January 2008 4 Min Read
Competitive Advantage with Credit & Collections by Joe Prudente, Vice President of Worldwide Credit, Future Electronics When I first joined Future Electronics 15 years ago, we had systems in place for collections but with business growth of 25-30% and little automation,...
January 2008 5 Min Read
Risky Business: A Crisis for Money Market Funds by Ingmar Adlerberg, President, Riskdata. For corporate treasurers, as for many investors, money market funds are the Fort Knox of investment vehicles. By purchasing debt securities issued by banks, large corporations and the...
January 2008 15 Min Read
Investing in sustainability: An interview with Al Gore and David Blood The former vice president and his partner in an investment-management firm argue that sustainability investing is essential to creating long-term shareholder value. As McKinsey research indicates,...
January 2008 6 Min Read
Market Commentary: Causes and Ramifications of the Financial Crisis Responsible for Treasury and Investment Banking by Patrick Butler, Managing Board Member at Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB), The last few months have seen a major reassessment of risk and the price it...
December 2005 3 Min Read
Proxy Hedging By Raphael Juston, Head of Product Management, SuperDerivatives The commodity market has the unique particularity to have both a physical and a financial side. The financial market will offer standardized tools and underlyings (benchmarks) to transfer the...
December 2005 4 Min Read
Are the Markets Really Predicting the End of the Financial Crisis? By Carlo Scotto, Senior Product Specialist, SuperDerivatives, and Shant Movesesian, Currency Strategist, 4CastWeb Carlo Scotto, derivatives expert at SuperDerivatives and Shant Movsesian, currency...
December 2005 6 Min Read
LIBOR Interview with Bob Emerson What is Libor and why does it matter? “Rate underpins contracts worth 5 times global GDP” LIBOR rates are one of the foundations of the finance industry. It is the interest rate that shows how much it costs for banks to...
May 2005 12 Min Read
How Effective is Your FX Hedging Program? by Scott Bilter, Partner, Atlas Risk Advisory, LLC Today’s finance professionals are typically well equipped to handle many complex financial problems. They are often experts with Excel and other finance tools, both...
May 2005 10 Min Read
Layering Hedges and Extending the Hedge Horizon Through Rolling Hedge Programs John Bird, Atlas Risk Advisory LLC • Increasingly, companies are pursuing continuous rolling hedge programs and shifting away from annual static, set-and-forget hedge strategies. •...
May 2005 9 Min Read
Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make in FX Risk Management by Jono Tunney, CFA and Scott Bilter, CFA of Atlas Risk Advisory The problem of how to best manage foreign exchange volatility has plagued multinational companies for decades, and is usually cited as one of the top...
March 2000 5 Min Read
Changing Dynamics Between Banks and Corporates by Michael Burkie, Market Development Manager, BNY Mellon Treasury Services EMEA The financial crisis has acted as a wake-up call for many corporates. While the days of free-flowing credit meant inefficiencies in...
March 2000 6 Min Read
Collaborative Partnerships for Sustainability – Germany’s next step by Dany Eder, Relationship & Sales Officer, BNY Mellon Treasury Services, Frankfurt Since the global financial crisis hit, many German corporates have begun to re-evaluate their needs...
