Labelled Bonds’ Use of Proceeds: Transparency and Ambition Needed
Marina Petroleka, Global Head of Research, Sustainable Fitch, discusses green, social and sustainability bonds’ contribution to environmental and/or social impacts and the level of transparency and ambition in project or target selection, based on Sustainable Fitch’s ESG Ratings data. Sustainable Fitch’s ESG Ratings provide a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the impact an issuing entity […]
Rising Commodity Prices Damaging SME Credit Lines
The rising cost of commodities is having a significant impact on the availability of credit and will force corporate treasurers to work more collaboratively with their banks to secure financing, writes Christoph Gugelmann, Co-Founder and CEO, Tradeteq. The war in Ukraine continues to devastate global trade and development as well as human life. A report […]
How SMEs Can Benefit From Bounce-Back Banking
The current downturn is having a devastating and potentially fatal impact on small and medium-sized enterprises. But there are steps financial institutions can take to add value to the experience they deliver to the businesses known as ‘the backbone’ of most economies. Here, Anders la Cour, CEO, Banking Circle, examines the insights delivered by the […]
Dynamic Customer Finance: Supply Chain Support for the Covid-19 Age
Amid the pressures of a global pandemic – and the rise of sustainable finance – Jan-Martin Nufer, Vice President Treasury & Funding, Borealis, has collaborated with working capital giant C2FO to create a dynamic customer financing solution to supplement their C2FO dynamic supplier finance solution. As Nufer and Colin Sharp, SVP, EMEA, C2FO, explain, this […]
Intra-Group Treasury Operations Seen Through Tax Glasses
On 11 February 2020, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published, as part of its Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project, the final guidance on transfer pricing aspects of intercompany financial transactions (the Report). For the first time ever, the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations (the OECD […]
Hitting the Sweet Spot: Macro Uncertainty and the Ultra-Short Solution
In the current uncertain macro environment, it is tempting for treasurers to hunker down in their short-term investment comfort zone, namely money market funds (MMFs). Nevertheless, if they are prepared to step out into an ultra-short-duration strategy, investors can potentially garner returns over and above those offered by MMFs, while remaining in a low-risk solution. […]
Repairing Treasury’s Leaky Bucket
The steady erosion of value caused by corporates stockpiling cash as interest rates remain at record lows is becoming more evident as inflation edges higher. But solutions such as dynamic discounting could staunch the flow of cash from EMEA companies. US interest rates continue to slowly and steadily edge higher, despite President Donald Trump declaring […]
Riding the CSR Wave: Green Bond Issuance at Thames Tideway
Thames Tideway is the largest issuer of green bonds in sterling and holds the joint-highest Green Evaluation score awarded to date by S&P globally. In this case study, Darren White, Head of Environmental Sustainability at the company, and Ines Faden, Treasurer, share best practices for green bond issuance and outline practical ways to embed corporate […]
Treasury Transformation: Achieving Operational and Financial Efficiency
Endemol Shine Group, a leading media company that produces and distributes multi-platform entertainment content, wanted to invest in new, longer-term projects to meet growing audience demand. But as a highly leveraged organisation, the company needed to self-fund these ventures. Treasury therefore embarked on a challenging but rewarding transformation journey to improve internal workflows and make […]
Optimising the Balance Sheet for Resilience & Flexibility
Corporate business leaders have never faced more complex challenges in anticipating, understanding and responding to new business trends, and positioning their organisations accordingly. Increasingly, new technologies, industry players and societal trends are disrupting the way that competitive advantage is achieved, and what it means to be a global corporation when the concept and benefits of […]
Going Dutch – Willis Towers Watson’s New Global Treasury Centre in the Netherlands
Following the merger between Willis and Towers Watson, the newly created Willis Towers Watson found itself in 2016 with a set of legal entities in various jurisdictions that were used for treasury transactions by the two legacy companies. It was obviously not an effective structure for the future of Willis Towers Watson, and we felt […]