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 […]
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 […]
What to Do with Corporate Cash in Challenging Times
Corporate treasurers have myriad challenges to contend with in the short-term investment space. Here, Richard Hallett (Aviva Investors), Ed Lopez (Calastone) and Patrick Kunz (Pecunia Treasury & Finance) outline how to successfully navigate these roadblocks, debunk incoming regulations, and assess ‘step out’ strategies. Furthermore, our guests discuss the possibility of investing in instruments such as […]
Mercury Rising: Taking the Temperature of European Corporate Treasurers
According to this year’s responses to the EACT’s annual pan-European survey, the pandemic has not changed the top priorities of corporate treasurers. Instead, it has crystallised the need for increased digitisation. The European Association of Corporate Treasurers’ (EACT’s) annual survey reveals the top priorities for treasurers during the year ahead, identifies critical challenges facing the […]
New Heights for Bank and Technology Innovation
Showcasing the 2021 Award Winners The nominations for TMI’s 2021 Awards for Innovation and Excellence were not only more numerous than ever, but also pushed the boundaries of corporate treasury development further than ever before. All of the bank, technology vendor and fintech winners have created solutions that respond to real needs – present and […]
Why the World of Crypto Assets is Not a Good Place to Play Hide and Seek
Fraudsters, current and potential, planning to conceal their ill-gotten gains in the world of crypto assets are now having a rude awakening. Their actions will almost certainly leave a trail, and aspects of the transparent nature of the underlying blockchain technology often enable ‘hidden’ crypto assets to be both found and seized, much more quickly […]
ETFs and Tokenised Funds: New Building Blocks of Treasury Investment?
In the December 2021 Calastone Connect Forum, experts considered how exchange traded funds and tokenised funds could, and potentially should, become part of every treasurer’s asset class armoury for managing liquidity. Ed Lopez, Chief Revenue Officer, Calastone; Patrick Kunz, Treasury, Finance & Risk Consultant and Interim Treasurer, Pecunia Treasury & Finance; and Natacha Blackman, Fixed […]
Finding Value for Corporate Cash: Short-term Investments Under the Microscope
A perfect storm of low interest rates, the pandemic, and potential regulation has put pressure on the short-term investment instruments that treasurers rely on for cash management. Add in trending topics such as environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and the role of technology in business, and it is clear there is plenty for treasurers to […]