Agenda
March 22, 2005
7:15am – 8:25am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
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8:30am – 9:40am
Keynote Speech: Is This Job Fun Anymore? Irina Simmons, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, EMC Corp. and Chairman, National Association of Corporate Treasurers
THE STRATEGIC TREASURER: Creating the Value Proposition
• Do you have all the tools required to maximize operational performance and financial returns outside of treasury?
• Building the optimal control framework
• How creative can you afford to be, given the current emphasis on corporate governance?
• When’s the last time you talked to sales and when’s the last time sales came to you?
Session Chairperson: Susan Skerritt, CTP, Partner and Director, Treasury Strategies Inc.
Panelists:
Ira Birns,Vice President and Treasurer, Arrow Electronics Inc.
Mark Rogus, Vice President and Treasurer, Corning Inc.
Irina Simmons, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, EMC Corp.
John Weisenseel, Senior Vice President and Corporate Treasurer, The McGraw-Hill Cos.
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9:45am – 10:40am
ELECTRONIFICATION OF PAYMENTS: Injecting Predictability into Your Cash Flow
• What is driving your payment electronification strategy for your company?
• How has payment electronification changed your company’s accounts receivable and accounts payable processes?
• The impact of Check 21
• Is the risk of fraud in an electronic era greater or just different?
Session Chairperson: Andrew Sandiford, Head of U.S. Dollar Check Services, Global Cash Management, Deutsche Bank
Panelists:
Michele Braun, Financial Specialist, Research/Payments Studies, New York Federal Reserve Board
Damian Glendinning, Director of Treasury Operations and Pension Strategy, IBM Corp.
Brigitta Kocherhans, President, Siemens Capital Co. LLC
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10:40am – 10:55am
Networking Break
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10:55am – 11:50am
GLOBAL LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT: Bringing Back the Bucks
• To repatriate or not? Arguments for and against repatriating foreign earnings
• Appropriate uses of cash and their potential tax/legal hurdles
• Further opportunities within the American Jobs Creation Act
Session Chairperson: Niko Havoutis, Senior Vice President, Head of Global Liquidity and Investment Management, JPMorgan Chase
Panelists:
Martha Beard, Segment Strategy Executive, JPMorgan Chase
Brian Byala, Assistant Treasurer, Pfizer Inc.
Mark McDonough, Assistant Treasurer, Global Capital Markets, Merck & Co.
Craig Mondschein, Director of Cash Management and Banking, Honeywell International Inc.
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12:00pm – 1:30pm
Luncheon Program ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT: Transitioning from Myth to Reality
• Why are more companies pursuing ERM?
• How are the leading companies successfully implementing ERM?
• How does it become the fabric of doing business rather than a separate activity?
• Why is it so important to incorporate ERM principles into strategic planning, capital allocation and budgeting, performance measurement and reporting?
Session Chairperson: Robert Vettoretti, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Panelists:
Laurie Champion, Director, Corporate Insurance and Risk Governance, Ford Motor Co.
Thomas Hofmann, Senior Vice President and CFO, Sunoco Inc.
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1:40pm – 2:35pm
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Round 2 with Sarbanes-Oxley
• Assessing the damage from Round 1
• What kind of plan should you have in place for 2005?
• How will the uncertainties of compliance affect the credit markets?
• Emerging best practices for business process improvement
Session Chairperson: Jay Cohen, Global Compliance Leader, D&B Corp.
Panelists:
Margaret Foran, Vice President, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Secretary, Pfizer Inc.
Steven Krippner, Director, Treasury and Risk Advisory Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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2:35pm – 3:20pm
KEYNOTE SPEECH: The Treasurer’s Role in Working Capital Management
Jesse Greene, Vice President and Treasurer, IBM Corp.
