The large majority of the work in a corporate treasury department is administration, transaction processing and non-discretionary decision making. This absorbs most of the time and resources in the…
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Plans for an EU Financial Transaction Tax have been on the table for five years but a lack of consensus among EU countries is halting progress. Will there be a breakthrough at October talks?
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PwC has published its annual compilation of worldwide corporate tax rates and rules, providing rates and rules from 155 countries at a glance.
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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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Several key amendments have been proposed for the EU's Fourth Money Laundering Directive, which will have an effect on payment service providers and users. What are the main changes?
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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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Two-thirds of companies globally are proactively preparing for the implementation of BEPS and most are adopting technology to do so. Transfer pricing documentation is the biggest challenge.
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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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The cost of SOX compliance is still high, with a significant number of large companies spending $2 million or more per year, a rise in external audit fees and more time spent on compliance.
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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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The European Banking Authority has published its response to the EC's proposal to bring virtual currency exchange platforms and pre-paid cards within the scope of the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive.
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Research from the SWIFT Institute underlines some of the challenges faced by financial institutions in terms of data privacy laws that conflict with AML and counter-terrorism finance compliance.
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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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Barn-raising can serve as a model for successful new value creation in today’s hyper-connected world. So, how could this work in the treasury environment?
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Questions that will lead to action in today’s complex and regulated world
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An article in the Harvard Business Review argues that financial reporting is still an imperfect and inaccurate measure of a company's financial value and health.
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More than 25,000 of the approximately 48,000 domestic listed companies on the world's 85 major securities exchanges use International Financial Reporting Standards.
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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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EU-US agreement will improve transparency, reduce uncertainty and work towards avoiding regulatory arbitrage and towards compatibility.
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The proposed amendment of Section 385 of the Internal Revenue Code was introduced in April as part of the US Treasury Department’s drive to tackle corporate inversions.
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The European Commission has announcing the inaugural meeting of the CEAOB, which introduces a new framework for cooperation between audit regulators at EU level.
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More than one-quarter of company executives are not taking advantage of available data and analytics but are simply “trying to survive in a state of disruption”, according to a PwC survey.
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The 2016 Cost of Compliance Survey by Thomson Reuters has highlighted the regulatory overload felt by the financial industry. Infographic summarises main points.
