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September 2021 3 Min Read

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...

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March 2021 13 Min Read

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 Manageme...

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October 2020 10 Min Read

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...

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January 2019 6 Min Read

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...

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October 2018 14 Min Read

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...

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May 2018 12 Min Read

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...

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November 2017 6 Min Read

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...

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October 2017 9 Min Read

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...

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June 2017 7 Min Read

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...