May 2013 12 Min Read
Taming the Risk Dragon by Helen Sanders, Editor Treasurers globally have prioritised risk management over recent years, adopting a more rigorous approach to identifying, monitoring and managing exposures. In many cases, particularly since the global financial crisis,...
May 2013 9 Min Read
OTC Derivative Market Regulation: Challenges for Corporates by Sven Walterscheidt, Senior Manager, Corporate Treasury Solutions, PwC (Germany) and Erwin Bastianen, Senior Consultant, Corporate Treasury Solutions, PwC (the Netherlands) When the credit crisis was...
April 2013 13 Min Read
From Commodity to Strategy: A New Era for FX by Helen Sanders, Editor Foreign exchange undertaken by corporations has often been dismissed as a commoditised product in recent years, with wafer-thin margins and a predominance of electronic trading, particularly for...
April 2013 9 Min Read
Enhancing Performance through Business Continuity Planning by Marianna Polykrati, Group Treasurer, Vivartia With the majority of its revenues derived from sales in the Greek market, and most of its 11,000-strong workforce based in Greece, the Eurozone crisis and...
February 2013 4 Min Read
Developing and Implementing Strategy for Managing Risks in the Supply Chain An interview with John Brown, Director, Risk Management, Supply Chain & Technical at Coca-Cola The past three years have seen a number of man-made and natural disasters bring risk...
February 2013 9 Min Read
The Cost of Security Today by François Masquelier, Head of Corporate Finance and Treasury, RTL Group, and Honorary Chairman of the European Association of Corporate Treasurers Over the last five years, European treasurers have learned to manage counterparty...
October 2012 7 Min Read
Enhancing Efficiency and Risk Management in Cash Collection by Karolina Tarnawska, Treasury & Credit Risk Director, Grupa Žywiec As a result of a largely cash-driven payments culture in Poland, Grupa Žywiec collects around half of its revenues in cash, with...
October 2012 4 Min Read
A Notional Approach to FX Hedging by Ferdinand G. Jahnel, V.P., Treasurer, Henry Schein, Inc. Henry Schein has experienced phenomenal growth since listing on NASDAQ in 1995, with revenues growing from $616m in 1995 to $8.5bn in 2011, the result of increased market...
September 2012 4 Min Read
Rethinking Risk Management by Joe Sarbinowski, Global Head of Institutional Liquidity Management Distribution, DB Advisors Why do treasurers and other fixed income investors need to rethink risk management? The composition of bond markets has changed dramatically in...
September 2012 7 Min Read
Managing Financial Risk in the Face of Uncertainty by Jacqui Drew, Senior Solution Consultant, Reval Sunday 17 June saw Coca-Cola Hellenic’s entire treasury team gathered in the office waiting for the result of the crucial Greek general election, which many...
September 2012 5 Min Read
Implementing an FX Hedging Strategy to Facilitate International Growth by Mark Stegeman, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, and Robert Waddell, Global Treasury Manager, Brown-Forman Corporation Brown-Forman has experienced dramatic expansion in recent years,...
August 2012 6 Min Read
Implementing an Enterprise Risk Management Approach by Constantinos Tsolakas, Head of Group Treasury Risk Management, ABB Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas, the largest and most spectacular cruise ship ever built, driven by an energy-efficient power and...
