The Three-Step Plan for a Successful M&A Deal
A cross-functional team is crucial to the positive outcome of an M&A deal and, once the ink has dried, treasury teams will have the opportunity to upgrade their infrastructure and embark on fresh best practice initiatives. The value of global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) reached about $4tr as of August 2021, which is more than […]
Introducing the Winners
Banks and Vendors Take Treasury to New Heights Bank Awards Where better to start this celebration of innovation and excellence than with the Global Bank of the Year for Cash And Liquidity Management – HSBC. Throughout 2020, the bank added to its digital capabilities, with a new cash flow forecasting tool and an enhanced mobile […]
Cash Pooling: Well Worth the Cost of Compliance
Independent treasury consultant Bas Rebel picks his way through the ‘minefield’ of fiscal and regulatory reforms surrounding cash pooling and examines the advantages and challenges to prove the overall benefit case of this method of liquidity management is still strong. Cash pooling is in the crosshairs of regulators and tax authorities. This scrutiny increases the […]
Banking Structure Redesign: An Opportunity for Cash Optimisation, Securitisation and Savings
A treasury manager is key to the growth and financial success of a business. It is their responsibility to build a banking structure that enables the business to operate with a minimum of idle cash, to aggregate its liquid funds around the globe, to take the opportunity to automate treasury functions, to secure payments processes and […]
The Added Value of Centralised Cash Management under BEPS
What would be the correct price (i.e., the arm’s length transaction) of a cash transaction under BEPS (Base Erosion Profit Shifting) Actions 8-10? That’s a key question which every treasurer of an international group needs to address. The right answer is far from easy to apply, but the guide currently being finalised for issue by […]
The Reality of Virtual Liquidity Management
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 treasurers manage their liquidity. Box 1: Virtual accounts: a refresher The term […]
Leveraging Technology to Become a ‘Smart Treasury’
In 2014, A. Schulman made the decision to embark on a global treasury transformation to support the group’s evolving business needs in a changing market and regulatory environment, and also to position the company for growth. A. Schulman’s treasury worked with PwC to design a new framework which included centralising treasury activities and reviewing every […]
Optimising Cash and Liquidity Management with Virtual Accounts
As corporates have become increasingly international, their liquidity and risk management challenges have become more complex. As a result, the role of a corporate treasurer is becoming increasingly strategic, with treasurers now having a far wider range of responsibilities than in the past. In a demanding and shifting business environment, treasurers are therefore looking for […]
Centralisation, Digitisation and Automation – A Story of Treasury Transformation
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 financing. However, to achieve this transition, treasury needs the right tools to provide automation […]