TMI Issue 273

From political instability to FX illiquidity, investing in Africa is not without its challenges. However, with untapped markets, high growth rates and a young population with an increasing spending capacity, investment opportunities on this vibrant continent are also...

Romy Tognon laughingly admits that at the age of 17, when she dreamt of being an auditor, her idea of entertainment was a pile of financial results. Now forging a successful career in the ‘fantastic world’ of treasury, she thinks that a good treasury team is...

Guillermo De La Fuente, Senior Treasury and Risk Manager, SITA, and EACT Representative for the Swiss Treasury Association, ACTSR Guillermo De La FuenteSenior Treasury and Risk Manager, SITA, and EACT Representative for the Swiss Treasury Association, ACTSR Guillermo...

Digital disruption was one of the key drivers of treasury innovation in 2019.  As this year’s Award winners demonstrate, banks, technology vendors and fintechs have leveraged digital innovation to move the corporate treasury profession forward – delivering...

Deutsche Bank has consistently differentiated itself from other transaction banks by driving industry initiatives and new client solutions. In 2019, the bank helped corporate treasurers to embrace real-time treasury operations and worked with industry bodies towards...

Created from a triple merger, Ocean Network Express (ONE) had just nine months to digitise, streamline and automate treasury processes. Here, Toshiaki Ichida, General Manager, Treasury, ONE, is joined by Ziad Kabbara, Global Sector Head, Transportation, Aviation and...

DWS is already known as a world-class asset manager of money market funds (MMFs). Now, the firm is leading the way in bringing environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into money market strategies – making it a worthy winner of TMI’s 2019 Award for Best...

Detecting and preventing fraud is a growing concern for treasurers, especially as operations become increasingly digital and payments are being made in real time. BELLIN has launched a new Vendor Verification tool to help treasurers to stay one step ahead of the...

By Eleanor Hill, Editor There is a big difference between simply using technology and leveraging it to the fullest extent. FIS, a global leader in financial services technology, with a focus on treasury and risk management, payments and credit and collections, has been...

Turn the clock back to 2018 and manually transferring money market fund trade data between systems was taking up too much of Drax’s treasury team’s valuable time. Fast forward to today and straight-through processing of data has been achieved thanks to an exemplary...

Gaining global insight into and control over treasury operations is a pipe dream for many treasurers. But two of Kyriba’s clients – Royal FrieslandCampina and Ingersoll Rand – have leveraged the vendor’s cloud offering to transform their workflows to overcome...

Embarking on a treasury transformation project to improve payments and reconciliation while providing greater cash visibility, Avalon Health Care Group chose TreasuryXpress as its new TMS partner for this journey. The implementation has yielded huge efficiency benefits...

Thanks to a long-term partnership with with ION’s Treasury Reval, the treasury function at energy services company Petrofac has undergone a radical pivot – from PDFs and Excel to embracing artificial intelligence and robotic process automation. Now, the company’s...

By Eleanor Hill, Editor Year-on-year, the standard of entries to TMI’s Corporate Recognition Awards increases, taking the corporate treasury profession to new heights. The following overview of projects undertaken by corporates over the last 12 months provides a mere...

As the C-suite continues to seek to understand the potential impact of foreign exchange (FX) volatility on earnings, executives are increasingly looking to the treasurer to limit the negative effects of FX risk on the business. How, then, can treasurers revamp their...

China is now home to the world’s second largest bond market – an interesting potential source of yield and diversification for both global and local investors. With growing opportunities in Chinese fixed income markets, however, comes greater risk. Proper due...

The working capital requirements of large corporations are often too complex and variable to be effectively addressed with a one-off financing tool. Julien Tizorin, Head of Coverage, Energy & Chemicals Americas, and Massimo Ortino, Head of GTB Americas, at...

When treasury at DAB Group in Italy needed to refresh its cash management structure, it turned to Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL), part of BNP Paribas Group, to provide much-needed visibility and control. Here, Francesca Salmazza, Accounting Shared Services Officer...

Companies across the globe are striving for a more caring and responsible relationship with employees and the communities in which they operate. But are they doing enough to make sure that diverse hires thrive within the organisation? And that employees from...