Meet Today’s Treasurer by Erik Seifert, Head GTS Corporate, Sweden, SEB Treasury remains a relatively new profession, with distinct departments dedicated to managing liquidity and risk first emerging in the 1970s in response to increasing interest rate and FX volatility and the growing emphasis on international business. In 1979, the first major treasury association, the […]
Seeking Strategic Advantage in a New Era of Treasury Management by Erik Seifert, Global Head of Cash Management, and David Teare, Global Head of Client Relationship Management, SEB The recent crisis has been remarkable not only in the depth of financial turmoil, but also the speed with which it struck. Treasurers had little time to shore […]
Adapting to a New World Managing Counterparty Risk & Bank Relations by Erik Seifert, Head of Cash Management, Sweden Although managing counterparty credit risk has always been part of the treasurer’s role, few treasurers have taken the time to focus on this function beyond a box-ticking exercise compared to those aspects of financial risk which […]
Crisis to Competitive Advantage “Difficulties strengthen the mind as hard work strengthens the body”Seneca, 1st Century Roman writer by Erik Seifert, Head of Cash Management, Sweden, SEB The roots which have anchored almost every organisation have been ripped from the ground during the current crisis, leaving many – governments, regulators, banks, large corporates, small firms […]