Global Liquidity Guides

- 13 Feb 2013 - in association with Reval

An in-depth look at a specified topic that is developed via interviews with treasury professionals. Presented as quarterly case studies, with practical applications and tools such as models and checklists.

AFP Guide to Global Visibility of Cash
Gaining greater visibility of cash is becoming ever more important for international treasury practitioners. Fundamentally, having a better view of cash and cash flows allows an organisation to operate more efficiently and with a better understanding of, and therefore control over, risk. This paper looks at the benefits of achieving global visibility of cash, identifies the main techniques used to do so, and outlines the main barriers to using them. It also provides a guide to the key stages in implementing a solution and concludes with an appendix outlining the tools available to improve cash visibility in key markets around the world.

Webinar: Eyes Wide Open on Global Cash Visibility for Strategic Decision-Making
The companion webinar to this Global Liquidity Guide.

Learn key drivers, benefits, challenges and tools for implementing a global visibility solution. View Recording.

AFP Guide to Short-term Investment Strategies to Manage Financial Risk
Today’s strategic treasurers understand that all short-term investment decisions are fundamentally about managing risk. In every case, the cash to be invested over the short term must be placed somewhere. Whatever the decision made, the treasurer will need to have a clear understanding of the fundamental objectives of investing: maintaining principal, ensuring liquidity, and maximizing yield. This paper is intended to give the reader the tools to develop an investment strategy for managing global cash and the associated financial risks.

Webinar: Short-term Investment Strategies to Manage Global Cash and Financial Risk
The companion webinar to this Global Liquidity Guide

This webinar will review the key policies, processes and technology to consider for managing short-term investing and minimizing financial risk. View Recording

AFP Guide to Mobilizing Global Cash
In today’s volatile and dynamic market environment, global treasury operations are consistently being challenged with optimising liquidity. For leading, multinational treasuries, deploying optimised cash mobilisation structures through notional or physical cash pools proves to be the key to unlock liquidity and mitigate risk. This guide looks at the reasons for mobilising global cash, identifies the main techniques used to do so, and outlines the main barriers to using these techniques.

Webinar: Mobilising Global Cash: Optimising Cash Structures for Complete Visibility
The companion webinar to this Global Liquidity Guide

Hear industry experts discuss techniques, main barriers and strategies for effective sweeping and notional pooling. View Recording.

AFP Guide to Strategic Global Cash Position Forecasting
Forecasting has always been a responsibility of corporate treasury, in one form or another. However, in today’s volatile and risk-infested environment, cash forecasting has never been more critical. Today, treasury is taxed more than ever to mitigate risk across the financial enterprise. This guide provides key insights into common objectives on forecasting cash positions, and also into the factors that are leading so many organisations to examine how they manage these risks, and the transformational changes they need to undertake. The guide details proven techniques around the ‘how-to’ of forecasting.

Webinar: The Art of Strategic Cash Forecasting – A Treasurer’s Guide
The companion webinar to this Global Liquidity Guide

Hear industry experts discuss key insights, common objectives and proven techniques on forecasting cash positions, as well as their opinions on the Guide to Strategic Global Cash Position Forecasting. View Recording