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1 March 2012

...also to move away from (remaining) paper processes and to move towards full electronic messaging. Today, more than ‘eBAM’, we should say ‘ BAM ‘ (messaging). The electronic part of this type...

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1 March 2012

...function in corporate treasury. But too often, companies focus all of their efforts on this type of ‘information’ rather than ‘intelligence’. 2. Portfolio analytics – tracking performance of investments, foreign...

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1 March 2012

...is hosted. Partially shared, partially private and fully secure. Decentralized and subscribed to – no longer is it necessary to buy servers, make backups, check security, and endure painful roll...

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1 March 2012

...and asset prices finally come into their own? A descent into an investment nuclear winter? A re-run of 2011, with rudderless, ‘risk-on/risk-off’ market forces sidelining many investors? Or a sunny...

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1 February 2012

...project. As shown in figure 7, the most popular responses related to IT infrastructure (28%) and management support (26%). In both cases, these are surprising as Filipe Simao discusses, “Inadequacies...

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1 February 2012

...Lindsay Cornelissen & Helen Sanders, TMI Editor, presenting the Honeywell award to Séverine Le Blévennec (centre), Director Treasury, Europe, Middle-East and Africa. Lindsay Cornelissen & Martin Kraaijeveld, Consultant PCM, London,...

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1 February 2012

...their reasons. A roughly equivalent proportion of respondents expressed their concerns regarding credit quality (29%), liquidity (26%) and yield (30%). Other factors indicated include lack of familiarity with MMFs (16.7%)....

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1 February 2012

...risk appetites. Of course, in this environment, expecting standardised solutions is a mistake. Instead, corporates should insist upon bespoke cash management services that are offered hand-in-hand with broader treasury solutions...

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1 February 2012

...payments factory would enforce standardised, secure payment procedures, reduce operational risk and cost, and create greater economies of scale. All countries in Western Europe (excluding Austria and Greece), the United...

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1 February 2012

...market funds in Europe with ‘short-term money market funds’  coexisting with ‘money market funds’ that have more leeway in terms of interest rate and credit risk positioning. The Institutional Money...

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1 February 2012

...markets in Asia and Latin America. In contrast, The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) has made the decision that all treasury, cash and financial risk management decision-making will be conducted centrally,...

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1 February 2012

...credible exit strategies.” With these opening words at the recent World Trade Organisation (WTO) Conference (21 December 2011) Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga, Trade & Investment Minister, Nigeria articulated the challenges that...