Treasury & Cash Management

A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME   Businesses need to develop a new range of tools if they want to achieve truly holistic risk management.   By Denise Bedell   The world of risk management has changed drastically as a result ...

  WHO’S WHO IN TREASURY AND CASH MANAGEMENT   Robert Allen – Group Treasurer British American Tobacco Robert Allen was appointed group treasurer effective June 2008. Based in London, Allen works with a team of 20 professionals across the BAT ...

President Obama's determination to do "whatever it takes" to rebuild the economy appears to be paying off. But it is his actions across the whole range of policy initiatives that will have the greatest impact on global corporations.   By ...

The credit crunch made life more difficult for corporate treasurers in many ways—not least in managing their relationships with their cash management banking partners. By Anita Hawser Over the past 12 months the European cash management sector has undergone a ...

  Consumer prices in the United States fell unexpectedly in March, posting their first 12-month decline since 1955. It is clear that the recession is keeping a tight lid on prices and is providing cover for the Federal Reserve to ...

It’s not just companies that are caught in the fallout from the credit crunch; countries are suffering, too. In the latest assessment from risk analysis firm Coface, 47 countries—including the US, the UK, Japan and Germany—have seen their financial-strength rating ...

TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT ASIA REGIONAL REPORT   Many businesses in Asia were well prepared for the credit crunch, having learned some important lessons in previous regional crises. By Anita Hawser   As the subprime crisis rocked the foundations of ...

Treasury & cash management Corporations are focusing ever more intensely on their cash and liquidity management operations. In these credit-challenged times, selecting the best treasury and cash management provider is more important than ever.     With the continuing turmoil ...

Best Overall Bank for Cash Management Global Winner Citi North America J.P. Morgan Chase Western Europe Deutsche Bank Asia HSBC Latin America Citi Nordic Region SEB CEE RZB/Raiffeisen International Africa Standard Bank Middle East HSBC Best Bank For Liquidity Management ...

CATEGORY SUB-CATEGORY WINNER Best Overall Bank for Cash Management Global Winner Citi North America JPMorgan Chase Western Europe Deutsche Bank Asia HSBC Latin America Citi Nordic Region SEB CEE RZB/Raiffeisen International Africa Standard Bank Middle East HSBC Best Bank for ...

TREASURY MANAGEMENT: ASIA Facing a unique set of challenges, treasurers in Asia-Pacific are focusing on improving liquidity management.     Newton: Organizations placing investment want to know exactly where it is being invested. It is a tough time for corporates ...

GLOBAL     McDowall: A more forensic approach to risk is needed. Regulators across the world may soon be pooling information in an attempt to police global banks’ liquidity risk. Managing liquidity risk, which was not high up on the ...

GLOBAL     More companies are tightening the screws on customer credit in the wake of the crunch. As the credit crunch continues to wreak havoc in the corporate and financial worlds and shows clear signs of seeping into the ...

GLOBAL       Cash in hand: Corporations are looking within for liquidity.   The banking sector is under siege, with unprecedented nationalizations globally and a widespread assumption that the extraordinary profits of the past decade may never return. However, ...

BANK RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT   How banks treat their customers through the current hard times will define their relationships for years to come.   Moinian warns corporates to be cautious: "Banks in trouble are offering extremely good rates". A wave of ...

The old adage, “Cash is king,” has rarely been more true. As banks reassess their credit relationships with corporate customers, with a view to maintaining those relationships that are more profitable and less risky, corporates, particularly those in tiers 2 ...

LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT   Corporate treasurers are fully reviewing all of their liquidity structures and relationships to ensure maximum efficiency, best access to credit and best returns on excess cash.   Rossi: We have seen a number of our large corporate ...

ELECTRONIC INVOICING   Watkinson: RBS has created an open e-invoicing solution in an attempt to make it user-friendly for customers. At the height of the dot-com boom, anyone attending the multitude of technology summits touting the next big “disruptive technology” ...