August 2009 5 Min Read
Is the Future of Money Market Funds Hanging in the Balance? by David Rothon, Senior Investment Strategist, Northern Trust. Whilst recent opinion has been improving, the financial and economic backdrop remains fragile and uncertain. A complete meltdown of the financial...
August 2009 6 Min Read
Grasping the Forecasting Nettle by Robert Pehrson, Global Head of Liquidity Products Cash flow forecasting has been at the top of treasurers’ lists of priorities for a number of years. For example, it was identified by 55% of treasurers in the SEB/gtnews Cash...
August 2009 8 Min Read
An Interview with Travis Barker, Chairman, IMMFA by Helen Sanders, Editor In March 2009, Travis Barker, Head of Business Development for HSBC’s money market funds business was appointed as Chairman of IMMFA (Institutional Money Market Funds Association). In this...
August 2009 6 Min Read
A Global Payments Strategy at Alcatel-Lucent by Xavier Hourseau, Director, Information Systems and Operations, Alcatel-Lucent Until 2005, Alcatel had been using a banking system provided by one of its primary cash management banks for high volume payments and we had no...
August 2009 6 Min Read
The Future of Money Market Funds by Gail Le Coz, Chief Executive Officer, Institutional Money Market Funds Association Money market funds have experienced monumental growth since they first appeared in the 1970s. Since the introduction of rule 2a-7 in 1983, funds under...
August 2009 6 Min Read
Managing Risk in the New Financial Climate BNP Paribas Cash Management University Preview In last month’s edition of TMI, we introduced the 3rd BNP Paribas’ Cash Management University, which takes place on October 8 – 9 2009 in Paris, France. This...
August 2009 10 Min Read
Multi-Fund Portals in a Volatile and Changing World by Justin Meadows, Head of Business Development, MyTreasury It’s been an exciting year in many areas of financial services as wave after wave of the fallout from each successive bank failure has rushed then...
August 2009 6 Min Read
The Better the Brakes, the Faster the Car – adding value through improved ERM by François Masquelier, Head of Corporate Finance and Treasury, RTL Group, and Honorary Chairman EACT European companies have been using Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) to...
July 2009 13 Min Read
Keeping the Liquidity Tap On by Helen Sanders, Editor The liquidity crisis, which indeed it has been, has seen the liquidity tap (faucet) gradually turned off since the summer of 2007. Not only has the flow been reduced, but the cost of liquidity has increased...
July 2009 5 Min Read
Centralising Treasury and Cash Management Processes in the Volkswagen Group by Michael Zucknick, Managing Consultant, IBM Global Business Services The expansion of Volkswagen’s global presence over the last few decades has led to increased financial and liquidity...
July 2009 5 Min Read
eBilling = Environmental Billing at DHL Interview with Brian Thumwood, eBilling Manager, Europe In October 2008, DHL, global leader in the international express and logistics industry, announced its plans to eliminate over one third of the 18 million paper invoices it...
July 2009 5 Min Read
Managing Liquidity and Short-Term Investment BNP Paribas Cash Management University Preview BNP Paribas will once again be hosting its renowned Cash Management University on October 8-9 2009 in Paris, France. This year’s event, following a remarkable year for the...
