The basic purpose of the corporate treasury department is to ensure that there is sufficient cash available for the company to operate, and that interest rate and foreign exchange risks are…
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PwC finds that treasury should be seen very much as a process rather than a department and treasury professionals have to be jacks of all trades to succeed in today’s environment
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Fifty-six per cent of global investors are planning to grow their presence in Europe in 2017, compared with just 36 per cent of investors in May 2016
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Corporate treasury on cloud; FX volatility; UK’s Open Banking Standard; ‘One Treasurer’s Wish List’
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The two year review that every outsourcing programme should be subject to. These are the critical questions in any corporate treasury department
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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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Many companies are struggling to monitor risks posed by their suppliers, distributors and partners AND, due to business pressures, many respondents would not report regulatory breaches
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The International Accounting Standards Boards (IASB) has outlined why global harmonised standards are needed for insurance contracts accounting.
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China has taken another step towards opening a credit default swap (CDS) market, the Financial Times reports this morning. The hedging tools would protect investors in case of a credit default.
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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.
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The importance of operational resilience in the financial industry has never been greater, according to a white paper, published by Finextra in association with IBM.
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In order to comply with new EU data protection rules – regardless of Brexit
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Sam Cooke understood future of corporate treasury: “You’ve got to accentuate the positive” (simplifying, focus on new ways of doing business), “eliminate the negative” (unnecessary complexity, things with no value)
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A new report shows a dramatic increase in the total number of enforcement actions initiated by the SEC against public company defendants and related subsidiary defendants.
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Uncertain EU and global economic outlooks keep liquidity risk at high levels, according to a Q1 report by the European Securities and Markets Authority.
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A report from McKinsey shows that trust, communication and focusing on businesses models are linchpins of successful joint venture negotiations. Treasury has a role to play in these key areas.
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The Financial Accounting Standard Board has issued a new standard to simplify accounting for share-based payments, and also voted to let companies choose how they implement hedge accounting changes.
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Most countries are moving cautiously in their response to the G20/OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (Beps) project, although Europe is setting the precedent for tax reform.
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has responded to a letter it received last week from the European Commission on certain aspects of ESMA's draft MiFID II rules.
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Are companies being let down by poor coverage of cyber risks in conventional insurance classes? A new report says insurers are not offering adequate cover for the risks of cyber crime.
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The EC has announced that the central counterparty regulatory regimes for Canada, Switzerland, South Africa, Mexico and Korea are now “equivalent” to regulation of EU CCPs.
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The US's most sweeping reform of financial markets regulation in recent times comes in for criticism on its fifth birthday. How has it affected corporate treasury?