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3:20pm – 3:35pm
Networking Break
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3:35pm – 4:30pm
WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT: The Need for 360-Degree Visibility
• If you don’t have accurate and up-to-date global information driving your working capital management, maybe you should call it something else
• Optimizing your deployment of internal free capital
• Checklist for a strong working capital management strategy
Session Chairperson: Diane R. Quinn, Managing Director, Working Capital Solutions, Citigroup
Panelists:
Damian Glendinning, Director of Treasury Operations and Pension Strategy, IBM Corp.
David O’Brien, CCM, Assistant Treasurer, EDS Corp.
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4:30pm – 5:25pm
RETIREMENT/EMPLOYEE BENEFIT ISSUES: We See the Tunnel, but Where’s the Light?
• If Social Security goes private, what does it mean for DB and DC plans?
• Can you create benefit plans that meet company and employee needs?
• Is there a future for DB plans?
Session Chairperson: Ari Jacobs, Practice Leader East Region Retirement and Actuarial Practice, Hewitt Associates Inc.
Panelists:
Diann Howland, Vice President, Retirement Policy, American Benefits Council
Marilyn Martin, Vice President – Benefits Planning & Design, The McGraw-Hill Cos.
Ted J. Schwartzman, Manager of Northeast Practice, Hewitt Investment Group
Karen Treadwell, Treasurer, Rockefeller Group International Inc.
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March 23, 2005
7:30am – 8:15am
Breakfast Workshop FIXED INCOME INVESTMENT: What Drives Investor Decisions?
• How much sway does the ratings agencies hold?
• Which securities structures are most appealing in today’s market?
• The importance of “face time” with senior management
Session Chairperson: Jonathan W. Levin, Principal, The Williams Capital Group LP
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8:30am – 9:15am
KEYNOTE SPEECH: Treasury’s Evolving Role in Strategic Decision Making Gary Crittenden, Executive Vice President and CFO, American Express Co.
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9:20am – 10:15am
FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT: Damned If You Hedge and Damned If You Don’t
• The increasingly tricky game of hedging the dollar and euro
• The big imponderables for your hedging strategy this year
• A look at the best practices of the best and brightest on both sides of the Pond
• Post Fannie Mae, are you sure you are on solid ground with FAS 133?
Session Chairperson: Jiro Okochi, CEO and Co-Founder, Reval.com Inc.
Panelists: Wolfgang J. Koester, CEO, RimTec Inc.
Michael Lukas, Assistant Treasurer, General Motors Corp.
Denise McGlone, Assistant Treasurer, Lucent Technologies Inc.
Lee Perkin, Director – Head of Accounting Solutions, ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
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10:15am – 10:30am Networking Break
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10:30am – 11:25am FINANCIAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: Herding Cats, but Much More Rewarding
• How do you achieve tighter integration between the physical supply chain and finance?
• Do you have the right sales pitch to sell it to your vendors?
• How transparent is your accounts payable?
Session Chairperson: Henry Waszkowski, Managing Director, Treasury Performance Group Inc.
Panelists: James Monyak, Asst. Vice President – Accounting, The Pep Boys
Don Morrison, Managing Director, GMAC Commercial Finance
Jim O’Rourke, Director, Business Development, ICG Consulting
William Zadrozny, President and CEO, Siemens Financial Services Inc.
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11:25am – 12:20pm FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP: To Lead You Have to Be Willing to Take the First Step
• Profiling the effective leader in finance
• Improving the quality of your staff
• Educating your non-finance business partners not to forget the finance and risk implications of strategies and action plans
• Ideas to make you better able to do your current job and the next one
Session Chairperson: Pat Wechsler, Editorial Director, Treasury & Risk Management
Panelists:
Amy Butte, Executive Vice President and CFO, New York Stock Exchange Inc.
Elizabeth Higgins, CFO, Oglethorpe Power Corp.
Tim McDannold, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, Diebold Inc.
