Risk Management

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 Ten years already. In the summer of 2017, we marked the sorry tenth anniversary of the last great financial crisis. We may well ask ourselves what form the next one will take and most of all when it will happen (if it happens). We might also ask whether we...

As cyber-attacks continue to dominate the headlines, corporate treasurers prove to be prime targets. Given cyber criminals want access to other people’s money, it’s natural that the treasury function makes an obvious target. The most intuitive cyber risk relating...

Striking the correct balance between the user experience we want and the security measures we need in order to avoid breaches, is a key challenge for today’s financial institutions. In practice, we usually see the scales favouring one side or another; either too much...

Managing risk is a priority for every treasurer, but the way in which they do this is changing. Markets continue to be volatile, with a high degree of sensitivity to political events globally. Furthermore, new technologies and disruptive business models are having, and...

ISO 31000 Risk Management – Principles and Guidance  By François Masquelier, Head of Corporate Finance and Treasury, RTL Group, and Honorary Chairman of the European Association of Corporate Treasurers   The ISO 31000 international standard,...

The Age of Disruption and the Impact on Treasury   By James Lee, Head of Technology, Media and Telecoms Sector Sales, EMEA, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi    Driven by rapid advances in technology and global communications, digital disruption is...

Don’t Issue Blank Cheques! By Patrick Verspecht, Treasury Professional A few months ago, I got a call from a friend who is the Global Controller of a small Belgian multinational company. He was seeking an opinion on how to prevent one of their customers drawing...

Volatility and the Skunk By Eben Maré, Head: Fixed Income at Absa Asset Management and Associate Professor, University of Pretoria “What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself” – Abraham Lincoln Investors typically equate volatility (or...

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...

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...

Driving the Digital Reinvention of Transactional FX  By Gregory Edwards, Global Head of Transactional FX, HSBC and Les Radvanyl, Director – Foreign Exchange, HSBC Canada Whilst the banking industry continues to embrace digitalisation, corporate...

Security – a Major Focus for Treasurers   An Executive Interview with Martin Bellin, Founder and Managing Director, BELLIN Group In this edition, we welcome Martin Bellin, founder and managing director of BELLIN Group, a global leader in providing...