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  • The New Foreign Exchange (FX) Hedging Mindset
    Alison Fletcher, Bloomberg - Stephen Jonathan, Bloomberg - 15 Jan 2013 Many corporates and their treasurers have traditionally relied upon their relationship banks in making decisions about currency hedging, but this is changing. This article describes a new attitude developing among treasurers in Asia and elsewhere in response to the uncertainty and volatility of modern times.
  • Managing the Risky Business of Pensions
    John Hodgson, Mercer - 8 Jul 2008 For pension actuaries, a key role is helping companies to manage business risks arising from their pension commitments. This article looks at how to reduce risk efficiently and avoid common mistakes.
  • Buy-side Risk Management - What You Need to Know
    Tony Patti, Credit Suisse - 15 Nov 2007 Managing risk on the buy side is becoming an increasingly sophisticated pursuit. This article recommends three key areas that financial services organisations should assess in their buy-side risk policy.
  • How to Use Buy-side Data for Business Agility
    David King, Tiger Consultants - 15 Nov 2007 By focusing on data control as a prime strategic function, and awarding it the appropriate degree of resources and priority, practitioners on the buy side can add value to their company.
  • Keeping Up With the (e-)Joneses
    Jeremy Carvell, 360T - 30 Oct 2007 The old adage about keeping up with your neighbours is never truer than in the area of finance, and when it comes to e-trading, the UK is failing to keep up with its European peers, which have adopted more quickly to the benefits of e-commerce and STP. This article looks at the current state of the UK market and the future applications for the UK market and e-commerce.
  • Multi-asset Portfolio Systems: Serving the Growth of Hedge Funds
    Denise Valentine, Aite Group - 2 Oct 2007 The increasing use of OTC derivative instruments is altering the development queue for portfolio systems. Multi-asset portfolio systems - those able to process all types of assets, including non-listed exotic instruments - are attracting the interest of hedge funds and traditional asset managers.
  • No Margin for Error in eFX
    Patrick Lee, Lepus - 19 Mar 2007 With ever-increasing volumes in buy-side trading, real-time margining is becoming an essential part of modern FX brokerage. From pre-trade limit checking to automated calls, effective credit risk management depends on being able to update and value client positions in real-time, and automate the appropriate responses. This article examines the various approaches to instituting 'true' real-time margining.
  • FX E-Commerce & Beyond: Providing the German Financial Markets with More Than Just Execution Tools
    David Mallinder, Eurobase International - 20 Sep 2005 E-commerce is rapidly moving towards providing a holistic set of products and services and is no longer limited to just FX price discovery and execution. The German market looks set to embrace significant improvements in technology and functionality that Web systems can now provide to improve operational efficiency, liquidity and bottom line profitability.
  • Harnessing Technology: E-Trading and White-Labelled Systems
    Ron Atkinson, Eurobase International - 20 Jun 2005 Using e-trading and white-labelled systems is particularly important in the FX arena. Buy-side users of these systems are increasingly selective. They are no longer satisfied with a simple request for quote systems offering FX spot and forward rates but want an executable streaming prices system where they can deal in a variety of FX, money market and derivative instruments.

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2013 gtnews Treasury Risk Survey

The fourth annual gtnews Treasury Risk Survey, carried out in collaboration with Zanders, provides an invaluable, topical insight into what is concerning corporate treasurers, covering everything from liquidity, regulatory, FX and business and operational risks.

Download the full report or read the gtnews analysis here.

Blog

Show Report: EuroFinance Asia 2013 - Day 1 Focus on Risk and Rewards - 15 May 2013

The EuroFinance Asia conference looking at international cash management, treasury and risk got underway on 15 May at Raffles Convention Centre in Singapore with an opening address emphasising the key regional economic differences that treasurers need to take into account - with ‘risk’ still to the fore in Europe, the US in ‘recovery’ mode, and Asia offering ‘growth’. The strategy that a treasurer at a multinational corporation (MNC) adopts to deal with these different realities will be crucial to ensuring the well-being of his or her firm.