Amit Shroff, Treasury Director, Market Risk ALM and International, Toyota Financial Services
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12:30pm – 2:30pm
Luncheon Program KEYNOTE SPEECH: Trends in Corporate Governance Donald T. Nicolaisen, Chief Accountant, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Speakers
Keynote Speakers: Gary Crittenden, CFO, American Express Co., Jesse Greene, Treasurer, IBM Corp., Donald T. Nicolaisen, Chief Accountant of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Irina Simmons, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, EMC Corp.
• Martha Beard, Segment Strategy Executive, JPMorgan Chase
• Ira Birns, Vice President and Treasurer, Arrow Electronics Inc.
• Michele Braun, Financial Specialist, Research/Payments Studies, New York Federal Reserve Board
• Amy Butte, Executive Vice President and CFO, New York Stock Exchange Inc.
• Brian Byala, Assistant Treasurer, Pfizer Inc.
• Laurie Champion, Director, Corporate Insurance and Risk Governance, Ford Motor Co.
• Jay Cohen, Global Compliance Leader, D&B Corp.
• Margaret Foran, Vice President, Corporate Governance and Corporate Secretary, Pfizer Inc.
• Damian Glendinning, Director of Treasury Operations and Pension Strategy, IBM Corp.
• Niko Havoutis, Head of Global Liquidity and Investment Management, JPMorgan Chase
• Elizabeth Higgins, CFO, Oglethorpe Power Corp.
• Thomas Hofmann, Senior Vice President and CFO, Sunoco Inc.
• Diann Howland, Vice President, Retirement Policy, American Benefits Council
• Ari Jacobs, Practice Leader of East Region Retirement Practice, Hewitt Associates
• Brigitta Kocherhans, President, Siemens Capital Co. LLC
• Wolfgang J. Koester, CEO, RimTec Inc.
• Steven Krippner, Director, Treasury and Risk Advisory Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Michael Lukas, Assistant Treasurer, General Motors Corp.
• Marilyn Martin, Vice President, Benefits Planning & Design, The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.
• Tim McDannold, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, Diebold Inc.
• Mark McDonough, Assistant Treasurer, Global Capital Markets, Merck & Co. Inc.
• Denise McGlone, Assistant Treasurer, Lucent Technologies Inc.
• Craig Mondschein, Director of Cash Management and Banking, Honeywell International Inc.
• James Monyak, Asst. Vice President - Accounting, The Pep Boys–Manny, Moe and Jack
• Don Morrison, Managing Director, GMAC Commercial Finance
• Jim O'Rourke, Director, Business Development, ICG Consulting
• Jiro Okochi, CEO and Co-founder, Reval.com Inc.
• Lee Perkin, Director and Head of Accounting Solutions, ABN Amro Bank N.V.
• Diane Quinn, Director, Working Capital Solutions, Citigroup
• Mark Rogus, Vice President and Treasurer, Corning Inc.
• Andrew Sandiford, Head of U.S. Dollar Check Services, Global Cash Management, Deutsche Bank
• Amit Shroff, Treasury Director, Market Risk ALM and International, Toyota Financial Services
• Irina Simmons, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, EMC Corp.
• Susan Skerritt, Partner and Director, Treasury Strategies Inc.
• Ted. J. Schwarztman, Senior Investment Consultant, Northeast Practice, Hewitt Associates
• Karen Treadwell, Treasurer, Rockefeller Group International Inc.
• Robert Vettoretti, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
• Henry Waszkowski, Managing Director, Treasury Performance Group Inc.
• John Weisenseel, Senior Vice President and Corporate Treasurer, The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.
• William Zadrozny, President and CEO, Siemens Financial Services Inc.
