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March 2009 5 Min Read

Expanding in MENA: The Deutsche Experience

by Isaac Thomas, Director, Trade Finance/Cash Management Corporates,MENA Region, Global Transaction Banking Despite the global recession, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) continues to be a region of attractive business opportunities. Deutsche Bank is one of the few...

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March 2009 5 Min Read

Optimising Collections at PT Indomobil

Optimising Collections at PT Indomobil An Interview with Jusak Kertowidjojo, President Director, PT Indomobil Finance Indonesia Collecting cash on time is critical to every organisation. There are various elements in achieving this, from ensuring that it is as...

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March 2009 5 Min Read

Asset Financing for Competitive Advantage

Asset Financing for Competitive Advantage by Patrick Sherrington, Director for Corporate Asset Finance, Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets Read through the financial pages of any newspaper and you will be hard pushed to find much in the way of good news. In the UK, one of...

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March 2009 10 Min Read

Mobius Bullish on the Year of Ox

Mobius Bullish on the Year of Ox by Mark Mobius, Ph.D. Executive Chairman, Templeton Asset Management Ltd Dr. Mark Mobius, Executive Chairman, Templeton Asset Management Ltd and Fund Manager of the Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEMIT), discusses the...

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March 2009 7 Min Read

Finding Stability in an Unstable World

Finding Stability in an Unstable World An Interview with Pierre Fersztand, Global Head of Cash Management, BNP Paribas While 2007 and 2008 saw a tidal wave rush through the financial markets, 2009 is proving to be the year in which every industry is affected by turbulence...

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March 2009 32 Min Read

ING Guide to Financial Supply Chain Optimisation

ING Guide to Financial Supply Chain Optimisation Creating Opportunities for Competitive Advantage Section Five: Joined Up Processing – Creating an Integrated Approach to Financial Processing Gregory Cronie, ING Wholesale Banking, Payments and Cash...

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March 2009 4 Min Read

SWIFT Connectivity at HiFX Plc

SWIFT Connectivity at HiFX Plc by James Warner, Head of Business Change, HiFX About HiFX HiFX Plc was first founded in 1998 in the United Kingdom to provide foreign exchange and cash deposit services to corporations and private individuals. Since then, it has expanded...

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February 2009 15 Min Read

Trimming the Sails: the 2009 Risk Agenda

“A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.” Grace Murray Hopper, American military leader, mathematician and educator (1906 – 1992) Trimming the Sails: the 2009 Risk Agenda by Helen Sanders, Editor Nothing we do in life is...

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February 2009 13 Min Read

RZB Special Report

Major adjustments underway in CEE by Peter Brezinschek, Head of Economics and Financial Research, RZB The slump in the global economy has now reached the CEE region. Although the domestic economies in the CEE countries are still supported by private consumption and...

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February 2009 17 Min Read

The SWIFT Return on Investment

The SWIFT Return on Investment A SIBOS Corporate Forum Panel Discussion. Hosted by Citi. The following is an edited transcript of a roundtable discussion held at this year’s SIBOS event hosted by Citi. We are grateful to all those on the panel for allowing us to...

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February 2009 6 Min Read

Managing Treasury in a FTSE-100 Company

At the recent IACT (Irish Association of Corporate Treasurers) Conference in Dublin, Antony Barnes, Group Treasurer of Experian plc delivered a presentation on his experiences of running a FTSE 100 treasury function in Dublin. This article is based on the presentation...

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February 2009 7 Min Read

Centralisation in China

Centralisation in China An interview with Lisa Robins of J.P. Morgan We are delighted to return to our new series of interviews with key individuals in the banking sector. This month, we are pleased to introduce Lisa Robins, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Treasury...