Risky Business
Outlook on Corporate Credit Quality Following a year of economic growth concerns, sticky core inflation, increasing interest rates, and a rash of bank failures, treasurers have been acting as corporate risk firefighters, mitigating the impact of tumultuous events on their organisations’ bottom lines. The past 18 months have seen the global economy enter an environment […]
Welcome the New Era of International Trade
How might the ebb and flow of nearshoring plans in a turbulent market impact corporate treasuries and cross-border payments? Pierre-Antoine Dusoulier, Founder and CEO at cross-border payments solution, iBanFirst, suggests possible outcomes as zero growth is predicted in international trade in 2023 and 2024. Following the twofold shock of the pandemic and war in Ukraine, […]
Automating Transactional FX: Unlocking Efficiencies and Growth Opportunities
Prior to the coronavirus crisis, few corporates had thoroughly reviewed the way they processed their foreign currency payments. But with remote working and rapid digitisation, treasurers are starting to explore the benefits of automating their transactional foreign exchange (FX) workflows. Sat Khuntia, Head of FX Sales, Barclays Corporate, and Daniela Eder, Head of Payments & […]
Treasury Convergence as a Launch Pad for Growth
The business world is in flux. Never has so much change happened at such a pace. Amidst it all, it has become incumbent upon the corporate treasurer to support the business in managing this change, creating order, efficiency and clarity so that opportunities can be captured – and so that risks can be mitigated. While […]
How a Macroeconomic Watershed is Leading to Microeconomic Opportunities
The world economy is arguably at a historical watershed. Think of an accelerated industrial revolution, rapidly developing new technology and a big shift in economic power from West to East. These trends are widely accepted, although their magnitude and speed may not be. Naturally, governments and corporates are redirecting their policies and strategies accordingly – […]
Africa: A Continent of Opportunities
In this interview, CJ Giddy, International CEO, Absa Securities UK Limited, a part of the Absa Group, one of Africa’s largest financial services groups, talks to Eleanor Hill, Editor, TMI, about the growth of the African economy, its position in the global marketplace and the opportunities that this vast and diversified continent offers to investors. […]
OceanaGold: Future-Proofing Growth
At HSBC, we partner with our clients across industries and markets, with an extensive on-the ground network of senior bankers with an in-depth understanding of their sectors. The following is a client example of our partnership in the Natural Resources, Utilities and Chemicals sector. As a global business that is growing quickly, multinational gold producer OceanaGold needs a scalable, flexible, […]
Learning How to Grow Return on Capital Employed
Back in 2012, Bonduelle shareholders and top management workshopped a new vision for the company. The result was an ambition to be the world reference in ‘well living’ through vegetable products. With this in mind, Bonduelle launched a progressive initiative of 22 projects called VegeGo! to help reach this goal. One of these projects looked […]