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