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May 2020 4 Min Read

Flying High with Sustainable Finance

A desire to expand its Abu Dhabi-based Eco-Residence for cabin crew led Etihad to become the first airline globally, and the first business in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to raise funding tied to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A partnership with the...

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January 2020 3 Min Read

MMFs are Turning Green: ESG Innovation at DWS

DWS is already known as a world-class asset manager of money market funds (MMFs). Now, the firm is leading the way in bringing environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into money market strategies – making it a worthy winner of TMI’s 2019 Award for Best...

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January 2020 8 Min Read

A Man with a Mission: Putting $43tr. in Trapped Cash to Work

Perched on the edge of a conference table, wearing anything but a suit, Sandy Kemper, founder of C2FO, is unlike any C-suite executive I’ve interviewed before. But then again, you have to be an ‘out of the box’ thinker to create the world’s first working...

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November 2019 6 Min Read

Staying Positive in a Negative World: How Does Your Cash Strategy Compare?

With responses gathered from 346 senior cash investors around the world, representing a combined cash balance of approximately USD 1 trillion, the latest J.P. Morgan Global Liquidity Investment PeerView survey provides a unique opportunity for corporate treasurers to...

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October 2019 6 Min Read

Treasury in 2025: Will You Be at the Cutting Edge?

The ‘Journeys to Treasury’ report has become a landmark piece of research among the corporate treasury community – and the 2019/2020 edition is no different. According to the latest study, the treasury of the future will be almost unrecognisable: core treasury...

Podcast

September 2019 00:00

PwC 2019 Global Treasury Benchmarking Survey

UNHCR’s Treasurer, Carmen Hett, talks with Sebastian di Paola and Chris Williams, PwC, about the intriguing findings of PwC’s 2019 Global Treasury Benchmarking Survey – moderated by Eleanor Hill, Editor, TMI. Amongst many key insights into today’s treasury ecosystem, the results highlight the opportunities to transform your treasury function by pursuing synchronisation between man and machine.

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September 2019 6 Min Read

Making Treasury Extraordinary: ZEE’s Superstar Transformation

To support annual growth of more than 20%, Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) needed a treasury function that was automated, efficient, and future-proofed. Here, Rohit Kumar Gupta, CFO, ZEE and Rupa Balsekar, Managing Director & Head Transaction Banking, BNP...

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September 2019 17 Min Read

Breaking Boundaries: Smart and Sustainable Supply Chain Finance

In an increasingly accountable business environment, corporates are looking for new ways to support their suppliers to adhere to sustainable and ethical standards. Alongside creative supply chain finance (SCF) solutions, treasurers are analysing how emerging...

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August 2019 8 Min Read

Treasury as a Force for Good

Corporate social responsibility and diversity and inclusion are growing parts of the treasurer’s remit. TMI’s recent Treasury4Good Awards highlighted some of the innovative projects taking place in this space, stimulated debate on building a sustainable and...

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August 2019 7 Min Read

Leading by Example: Almoayyed International’s Digitisation and Automation of Treasury Department

A diverse conglomerate, with more than 30 operating business units across the GCC, Almoayyed International Group (AIG) is constantly exploring avenues to improve finance and treasury processes through digitisation and automation. Here, Ajay Jain, CFO, AIG, outlines the...

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August 2019 13 Min Read

Money Market Fund Makeover Innovation in Short-Term Investments

The doom-mongering around money market fund regulation has now stopped. Instead, talk has moved on to low interest rates, credit quality, digital investment channels, and the rise of environmental, social and governance investment criteria. Treasurers are also...

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August 2019 5 Min Read

Trading Up: Ringing the Changes in Trade Finance

These are heady days for the trade finance industry. An area of business that has gone largely unchanged for centuries, new technologies and market participants are now altering the face of trade finance – posing fresh challenges but also opening up a range of...