Every year in the TMI Awards has marked a step change in the number and quality of award nominations, and 2017 was no exception, with some well-known banks and technology vendors, but some less familiar names too. This year Citi and HSBC won a clutch of awards in the bank categories. Citi was recognised for […]
The end of 2017 marks a bittersweet time for me. These are my final Awards as Editor of TMI, but looking back over the past 12 years since I started with TMI, the Corporate Recognition awards have grown from a handful of awards in 2006 as a supplement to the bank and technology awards, to […]
My Life in Treasury This edition marks my final one as Editor of TMI after nearly 12 remarkable years, so I thought I’d use the opportunity to share a few thoughts based on my own life in treasury and beyond. How did you come into treasury and what attracted you to the profession? Like almost […]
Ten years ago, the collapse of Lehman Bros and the rampaging financial crisis that followed started at Sibos. Despite the whirlwind that followed, the eye of the storm, in a room full of the world’s bankers, was eerily silent. The lights at the Lehman booth were, quite literally, turned off, and over the course of […]
Technology innovation has always been intrinsic to the changing role of treasury, and been instrumental in creating opportunities for enhanced efficiency, control and capacity building. In some cases, such as electronic banking, technology has been delivered by banks while others, such as treasury management, payment, collection systems and some trading portals, have been developed by […]
Digitisation, Collaboration and Payments Transformation: Introducing the 2017 World Payments Report By Helen Sanders, Editor In this special executive interview, which coincides with Sibos 2017, Christophe Vergne, Payments and World Payments Report Leader, Capgemini and Jan Dirk van Beusekom, Executive Director, Client Advisory, Strategic Marketing and Engagement, Cash Management Competence Center, BNP Paribas Group, […]
Keep Calm and Keep Investing Industry Reflections on European Money Market Funds In September 2017, six leading money market fund (MMF) providers were joined by corporate treasurer Séverine Le Blévennec from Honeywell and Justin Meadows, CEO of portal provider NEX Treasury, to discuss the forthcoming MMF reforms and wider themes in corporate cash investment. Here […]
Waking the Sleeping Giant? The Potential for Trade Finance Transformation By Helen Sanders, Editor There are few areas of modern life which have not seen radical change over the past two decades. The way we shop and communicate, the way we do our jobs, what we eat, and where and how we travel continue to change […]
Visualising Risk in a Turbulent World Based on a webinar with Mark O’Toole, Vice President, Treasury Solutions, OpenLink and Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner, Strategic Treasurer. Chaired and edited by Helen Sanders, Editor, TMI Visualising risk using dashboards that bring together data from across the enterprise, and modelling the impact of different market and hedging scenarios […]
A Word from the Red Carpet on Managing Risk By Helen Sanders, Editor While treasury and Hollywood often seem to be worlds apart, it was Helen Mirren who said, “Fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid things. But it can also stop you from doing creative or exciting or experimental things”, a comment that is […]
A New Era of Transaction Banking Insights from Leading Bankers in Germany Ahead of Schwab Ley & Greiner’s annual Finanzsymposium, four leading bankers in Germany discussed some of the trends and challenges in transaction banking, moderated by Thomas Schräder, Corporate Treasury Solutions, PwC. Panellists Jan Kupfer, Global Co-head, Global Transaction Banking, UniCredit GroupFrank-Oliver Wolf, […]
World Café: A Shared Experience By Helen Sanders, Editor The World Café sessions at the EACT Summit were an excellent opportunity for participants to engage with their peers to discuss informally some of the key issues facing treasurers today. Regulation – Is it Necessary, or Necessarily Bad? Participants agreed that it was important for […]
Breakout Sessions: Challenge, Debate and Insight By Helen Sanders, Editor Participants at the EACT Summit chose to attend two in-depth workshops to learn from leading treasurers, debate and share experiences in some of the areas where treasurers add the most value to their organisations. Operating in New and Challenging Markets During this session, Robert van […]
Does Trapped Cash Really Matter? By Helen Sanders, Editor ‘Trapped cash’, or more precisely, cash that cannot be transferred from a country due to capital or currency controls, is not a new problem for treasurers. It’s also not a problem that is going away. Cash sitting securely in an account or investment that is generating a […]
Addressing Challenges, Delivering Value by Helen Sanders, Editor The TMI Corporate Recognition Awards reflect the pinnacle of achievement in treasury and finance policy, practice and innovation. With the help of banks, technology providers and consultants, the treasury and finance functions featured in these Awards have addressed common challenges in new ways, overcome obstacles and delivered successes […]
Innovation and Excellence in 2016: The Awards by Helen Sanders, Editor Yet again, 2016 saw a record number of nominations and submissions for the TMI Awards for Innovation and Excellence across both bank/supplier and corporate categories. Once again, the quality was outstanding, and many entries, both winners and – we hope – future winners, reflected a […]
New Year, New Cash Strategies? by Helen Sanders, Editor Ring out the old, ring in the new,Ring, happy bells, across the snow:The year is going, let him go;Ring out the false, ring in the true. Alfred Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam, 1850 Finding clarity amidst noise and confusion is a problem for many treasurers, […]
Enablers and Challengers: The Rise of Fintech by Helen Sanders, Editor, TMI The Cash Management University included an interesting and engaging series of in-depth workshops from which participants could choose, covering topics such as cash investment, payment factories and reverse factoring. The following article outlines some of the themes and issues that were explored during […]
Great Expectations or Pride & Prejudice? What do treasurers really want from their banks? by Helen Sanders, Editor “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” (African proverb) quoted Phil John, EMEA Treasury Director for Mars, concluding the corporate panel at Sibos, and encapsulating many of the […]
The Next Milestone in Global Payment Transformation Helen Sanders, Editor We were delighted to recently have the opportunity to interview Wim Raymaekers, SWIFT’s Global Head of the Banking Market and project lead for the global payments innovation (gpi) initiative. During the interview, Wim explained that the results of the pilot project would be launched at […]
Building with Blockchain by Helen Sanders, Editor Blockchain has appeared on the treasury horizon in a relatively indistinct form over the past eighteen months or so: indeed, so hazy and illusory the vision of solutions to come, some might consider them a mirage. For the first time at this year’s Sibos, however, practical and […]
A New Era of Ecosystem Banking by Helen Sanders, Editor Standard Chartered launched its pioneering concept of ‘banking the ecosystem’ with a thought-provoking paper based on an in-depth analysis of the changing commercial pressures experienced by multinational corporations. As supply chains, distribution channels and sales models evolve, the report explores how the banking services that […]
Including an exclusive interview with Wim Raymaekers, Head of Banking Markets, SWIFT SWIFT’s global payments innovation initiative which aims to streamline and increase transparency of cross-border payments, has attracted enormous interest from both banks and corporate treasurers. In this feature, Helen Sanders, Editor, discusses the objectives and progress of the initiative so far with Wim […]
Rules of the Ecosystem by Helen Sanders, Editor Being fortunate enough to work from home, and watch the full annual lifecycle in our garden, from frosty ground to ripening juicy berries and apples with a reddening flush, the wonder of the natural ecosystem always amazes me. Every plant, insect and organism has its place. It […]
