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...
August 2009 8 Min Read
What Really Happens when a Fund Breaks the Buck? Institutional Money Market Funds Association Money market funds have received significant press attention in recent months. This is primarily the result of a single incident in September 2008, but one which happens so...
August 2009 6 Min Read
What Next for Cross-Border Payments? An Interview with Ebru Pakcan, Head of Payments, EMEA, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi GTS Citi recently conducted a survey amongst over 250 companies across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), which aimed to re-assess...
August 2009 5 Min Read
Current and Future Developments in Government Money Market Funds by Mark Allen, Head of International Cash Sales, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) In the last 18 months, investor appetite for risk across Europe has fallen sharply in response to the tumultuous...
August 2009 5 Min Read
Enhancing and Integrating Financial Processes at REWE by Thomas Clemens, Head of Cash and Risk Management, and Heike Nine, Head of Trade Finance Operations, REWE Group At REWE Group, we have embarked on a variety of cash and trade finance initiatives in recent months,...
August 2009 8 Min Read
An X Ray of Money Market Fund Risks by François Masquelier, Chairman, ATEL (Association des Trésoriers d’Entreprises du Luxembourg) and Philippe Debatty, CAIA, Managing Director, Alternative Advisers S.A. 1. Reducing the inherent risks in money...
August 2009 6 Min Read
The New Generation of Cash Management An Interview with Jason Singer, Managing Director, Head of International Cash Portfolio Management, Goldman Sachs Asset Management AAA-rated money market funds (MMFs) including government funds, have typically been seen as the safe...
August 2009 8 Min Read
Why Money Market Funds Remain a Viable and Robust Investment Institutional Money Market Funds Association Money market funds globally amount to over USD 5tr of investment, and include both retail and institutional investment. They are now utilised to such an extent in...
August 2009 4 Min Read
How is Your Bank Handling SEPA Direct Debit? by Chris Winter, Region Product Executive, J.P. Morgan Treasury Services Have corporates thought through how they will work with their banks to take advantage of SEPA Direct Debit (SDD), the world’s first pan-regional...
August 2009 7 Min Read
Japan is typically considered an elusive place to do business, with a highly regulated, perhaps introspective market, and impenetrable traditions and business conventions. However, with Japanese multinationals dominating the electronics sector and increasingly the auto...
August 2009 4 Min Read
A Focused Approach to Risk Management by Maciej Müldner, Treasurer, Skanska Poland Skanska globally combines both centralised and decentralised elements in its financial management. Skanska Financial Services (SFS) provides a central in-house bank, but there is...
August 2009 3 Min Read
Payments Automation at Gjensidige by Jørn Einard Skjærlund, Head of Accounts Receivable, Gjensidige The cash management organisation at Gjensidige is responsible for banking communications, payments, collections and daily cash management, with investments...
