January 2013 20 Min Read
Corporate Innovation & Excellence Experiences and Insights of the 2012 Editor’s Award Winners by Helen Sanders, Editor January is a time to look back over the past year and look forward to the next, to consider what lessons can be learnt, how things can...
November 2012 6 Min Read
A Local Approach to Treasury Efficiency by Ludovic A. Pech, Chief Financial Officer, Orange Romania S.A. While many companies have sought to centralise their cash and treasury operations in recent years, companies such as France Télécom have adopted a...
September 2012 4 Min Read
Inspiring and Empowering Today’s Treasury Pioneers by Hugo Parry-Wingfield, Head of Market Management, EMEA Liquidity & Investments, Treasury & Trade Solutions, Citi Transaction Services With market saturation and sluggish growth in many traditional...
September 2012 8 Min Read
RFPs and How to Ensure They Succeed by François Masquelier, Head of Corporate Finance and Treasury, RTL Group and Chairman, ATEL How best to select your suppliers objectively and honestly, observing treasury management principles and best practices. This article...
August 2012 13 Min Read
The Treasurer’s Voice: Connectivity by Helen Sanders, Editor In this month’s cover story, ‘From London in 2012 to Basel in 2013’ we highlight the fact that one of the important outcomes of Basel III is the development of relationship banking....
August 2012 11 Min Read
Five Steps to a More Effective Global Treasury by Tim Hesler, Kevin Laczkowski and Paul Roche, McKinsey & Company Demands on the corporate treasurer are changing, and many are struggling to keep up. Here’s where to start. The rapid shift of...
May 2012 9 Min Read
The Treasurer’s Voice: RMB Cross-Border Trade Settlement by Helen Sanders, Editor While the euro crisis continues unabated, a new currency is quietly emerging. The RMB is continuing its gradual but steady progress from a domestic to an international...
May 2012 5 Min Read
Pioneering SWIFT Corporate Access in Poland by Eric Finat-Duclos, Finance Director, EDF Polska CUW Ever since EDF began its operations in Poland in 1998, we have been committed to adopting efficiencies and best practices to benefit customers and shareholders alike. We...
April 2012 8 Min Read
Defined Benefit Pensions: Overcoming the Obstacles to Buyout by David Norgrove, Chairman, Long Acre Life In recent years, full scale pension buyouts have been rare despite an increasing corporate focus on the pensions ‘endgame’. Yet innovative new...
February 2012 5 Min Read
Beyond Treasury: A Service Provider to the Business by Martin Schlageter, Head of Treasury Operations, and Alexandra Greiner, Head of Treasury Systems, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd In July 2007 (issue 158) Martin Schlageter and Alexandra Greiner wrote an article in TMI...
January 2012 6 Min Read
Looking Ahead to 2012 Insights from Stuart Bailey, Head of Market Management and Planning, Transaction Banking, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets 2011 has been a tumultuous year. How have corporate priorities changed over this period? Treasurers have placed a major focus...
January 2012 6 Min Read
Treasury Outsourcing in Practice by Heinz Bahni, Group Treasurer, SGS A new treasury organisation When I joined SGS’ treasury department in 2002, the group treasury function was still in the early stages of its development, with FX, cash and treasury management...
