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
When is a Derivative Not a Derivative? by Mark Kirkland, Vice President Treasury, Bombardier Transportation. The answer is: of course, when it’s an embedded derivative (at least sometimes)! I am, of course, talking about foreign currency contracts with suppliers and...
June 2009 3 Min Read
Ensuring Compliance in Hedge Accounting at RSA by Daniel Ferguson, Treasury Manager, Group Corporate Centre, RSA RSA Group has a proud heritage dating back almost 300 years. The current company structure was created in 1996, following the merger of two of the largest...
June 2009 12 Min Read
From US GAAP to IFRS – Treasurers Beware by Sebastian di Paola, Partner and Michiel Mannaerts, Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers SA, Switzerland Introduction As most readers will be aware, the accounting rules for financial instruments under IFRS originated from...
June 2009 4 Min Read
Debt Simplification and Increased Risk Complexity at Mitsubishi Corporation Finance PLC by Alnoor Visram, General Manager – Finance and Operations, Mitsubishi Corporation Finance PLC Treasury Organisation Founded in 1950, Mitsubishi Corporation has become...
June 2009 5 Min Read
Perspectives from Asia: Corporate Risk Management by Ben Higgin, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hong Kong During the current period of global economic turmoil, corporates in Asia have not been immune to the crisis. High profile losses towards the end of 2008 suggest...
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...
