP e-Commerce launches Scrapbook, an innovative e-solution for the corporate bond market
by Kylene Casanova
New service launches in February 2014 offering an intuitive new solution that combines anonymity with leading technology, pricing and a regulated trade environment
Tungsten shows how to fill lending to SMEs shortfall with early payment discounts
by Kylene Casanova
Insight has agreed to invest in several billion poinds in Tungsten Early Payment receivables, eligible invoices originated by Tungsten in Europe and North America
Swiss Central Bank will start negative interest rates from 22/01/2015
by Kylene Casanova
Three-month LIBOR range will be widened to -0.75 to 0.25%
DTCC and Euroclear create collateral processing joint venture
by Kylene Casanova
New joint venture will provide from mid-2015 a Margin Transit Utility and Collateral Management Utility for the collateral management industry
Peer-to-peer lending/investment ‘takes off’ in consumer & SME market. MNCs next?
by Kylene Casanova
But will it ever be effective for MNCs corporates as, the oldest consumer lending/investing P2P platform hits $1bn P2P lending mark?
Funding, like everything in life, is a matter of timing
by Kylene Casanova
Top tips to improve funding programmes from RBS, ICAP, SSE, Arqiva
Corporate credit in Europe warming up and quality improving since Q313
by Kylene Casanova
European corporates dis-intermediate and spread their debt
Developing a debt compliance policy is essential
by Kylene Casanova
Serious consequences if don’t have a rigorous procedures for managing your debt
Checklist to identify potential covenant issues to be managed before/after year-end
by Kylene Casanova
Debt Compliance Services: list is not meant to replace your January full-scale debt compliance revie
New platform launched in London to bring investors and private firms together
by Kylene Casanova
Liquity shows potential for automated platforms to raise liquidity
Regulatory compliance is really beginning to impact as banks struggle to keep up
by Kylene Casanova
Customer service standards seem to be slipping and banks are closing their books earlier and earlier
Basel III - what does it mean for corporates?
by Kylene Casanova
Increases the need to optimize Working Capital Management
Survey: AFP Releases Key Benchmarks for Companies Calculating Cost of Capital
by Kylene Casanova
Few companies have confidence in their own cost of capital calculations
European corporate debt: bonds share over 50% as bank lending falls, and flight to quality expected
by Kylene Casanova
Bonds accounted for over half of the new corporate debt funding in Europe in the first six months of 2013, which reached an overall total of EUR 495 billion. European corporates issued EUR 257
Digital peer-to-peer finance lending set to hit £1bn in UK - corporates next?
by Kylene Casanova
FT reports that "The UK's peer-to-peer market has trebled in size in trebled in size in just three years, as online funding platforms exploit the gap left by banks retreating from lending, according to
Hunt for funding: Don’t forget Retail Bonds says National Grid’s Andrew Kluth
by Kylene Casanova
In his hilarious and very persuasive presentation in 'The Treasurers hunt for funding' stream at the ACT Annual Conference 2012 in Liverpool, Andrew Kluth showed why other corporates should
AFP Guide to Global Short-Term Borrowing
by Kylene Casanova
AFP's Liquidity Management Guide to Global Short-Term Borrowing has just been released. The focus is on managing the danger areas such as liquidity risk, market risk, counterparty risk,
Clearstream’s new global issuer hub
by Kylene Casanova
Clearstream have launched a new Global Issuer Hub to facilitate issuance and administration for all types of debt instruments, warrants, equities and investment funds in 46 settlement and 96