October 2014 9 Min Read
What comprises best practice risk management in today’s corporate treasury? And how are the industry and its suppliers rising to new challenges for policy, process and technology? This article analyses a range of risk classes that are generally managed in today’s...
October 2014 2 Min Read
Collateral Management for Corporates by Anthony van Eden, Strategic Projects Director, Strate The global financial industry is in the midst of a period of unprecedented change as it navigates the aftershocks of the 2007-2008 banking crisis. Adapting to these changes is...
October 2014 6 Min Read
Volatility – Ubiquitous, Yet Evasive? by Eben Maré, Portfolio Manager, Stanlib In this article we discuss aspects of asset class volatility. We look specifically at the VIX index and some of its properties – VIX has become very popular in the media...
October 2014 6 Min Read
Ensuring That Your Banks Are There For You When You Need Them Strategies Learnt from the Financial Crisis by Sarah Greenall The arrival of the financial crisis coincided with approaching maturity dates for many corporate borrowing facilities which needed to be repaid...
October 2014 6 Min Read
Leveraging Technology to Drive Best Practices in Risk Management by Cynthia Stimpel, Manager, Financial Risk Management, South African Airways Increasing sophistication in treasury management technology has led to a major change in the way that corporate treasuries...
October 2014 5 Min Read
Does SA Need A Fiscal Crisis? by George Glynos, Managing Director and Chief Economist, ETM Analytics (Pty) Ltd. SA has been heading down a road of unsustainable government expenditure for several years now, in the hope that the illusive growth the government is...
October 2014 8 Min Read
The global financial crisis had a significant impact on the corporate treasurer in terms of responsibilities and expectations. Before the crises the primary focus of the treasurer was to manage volatility and risk with regards to cash and liquidity, foreign exchange...
October 2014 7 Min Read
Broad Corporate Strategy Required to Manage Emerging Market Risk Treasury, liquidity and volatility in Africa by Chris Paizis, Head of Corporate and Rest of Africa Distribution, Barclays Africa Many of the risks that company treasurers encounter in Africa require...
October 2014 7 Min Read
What’s all the fuss about CVA? by Kevin Hoff, Senior Manager, KPMG Inc. Over the past two to three years, an increasing focus has been placed on incorporating credit risk in the fair value of financial instruments. The emphasis can be traced to the global...
October 2014 6 Min Read
KrugerRand Denominated Bonds: a New Funding Source by Simone Daws and Leigh Cunningham-Scott, Debt Capital Markets dealmakers, Rand Merchant Bank Diversification of funding sources is an important pillar of liquidity risk management and a sustainable funding profile....
October 2014 9 Min Read
Pioneering Energy Flow Transformation in Emerging Markets by David Aldred, Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) Sales Head for Middle East, North Africa, Turkey and Pakistan and EMEA Energy, Power & Chemicals Sales Head; Amit Agarwal, EMEA Head Liquidity Management...
October 2014 7 Min Read
Treasury Insourcing as a Catalyst for Treasury Transformation by Jan-Martin Nufer, Director Treasury & Funding, Borealis Group, Austria In 2007, leading chemicals group Borealis made the strategic decision to insource its treasury transaction execution and...
