Cash & Liquidity Management

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Looking Ahead: The Global Economy in 2009 Richard Urwin, Head of Asset Allocation & Economics in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Portfolio Strategies Team, assesses the prospects for the global economy in 2009 As 2008 draws to a close, corporate treasurers and CFOs may be...

Managing Liquidity Risk with Outsourcing Suppliers by Hilary Weatherstone, Director, Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets Although the liquidity crisis has been rumbling on in the banking sector for almost 18 months, the collapse of Lehmans in September has pushed the crisis into...

A Brew with All the Right Ingredients: Working with Business Partners to Enhance Bank Connectivity by Guy Ingram, Treasury Manager, SABMiller One of the world’s largest brewers, SABMiller has brewing interests and distribution agreements across six continents. Their...

Credit Crunch and the Asian Tigers by Samuel Mathew, Regional Product Head – South East Asia, Transaction Banking, Standard Chartered Bank US slowdown and the Asia de-coupling theory The extent of globalisation and the interdependence of the global financial markets...

ING Guide to Financial Supply Chain Optimisation Creating Opportunities for Competitive Advantage Section Four: Supply Chain Finance Introduction Gregory Cronie, Head Sales, Payments and Cash Management, ING   In the last edition of TMI, we explored the elements,...

Paying a Fair Price For Services Rendered by Olivier Bornecque, Chairman, AFTE – The French Association of Corporate Treasurers The AFTE is pleased that SEPA is focusing attention on interbank commissions. The AFTE has always objected to the principle of these...

Céline Federspiel Manpower France “We are the pivotal point of the Group treasury centralisation function” La Lettre du TrésorierI believe you have had a varied career path. Céline Federspiel In fact, my educational background was in law,...

Valérie Binet Group Treasurer – Somfy SA  “We have not opted for hedge accounting under IAS” La Lettre du Trésorier You progressed within the business in line with its own growth? Valérie Binet Yes, that’s true. After...

Philippe Goubeault Finance Director of AGRIC and ARRCO – Secretary of AGFF “The Agirc and Arrco systems cover 18 million members, including around 3.7 million managers” La Lettre du Trésorier Your thesis at the end of your studies prepared you for...

Cash Conservatism by Jonathan Curry, Head of European Cash Management, Barclays Global Investors, and James Finch, Head of Liquidity Sales, EMEA, Barclays Global Investors The recent market turmoil, the origin of which can be traced back to the US sub-prime mortgage...

Katarina Azib Group Treasurer, Arkopharma – Laboratoires Pharmaceutiques “Few foreign exchange problems: 90% of revenues are in euros” La Lettre du Trésorier You are 32 years old, can you tell me about your career path? Katarina Azib: After I...

Money Market Funds and Corporate Treasury in France by Kathleen Hughes, Head of Global Liquidity for EMEA, JPMorgan Asset Management Money market funds have been providing high levels of liquidity and security, in addition to yield, for over three decades. JPMorgan...