Sponsors
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Diamond Level Sponsor
PricewaterhouseCoopers assists clients with finance effectiveness. This helps organizations create highly controlled, disciplined and compliant environments by enabling access to financial and operational information quickly, economically and accurately and improving performance-management analysis and planning—via integrated standardization—of people, processes, information and technology.
www.pwc.com
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D&B
Platinum Level Sponsor
D&B (NYSE: DNB), the leading provider of global business information, tools, and insight, has enabled customers to Decide with Confidence for over 160 years. D&B’s proprietary DUNSRight™ process provides customers with quality information whenever and wherever they need it. This quality information is the foundation of D&B’s solutions that customers rely on to make critical business decisions. Customers use D&B risk management solutions to mitigate risk, increase cash flow and drive increased profitability; D&B sales and marketing solutions to increase revenue from new and existing customers; and D&B supply management solutions to identify purchasing savings, manage risk and ensure compliance within the supply base.
www.dnb.com
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Citigroup Global Transaction Services
Gold Level Sponsor
Citigroup Global Transaction Services is a leading provider of cash management, trade, securities and fund services to financial institutions, corporate clients and public sector entities around the world. With a global network spanning 90 countries, we are uniquely qualified to service clients with local and cross-border interests and provide integrated reporting and management. Global Transaction Services helps clients address strategic issues, such as working capital and liquidity management, treasury integration, trade finance and other trade services, custody, clearing, fund administration, securities financing, depositary receipt and agency and fiduciary programs. Our global platform is unique in the industry for its reach, interoperability and flexibility. It provides clients with timely, accurate information and dynamic, Web-based tools to effectively manage their securities portfolios, financial positions, working capital and supply chains around the world. Combined with a worldwide network of dedicated and experienced transaction services professionals, Citigroup is well suited to serve clients anywhere they do business.
Cash Management
Our cash management team provides capabilities and solutions to help clients streamline their business processes, realizing greater operational efficiencies and managing working capital more effectively. With more than $138 billion in liability balances, Citigroup is one of the largest processors of cash flows globally. Our capabilities and solutions can accelerate cash collection, provide transparency of cash movement, reduce exposure to risk and trim operating costs.
Trade Services
Citigroup trade services provide clients with capabilities that help them manage their trade business and expand to new markets. Our trade team provides a wide range of solutions for all global trade needs, including trade portfolio risk mitigation and innovative trade finance and information capabilities. With a proprietary network spanning 90 countries and a correspondent bank network of over 3,000, Citigroup has the global reach and local intelligence needed to help clients trade safely and efficiently across borders.
Securities Services
Citigroup is a leader in domestic and cross-border transaction services for the world’s investors, intermediaries and issuers with more than $7.86 trillion in assets under custody and trust. Citigroup consistently ranks as the premier choice for custody, clearing, securities finance, global agency and trust and depositary receipt services in more markets than any other bank, according to industry surveys. Investment managers, broker-dealers and global custodians rely on Citigroup for authoritative market intelligence, state-of-the-art processing capabilities and responsive client service.
Fund Services
Our fund services group is a leading service provider to the global mutual fund, hedge fund and offshore fund industries. By managing all operational, administrative and regulatory activities in a single coordinated package, Citigroup provides solutions that allow clients to remain focused on their core business. Services include administration, accounting, trustee, transfer agency, shareholder services, compliance and regulatory support provided from multiple international fund centers located in the U.S., Luxembourg, Dublin, Poland, Bermuda, the Channel Islands, the Cayman Islands and Singapore. This global reach assures efficiency, accuracy and consistency in service delivery and execution.]
www.citigroup.com
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Deutsche Bank
Gold Level Sponsor
Deutsche Bank is a frontrunner in cash management and has established itself as the global competence for transaction processing for corporates. Ongoing strategic investments into global processing infrastructure and web-based technology deliver new levels of straight-through processing and automated reconciliation. We are also committed in driving the cash management industry forward through various initiatives to increase efficiencies throughout corporate treasury’s financial value chain. Combining strong operational efficiency with recognized quality in service delivery, Deutsche Bank is a clear choice for corporates, and increasingly, even other banks are offering our services to their corporate clients.
