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25 October 2010

...improved process efficiency substantially, while reducing the need for staff training. Security, integrity, and consistency of data have all been enhanced, enabling timely, automated payments processing and reconciliation. An ongoing...

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25 October 2010

...make the best possible use of cash; Secondly, we wanted to reduce our internal costs, such as the cost of maintaining bank software at business unit level; Thirdly, we sought...

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1 October 2010

...pre-trade decision-making process, where discretionary decisions can still be made with regard to both risk management and hedge accounting, and (ii) a post-trade decision-making process, which is almost entirely governed...

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1 October 2010

...also establish limits for slope (80% to 125%), R-square (at least 80%), and the F-statistic and T-statistic appropriate for our sample size and our desired 95% confidence level. To perform...

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1 October 2010

...– Commission staff working paper 3/7/9 SEC 2009-  914 / “Ensuring efficient, safe and sound derivatives markets” – COM 2009-332).  The major issue in this reform is its scope. It...

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1 October 2010

...be: 1. Effective (‘properly carried out’) 2. Partially effective (‘missing control step’, ‘missing action plan’, ‘not formalised’) 3. or Ineffective (‘missing controls’) Whatever the effectiveness of the control, a residual...

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1 October 2010

...solutions such as our recently launched ‘virtual account’ solution across all markets, and providing alerts in real time. We are also investing in establishing RMB capabilities across all our markets,...

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1 October 2010

...system providers, treasury consultants and, of course, auditors to further understand the dilemmas faced, as well as the decisions to be made, when considering corporates’ choice of counterparties. Interestingly, the...

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1 October 2010

Time to Become SWIFT Savvy… by Colin Digby, Head of Treasury Solutions and Markets, EMEA, Global Transaction Banking, Deutsche Bank SWIFT’s corporate model is now, more than ever before, a...

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1 October 2010

Practical Challenges Relating to Hedge Accounting by V. Venkataramanan, Executive Director – Accounting Advisory Services, KPMG Companies in India are moving towards IFRS convergence from April 1 2011. The build-up...

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1 October 2010

Implementing a Best-Practice Treasury Infrastructure by Kurt Loeffler, Manager of Corporate Finance and Acquisition Strategy, A. Schulman, Inc. and Andy Johnson, President, Drewcorp, Inc. In March 2009 (edition 174) we published...

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1 October 2010

...concern, perhaps, is the impact on corporate end-users of the proposed changes to banking regulations, specifically the treatment of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. Many of our clients have expressed concerns about...