June 2008 4 Min Read
Why worry about market volatility when you can have cash positive returns? by Adrian Grey, Head of Fixed Income, Insight Investment In late 2006, it was probably fair to say that most people had little idea what a sub-prime mortgage was, and even less that any problems with...
June 2008 5 Min Read
Successful Eurobond Issuance in 2008 By Mark Dodd, Managing Director, Co Head of Global Corporate Syndicateand Tim Muehlenbach, Director, Debt Markets Group, European Corporate Origination, RBS One of the most significant outcomes of the credit crisis is, without...
June 2008 4 Min Read
The Growth of Government MMFs by Connie Bugbee, Managing Editor, iMoneyNet Since early August 2007 when investors became aware of problems with subprime mortgages, primarily in the United States, money-market funds both in the US and abroad have been the recipients of huge...
June 2008 13 Min Read
Optimising Working Capital at Numico by Albert Hollema, VP Treasury, and Ramon Tolk, Treasury Accountant, Numico Numico is a high growth, high margin, specialist baby food and clinical nutrition company, acquired by Danone in October 2007. Acknowledged as the European and...
June 2008 5 Min Read
Constant Net Asset Value MMFs and the Financial Crisis by Kathryn Kerle, Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Moody’s Investors Service Since August 2007, the financial markets have been roiled by distress in the U.S. sub-prime mortgage sector, volatility in...
June 2008 15 Min Read
State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2008 by Karan Capoor, Sustainable Development Operations, World Bank and Philippe Ambrosi, Climate Change Team, World Bank The following article is the Executive Summary of the full ‘State and Trends of the Carbon Market...
May 2008 10 Min Read
E-invoicing 2008 Highlights of the European market description and analysis Innopay and Euro Banking Association The following article summarises the e-invoicing European market description and analysis presented by Innopay and the Euro Banking Association (EBA)....
May 2008 5 Min Read
GasTerra and Deutsche Bank: Finding New Cash Management Efficiencies by Jan Bruintjes, Manager Treasury, Tax & Insurance, GasTerra B.V. GasTerra’s cash management needs are focused around high value domestic and foreign payments. A Deutsche Bank solution sought...
May 2008 6 Min Read
Treasury & Systems Centralization at USG by Elizabeth Fruin, Treasury Manager, USG USG’s treasury has seen significant changes since I first joined the business 19 years ago. Until recently, our operations were primarily domestic but the international aspects of...
May 2008 13 Min Read
Bush Banking How long has Poseidon been going? The company started in Botswana in 1979. At the time, Botswana looked attractive compared to neighbouring South Africa as a domicile because it was not affected by the trade sanctions relating to apartheid. This meant that...
May 2008 3 Min Read
Outlook Cloudy but Improving – Managing Weather Risks by Jean-Louis Bertrand, Chair, Banking and Finance Department, ESSCA A recent survey conducted by the French business school ESSCA and AFTE, the French Association of Corporate Treasurers, showed that a vast...
May 2008 11 Min Read
Rapid Returns in Receivables by Helen Sanders, Editor Those who remember the late 1980s and who also grew up in the United States (I can feel my audience diminishing as I write!) may remember Ken Hakuta, better known as ‘Dr Fad’, TV personality and inventor...
