Cash & Liquidity Management

Because It's Worth It!

It is often argued that cash flow forecasting is not worth the effort, as the time and energy needed to achieve a meaningful forecast is disproportionate. The author categorically debunks this myth.

Corporate Finance

From Alternative to No Alternative Financing

Alternative financing, such as factoring and reverse factoring, is becoming an important element in the financing portfolio of companies of all sizes. We review some of the principal options.

TMI TV

Video Archive

Country Focus

From Greenback to Renminbi – the Internationalisation of CNY

Foreign exchange control in China is likely to be liberalised at a controlled pace. Furthermore, the expectation of a strengthening of the RMB and the higher interest rate differential will promote the attractiveness of RMB assets as a new asset class.

Financial Supply Chain

Treasury and Procurement - Closing the Gap

Prompted by the global financial crisis, procurement professionals are increasingly motivated to manage risk and increase the resilience of the supply chain. But what are the opportunities for greater collaboration between the two business functions?

Financial Technology

Promoting Innovation and Adoption of SWIFTNet

No longer the domain of the largest and most sophisticated corporations, SWIFTNet is now a viable and beneficial bank connectivity option, for single or multiple banks, both domestic and international flows. But what are some of the most recent trends and innovations in SWIFT connectivity for …

Investment

The Importance of Credit Research and NRSRO Ratings

BlackRock’s Mark Stockley believes that money market fund advisors should not rely on a security’s NRSRO rating, but instead should consider ratings as preliminary screens in an independent credit review.

Risk Management

Managing Risk, Leveraging Opportunities

In the first of four features from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, the author asks what the current key trends affecting money market fund (MMF) providers and their clients are.

Strategic Treasury

Can Treasurers Solve the Global Energy Crisis?

Treasurers, like politicians and CEOs, need to recognise that future economic stability, corporate growth and energy sustainability are inextricably linked. The Editor discusses how companies can gain strategic and competitive advantage by leveraging the new opportunities that innovative energy …

Tax, Accounting & Legal

Post-Trade Management of Derivative Portfolios

Some people think that risk management decisions are concerned with what happens up to and until a trade is executed, while hedge accounting ones are concerned with what happens post-trade, i.e. once a trade in on the books. This amalgamation of the distinction between risk management and hedge …