How Tokenisation is Impacting Corporate Treasurers: a Personal View
Is the digitalisation of real-world assets likely to affect the work of the corporate treasurer? An emphatic yes, says Rafael S. Lajeunesse, CEO and Founder of digital investment banking platform, ReachX. He delves into the story so far and sets out his stall. In the ever-evolving landscape of finance and investments, one phenomenon has been […]
How Blockchain is Revolutionising the World Economy and Impacting Treasury
The digital economy as we know it is changing. Although still realising its potential, blockchain has been setting the pace for the next iteration of the internet, offering tremendous promise for the evolution of digital interaction, financial services, and digital rights. While blockchain’s fuelling of cryptocurrencies remains a central growth point, blockchain technology holds a […]
From Blockbuster to Netflix and Beyond: CBDCs Reshaping the Future of Payments
Are CBDCs any closer to making a starring role in the story of corporate treasury? A TMI TreasuryCast, supporting HSBC’s 2022 Sibos Spotlight series, sought to separate the facts from the fiction. Technical expertise was supplied by Søren Mortensen, Director, Global Financial Markets Transformation, IBM, and Mark Williamson, Managing Director Global Head of FX Partnerships […]
Natural Intelligence: The Power of Swarm Learning
Swarm Learning is a new decentralised AI technology co-invented by Hewlett Packard Labs. Eng Lim Goh, PhD, Senior Vice President, Data & AI, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), explains how it works. Diverse industries, from healthcare, agriculture and retail to public transportation, aerospace and finance, create vast quantities of data every hour of every day. The […]
Carbonomics 101: Why are Scope 3 emissions so important but challenging to tackle?
With the ongoing urgency of the climate crisis and increasing focus on greenwashing, it’s critical that businesses understand the full breadth of their emissions and how they can effectively eliminate and reduce them. Scope 3 emissions (also commonly referred to as value chain emissions) account for the majority of total emissions in many sectors (and […]
Getting Flexible: Treasury’s Response to Deglobalisation
The recent publication of the Deutsche Bank-sponsored Economist Intelligence Unit survey, ‘Manoeuvring uncertainty: Treasury priorities in a volatile, post-pandemic market’, revealed rising macroeconomic concerns within the treasury community. TMI and Christof Hofmann, Global Head of Corporate Cash Management, Deutsche Bank, explore the impact. With rising protectionism and calls for deglobalisation among the political classes, it’s […]
Exploring the Post-Pandemic Treasury Technology Frontier
One silver lining from the Covid-19 pandemic is that it has supercharged trends around treasury technology – both in the adoption of new technology by corporates and the development of cutting-edge technologies that will have treasury applications in the coming years. During a recent webinar, TMI’s Editor, Eleanor Hill, spoke with Royston Da Costa, Assistant […]
Trade Winds: Six Ways Treasurers Can Harness Supply Chain Disruptors
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been huge disruption to established supply chains. Treasurers must now consider everything from increased commodity risk to new FX requirements and growing ESG expectations. NatWest’s Mirka Skrzypczak, Head of Working Capital & Trade Products, and Rowan Austin, Head of Trade Origination and Advisory, outline six steps […]