June 2018 23 Min Read
More and more treasurers are getting involved in CSR (corporate social responsibility) initiatives. Not only financing them but also embedding them into treasury processes and spearheading departmental sustainability projects. Nevertheless, CSR is not yet considered...
June 2018 3 Min Read
Many companies have a hard time with managing data and how it moves across organisations – or more commonly, how it doesn’t. The result is that big corporations and large financial institutions like banks often end up unintentionally segmented into silos. They...
June 2018 8 Min Read
These days, IT security is a must, especially around payments, which are crucial for all companies. SWIFT, a key player in this landscape, has recently launched a new initiative aimed at detecting whether users of the SWIFT network are compliant with basic security...
May 2018 12 Min Read
Never ones to accept the status quo, Vanessa Manning and Paul Cuddihy, Deutsche Bank, talk to Eleanor Hill, Editor, TMI, and explain how virtual accounts can fall short of expectations, and the need for virtual ledger management (VLM) to truly transform the way...
May 2018 8 Min Read
Financial crime incorporates many types of activity, including fraud, bribery and corruption, insider dealing, terrorist financing and money laundering. Tackling these illicit activities is a major concern for regulators, and is reflected in new legislation like the EU...
April 2018 7 Min Read
In an increasingly competitive supply chain finance ecosystem – consisting of banks, non-banks, and a combination of the two – what makes a payables finance programme ‘successful’? And how can corporate treasurers select an effective provider? Anil Walia,...
March 2018 22 Min Read
It’s that time of year when a crystal ball would be incredibly useful. As we navigate through the first quarter of 2018, Eleanor Hill, Editor, asks five leading treasurers what is top of their ‘to do’ lists for the year ahead – and discovers what pitfalls they...
November 2017 5 Min Read
Centralisation has been a key theme in corporate treasury for some years, with many corporations successfully operating regional centres to support particular geographies. Increasingly, however, we see a trend towards...
November 2017 6 Min Read
In 2014, David Flory, Head of Group Cash Management at HeidelbergCement, discussed the evolution of the company’s cash pooling strategy. This is a particularly complex undertaking as cement, aggregates and ready-mixed concrete production take place within close...
November 2017 5 Min Read
With another jam-packed Sibos week now over in Toronto, the authors reflect on the themes and developments that emerged. Following a year characterised by compliance and regulatory concerns in 2016, this year’s event saw growth and optimism restored to the agenda....
June 2017 6 Min Read
London Heathrow is the largest airport in Europe, with more than 76 million passengers and 1.54 million tonnes of cargo passing through in 2016. Eighty-one airlines operate through the airport, serving 194 destinations in 82 countries. In 2016, Heathrow recorded...
June 2017 7 Min Read
Treasury has evolved substantially in recent years from effectively being a cash management function that operated in a largely siloed way from the rest of the organisation, to being a strategic and connected business enabler, whether across cash, liquidity, risk or...
