Article

March 2022 14 Min Read

Smart, Digital and Sustainable Treasury Wins the Day

Standard Chartered embraces the art of possible, taking home 11 Awards for its innovative digital and ESG-focused transaction banking solutions.

Article

March 2022 3 Min Read

Eyes on the Prize: Why Funding Balance Sheet Efficiency is Key for 2022

Funding diversity and working capital efficiency are strategically critical to address intensifying capital structure pressure, writes Shoaib Yaqub, Global Head, Capital Structure Advisory, Standard Chartered. The Covid-19  pandemic and associated supply chain...

Blog

March 2022 7 Min Read

ESG: Time to Decide

The pressure to comply with ESG initiatives is being felt by corporates like never before, with new research from Economist Impact suggesting that becoming ESG-compliant was the most common concern among treasury departments in Q4 2021. TMI talks to Lavinia Bauerochse,...

Article

November 2021 7 Min Read

Mind the Gap! Overcoming Obstacles to Short-term ESG Investing

While treasurers have repeatedly shown interest in using ESG-related short-term investment instruments, actual investment levels have yet to match these aspirations.

Podcast

October 2021 26:50

The Future of ESG in Treasury

In this podcast, Melissa Moi, Peter Jameson and Venkat ES from Bank of America join TMI’s Eleanor Hill to determine where the ESG journey is heading next. Our expert panel consider how changing regulation, technology solutions and metrics including ESG KPIs are...

Article

October 2021 9 Min Read

Embracing Supplier Diversity: Treasury Lessons from Facebook and GSK

By focusing on the diversity and inclusion elements of external relationships within the supply chain, corporates can create additional value and efficiencies. Here, treasurers are being urged to ‘roll up their sleeves’ and get involved in this potentially...

Podcast

October 2021 25:12

HSBC’s Sibos Spotlight: Investing in the Future – from Diversity to Green Deposits

In the final instalment of HSBC’s Sibos Spotlight, Eleanor Hill (TMI) invites Nadine Lagarmitte and Suraj Kalati (HSBC) to consider how corporates’ attitudes to ESG are changing, including a growing interest in ESG investment. Our guests explain the...

Podcast

September 2021 16:24

HSBC’s Sibos Spotlight: The ESG Landscape – what every treasurer needs to know

In the third edition of HSBC’s Sibos Spotlight Podcast series, TMI’s Eleanor Hill invites Farnam Bidgoli (HSBC) to provide an in-depth overview of the current ESG landscape, so that treasurers can build a credible sustainability strategy. Amongst an excess...

Article

September 2021 8 Min Read

Unpacking Smurfit Kappa’s Ambitious Sustainable Finance Facility

By setting five key performance indicator goals for a recent sustainability-linked revolving credit facility – and requiring success in all of them to gain the maximum margin benefit – Smurfit Kappa’s treasury team has demonstrated how a cross-functional project...

Podcast

July 2021 16:54

Stepping Out from the Shadows

“Treasurers needs to step out of the shadows and into the sunshine in terms of their strategic contribution.” claims Zitah McMillan, Co-Founder and CEO, Predictive Black. In this podcast, hosted by TMI’s Eleanor Hill, our guest declares that the time...

Article

July 2021 11 Min Read

Treasury KPIs for ESG and D&I: Time to Get Serious

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives are now a boardroom priority – and an increasingly important part of the treasurer’s strategic remit. Nevertheless, only a quarter of treasury departments currently have key performance indicators relating to ESG. Helen Kelly, Head of Europe, Barcla...

Podcast

May 2021 26:58

Diversity and Teamwork: Building Treasury Relationships

The merger process of Willis Towers Watson has cultivated an environment of constant change for the firm’s treasury team. We were delighted to invite Frances Cavanagh and Rivka Attal (WTW) to outline the initiatives that have embodied the team’s D&I journey so...