Continuous online, multilateral matching and netting from Coprocess
by Jack Large
API and connectivity revolution is opening up all sorts of new liquidity management efficiencies
Releasing Trapped Cash
Background
Trapped cash is money that cannot be moved cross-border for a period due to regulatory, tax or business process constraints. These restrictions mainly apply in the emerging markets. The in-country…
Read moreUS tech giants stop reporting overseas cash holdings
by Bija Knowles
Some of California's biggest tech giants have stopped reporting their overseas cash, Bloomberg reports
US businesses accumulate cash amid global trade tensions
by Bija Knowles
Quarterly research by the AFP has found that the first three months of 2018 saw US businesses continue to accumulate cash and short-term investment holdings
5 economic trends to watch unfold in 2018
by Bija Knowles
Trade policies are a major source of concern for global corporate executives. Here are five take-aways from the results of McKinsey's Economic Conditions Snapshot survey 2018
US corporates aim for cash repatriation in Q2
by Bija Knowles
Repatriation of cash to the US is back on the agenda for CFOs and treasurers, with 63 per cent planning to repatriate cash in 2018. TMS upgrades and short-term cash investment also a priority
$1.5 trillion excess cash held offshore by US corporates
by Kylene Casanova
US corporates are holding huge amounts of cash offshore in non-US overseas subsidiaries, to avoid paying the 35 per cent US corporate tax rate. How can the Fed tempt companies to repatriate?
Virtual accounts: technology to help banks exceed customer expectations
by Kylene Casanova
Tieto’s white paper explores the opportunities
Boosting cash management in a decentralised company
by Kylene Casanova
Centralisation isn't ideal for all companies and yet, decentralised companies can be at a disadvantage compared to their centralised peers, in terms of cash management and margins
Virtual Cash Management - the new future or the same old?
by Kylene Casanova
ING VCM solution improves cash visibility, access and reconciliation, whilst centralising multi-entity cash and transactions, and rationalising bank account structures
How to get the most out of a conference: go with questions and objectives
by Kylene Casanova
Effective corporate treasury departments understand the questions that drive their business
Safety and liquidity are priorities as corporates build cash holdings
by Kylene Casanova
Safety is the most important objective of an organisation's cash investment policy and many companies are increasing their cash holdings, according to the 2016 AFP Liquidity Survey.
On the ninth day of Christmas my cash management expert gave me tips on how to:
by Kylene Casanova
Maximise the release of trapped cash in countries world-wide
Inter-company netting - undervalued and underused
by Kylene Casanova
Andrew Goldie, Coprocess MD, explains how netting market is developing, the new functionality available and the future for netting systems and services
2015 outlook is ‘not bad’, but corporate treasury needs to be prepared for next crash
by Kylene Casanova
“Another crash is coming. We all know it…..” The world economy could return to crisis survival mode: here are the essentials for surviving global developments in 2015 (Updated with BofA quote)
Revealed the secret path for moving Chinese money overseas
by Kylene Casanova
Bloomberg reports on the government-sanctioned trial program which helps explain huge Chinese investments in foreign real estate in the recent past
Creating and Issuing Effective Requests for Proposal
by Kylene Casanova
Checklist to save yourself and your bidders time and money
Achieving Full Global Visibility & Understanding of Your Cash
by Lisa Rossi, Deutsche Bank & CTMfile
How to achieve full visibility and understanding of your cash availability
The real truths about releasing trapped cash
by Kylene Casanova
The article by Gavin Hinks, in The Treasurer in September 2012, gives several important tips about how to free your cash:
HSBC first foreign bank to pilot foreign currency cross-border netting solution in China
by Kylene Casanova
HSBC China is the first foreign bank to obtain approval from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) to implement a foreign currency netting solution for the trade of goods in China; this has been obtain
A 6th option for releasing trapped cash in China: reader suggestion
by Kylene Casanova
There also a very clever 6th option, if you've got the companies to do it.
More cross-border sweeping from China: approval for Standard Chartered and Shell
by Kylene Casanova
Standard Chartered Bank (China) Limited and Shell (China) Co. Ltd. today announced that they have been granted approval to set up a Foreign Currency Cross-border Sweeping structure. The structure, approved by the Ch
The development of cross-border sweeping from China continues
by Kylene Casanova
The recent deregulation by SAFE and PBOC allows MNC groups to establish " cross-border cash pooling " structure to link it's domestic cash pool with overseas cash pools.
Five ways for releasing trapped cash in China
by Kylene Casanova
At the recent Cash Management University in Paris, BNP Paribas explained how there are now five ways to release trapped cash in China:
When the funds are really trapped, use a local currency money market fund
by Kylene Casanova
In the long run, most trapped cash can be 'released', but there may be many months or years when it cannot. Obtaining any return on these funds can be difficult.