November 2009 3 Min Read
Improving Returns from Cross-Border Cash Balances by Matthew Post, Treasury Operations Manager, Qualcomm Incorporated Based in the US, Qualcomm Incorporated is one of the world’s leading providers of wireless communication technology and services. With global...
October 2009 7 Min Read
To Hedge or Not To Hedge – Raw material price management and added value from treasury by Wolfgang Frontzek, Director of Group Treasury/Corporate Finance, Wilo In recent years, commodities buyers have had to cope with extreme price increases and price...
July 2009 6 Min Read
A Treasurers’ Dilemma – How to manage economic and accounting impacts of hedging and funding activities by Jonathan Chesebrough, Head of Risk & Accounting Advisory at RBS Global Banking and Markets and Colin McKee, Risk & Accounting Advisory, RBS Global...
June 2009 6 Min Read
Commodity Hedging in Europe by François Masquelier, Head of Treasury, Corporate Finance & ERM, RTL Group and Honorary Chairman EACT Commodity blues Among other things, the second half of 2008 was marked, from a market point of view, by the steep drop in the...
June 2009 6 Min Read
Commodity Risk Management: Time for Action? by Olivier Cattoor and Olivier Kaczmarek, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Belgium Introduction A treasurer’s job description includes protecting the company from adverse financial risk movements. While this is a commonly agreed...
June 2009 4 Min Read
FX Hedging at Hunting PLC by Christopher Berris, Assistant Group Treasurer Hunting PLC is an international energy services provider to the world’s leading oil and gas concerns in the upstream sector. Established in 1874, it is a fully listed public company...
June 2009 15 Min Read
IFRS and Weather Risks: Now is the Time by Jean-Louis Bertrand, Professor of Finance, ESSCA Member of the “Climate and Financial Innovations” working group, Paris-Europlace and weather risk management consultant at Metnext Wall Street has put a lot of...
June 2009 5 Min Read
Fair Valuation Takes Centre Stage by Jiro Okochi, Chief Executive Officer, Reval How the world has changed since our first Hedge Accounting Guide of 2008. According to many pundits and bank lobbyists, fair value accounting rules under FAS 157 stood near the epicentre...
June 2009 6 Min Read
Managing Financial Risk during Market Turbulence An Interview with Wayne Read, Partner, Financial Risk Management, KPMG What risk management and hedge accounting issues do you see CFOs and treasurers facing in the current climate? In Australia, as in many other parts...
June 2009 7 Min Read
39 Steps: Behind the Curtain by Francois Masquelier, Head of Treasury, Corporate Finance and ERM, RTL Group, and Honorary Chairman, EACT Bankers recently criticised accounting rules, blaming them for deepening the financial crisis. Can an accounting standard be...
June 2009 12 Min Read
Market Volatility and Financial Covenants by Stephen Walter, Structurer, Commerzbank Corporates and Markets The financial markets tumult has left many corporates facing a series of challenging decisions; arguably none more so than the negotiation of funding or the...
June 2009 9 Min Read
A Year in Risk Management by Ashish Advani, Director, Derivatives, Royal Caribbean International About Royal Caribbean International Royal Caribbean International (RCL) was founded in 1969 and now has a fleet of 39 ships with a capacity of 78,650 passengers. The cruise...