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AFP2012: Risk Lurks in the Back of Treasurers’ Minds - 15 Oct 2012

The current economic environment, particularly with the threat of a fiscal cliff hanging over the heads of US treasurers, has done nothing to ease the minds of financial professionals. Therefore, it is not surprising that sessions dealing with risk management were a popular choice for attendees at the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) Annual Conference in Miami.

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EuroFinance 2012: Eurozone Crisis' Impact on Corporate Treasury - 8 Oct 2012

Swati Mitra, EMEA head of client sales management for corporates; Bill Lee, chief economist; and Michael Guralnick, global head of client sales management for corporates, all from Citi Transaction Services (CTS), speak about the eurozone crisis and how corporate treasurers are using contingency planning to map out the unknown.
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EuroFinance 2012: Risk Management: Touching the Void - 27 Sep 2012

Joe Simpson, mountaineer and author of ‘Touching the Void’, gave the participants at EuroFinance 2012 in Monaco a taste of what it means to be a diehard risk taker. What risks to look out for and how to manage them were two issues discussed during the second day of the conference operating under the theme of stability.

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EuroFinance 2012: Treasurers' Responses to the Global Crisis - 8 Oct 2012

Michael Guralnick, global head of client sales management for corporates; Bill Lee, chief economist; and Swati Mitra, EMEA head of client sales management for corporates, all from Citi Transaction Services (CTS), speak about treasurer's pain points, their response to the global crisis and the market changes brought about by new regulations.
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EuroFinance 2012: A Greek Treasurer Outlines Contingency Plans - 26 Sep 2012

EuroFinance 2012 in Monaco kicked off its first day on the theme of volatility. In these turbulent times, risk management is never far down a corporate treasurer’s agenda.

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Reinsurance Industry Attracts Investment, Yet Questions its Relevance - 18 Sep 2012

Reinsurers were joined last week in Monte Carlo for the industry's annual self-analysis by representatives from banks, ratings agencies, law firms and intermediaries. This blog from gtnews deputy editor Graham Buck reports on this year's main issues.

Blog

Financial Risk Management as a Source of Competitive Advantage - 11 Sep 2012

Integrating financial risk management strategy with the underlying business processes that generate the risk exposures is essential if it is to provide a competitive advantage.

Survey Results

Unpredictable Risks are of Growing Concern to Corporate Treasurers - 20 Aug 2012

For three years running, gtnews’ Treasury Risk Survey has tracked the challenges that corporates face in mitigating risk and benchmarked best practice in risk management. According to the 2012 results, liquidity risk will continue to be a paramount issue for corporate treasurers, followed by counterparty and foreign exchange (FX) risk.

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Hedging and Speculation: Two Sides of the Same Coin? - 6 Jul 2012

What is the difference between a hedging and speculation? It is important to understand the need for rules and practices that ensure hedging doesn’t morph into something different.

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The Forum for Global Corporate Treasury: A US Treasurer's Perspective on the Eurozone Crisis - 25 May 2012

Michael Connolly, certified treasury professional (CTP), vice president and treasury, Tiffany & Co, looks at the eurozone crisis from a US treasurer's perspective, including looking at foreign exchange (FX) volatility

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The Forum for Global Corporate Treasury: How Corporate Treasurers Can Address New Risks - 25 May 2012

Daniela Sibille, director, corporate treasury EMEA, SunGard, talks about what is keeping her awake at night in terms of new risks in the current environment.

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The Forum for Global Corporate Treasury: Managing and Controlling Risk - 25 May 2012

Keara Killian, director, treasury and risk management and EMEA treasury, Getty Images, outlines what she does to help manage and control risk.

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The Forum for Global Corporate Treasury: What to do About Short-term Investments? - 25 May 2012

Séverine Le Blévennec, director treasury EMEA, Honeywell, outlines the tools/technology she uses to to manage Honeywell's short-term investment strategy.

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