January 2010 4 Min Read
Managing Cash During the Crisis by Pierre Boisselier, International Treasurer, Publicis Groupe The following article is based on a presentation delivered by Pierre Boisselier during the BNP Paribas’ Cash Management University in October 2009. We have a Group...
January 2010 7 Min Read
Changes Pending for Money Market Funds by David Rothon, Global Fixed Income Product Specialist, Northern Trust The upheaval in the money market fund sector during the past 18 months has prompted a number of proposed regulatory changes in the United States, United...
January 2010 4 Min Read
Implementing Payments and Collections Technology by Siri-Anne dos Santos, Cash Manager, Yara International ASA When Yara was demerged from Norsk Hydro, we originally took on Norsk Hydro’s treasury and payment systems so the new treasury function could get up and...
January 2010 7 Min Read
Cyprus: Gateway for Russian and CIS Companies to the London Capital Markets by Cleo Papadopoulou, Tax Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Cyprus Strategically located at the crossroads of three continents (Europe, Asia and Africa), Cyprus has always played a major role as...
January 2010 3 Min Read
A Pan-Regional Approach to Liquidity and Bank Connectivity by Benoît Mulsant, Treasury Manager, PSA Peugeot Citroën Our team is in charge of cash and treasury management for PSA Industrial and commercial companies as well as the one for Banque PSA Finance....
January 2010 5 Min Read
The New Generation of Commercial Cards by Manish Kohli, Managing Director, EMEA Wholesale Cards Head, Global Transaction Services (GTS), Citi Commercial cards, such as T&E (travel and entertainment) and purchasing cards have become increasingly popular as finance...
January 2010 9 Min Read
New Ways to Present a Financial Statement by Sue Harding, European Chief Accountant, Standard & Poor’s Rating Services Following the recent proposals published by the International and U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Boards for the presentation of...
December 2009 5 Min Read
Dealing with the Currency Crisis by Standard Bank After the currency crises hitting the emerging markets in 1997-98 and 2001, there was a period of good, steady results from both income and equity markets, but even before the global crisis took hold in 2008 it was...
December 2009 3 Min Read
Strate Moves Ahead in the Money Market Environment by Dale Connock, Head of Risk Management, Strate Ltd Thomas Edison is credited as being one of the most prolific inventors in history. He was also known for his perseverance and is quoted as having said when questioned...
December 2009 17 Min Read
Putting Working Capital to Work- Releasing Capital by Accelerating the Cash Conversion Cycle A report by the Financial Strategy Group, Citi Investment Banking Divisionby Carsten Stendevad, Anil Shivdasani, Shams Butt, Dan Pakenham and Alfredo Bequillard Executive...
December 2009 4 Min Read
Understanding the Benefits of Convertible Bonds by Barry Martin & Riyadh Bhyat, Debt Capital Markets, Rand Merchant Bank Though convertible bonds have been issued on international markets for a number of years, issuers in South Africa are only now beginning to...
November 2009 7 Min Read
What Matters Today #3: Relationships by Nicholas Blake, Corporate Sales Executive, EMEA, and Melanie Wells, Client Services Executive, EMEA, Treasury Services, J.P. Morgan In the last two editions of TMI, J.P. Morgan has explored some of the issues that matter most to...