Our customers are supported in their domestic, regional and global cash management programs through Deutsche Bank’s extensive global network of offices in all major and secondary financial markets, with hubs in Frankfurt, London, New York and Singapore. A complete range of robust and reliable solutions are available in Europe, the Americas and the Asia Pacific region, including:
• Customer Access
• Payment and Collection Services
• Liquidity Management
• Information and Account Services
• Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment
Nominated ‘Best House at Cash Management’ and ‘Best Bank Cash Management - Europe’ by renowned industry publications, Deutsche Bank provides tangible benefits and competitive advantages in an ever-changing business environment.
www.db.com/gcm
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GMAC Commercial Finance
Gold Level Sponsor
GMAC Commercial Finance (GMAC CF), headquartered in Southfield, Mich., is a leader in the financial services market. GMAC CF offers business lending, structured finance, leasing, and supply chain financing products structured to fit the needs of a wide variety of clients in diverse industries -- including manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and service companies. Loan facilities are in the $1 million to $500 million range.
With a strong regional presence throughout the U.S., Canada, and the U.K., and with an international network of partners, GMAC CF is well positioned to provide lending services worldwide. GMAC CF is a member of GMAC Financial Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors Corp. since 1919. General Motor’s worldwide revenue in 2004 was $193 billion. GMAC Financial Services earnings in 2004 were $2.9 billion.
GMAC CF is committed to delivering a complete line of customized finance solutions with a clear commitment to exceptional customer service.
www.gmaccf.com
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Hewitt Associates
Gold Level Sponsor
With more than 60 years of experience, Hewitt Associates (NYSE: HEW) is the world’s foremost provider of human resources outsourcing and consulting services. The firm consults with more than 2,300 companies and administers human resources, health care, payroll and retirement programs on behalf of more than 300 companies to millions of employees and retirees worldwide. Located in 35 countries, Hewitt employs approximately 19,000 associates.
www.hewitt.com
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JPMorgan Chase
Gold Level Sponsor
The Treasury Services unit of JPMorgan Chase is a top-ranked, full-service provider of innovative payment, collection, liquidity and investment management, trade finance, commercial card and information solutions to corporations, financial services institutions, middle market companies, small businesses, governments and municipalities worldwide. As a leader in U.S. dollar and cross-border payments, JPMorgan Chase processes up to $2.5 trillion in U.S. dollar wire payments daily and has been the No. 1 ACH originator since the inception of the network some 30 years ago. With more than 50,000 clients and a presence in 35 countries, JPMorgan Chase is the world’s largest provider of treasury management services.
www.jpmorgan.com/ts
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The Reserve Funds
Gold Level Sponsor
The Reserve Funds, based in New York, has over $30 billion in assets and offers a variety of money market funds, no-load mutual funds, as well as several innovative cash management products and services – including the patented Reserve Cash Sweep® and Reserve Insured Deposits®, the first FDIC-insured money market account with interest comparable to a money fund. Reserve created the first money market mutual fund in 1970, and today serves hundreds of institutions and over four million individual accounts worldwide. Reserve’s clients include about 25% of Fortune 500.
www.reservefunds.com
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Reval
Gold Level Sponsor
Reval’s Web-based risk management solutions solve the processing, compliance, and reporting issues associated with derivative transactions. Designed for financial professionals by financial professionals, Reval’s solutions help companies follow the requirements of FAS 133 and IAS 39 and gain better controls to support Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Reval’s flagship product — HedgeRx™ — provides front-to-back office processing of foreign exchange, interest rate, energy, metal and agricultural derivatives and underlying exposures. The benchmark for treasury best practices, Reval’s product line can be rapidly deployed and iseasily integrated with other systems.
Founded in 1999 and headquartered in New York City, Reval maintains a global client base that includes industry leaders in healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunications, and entertainment.
www.reval.com
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Siemens Financial Services Inc.
Gold Level Sponsor
Siemens Financial Services Inc. is an affiliate of Siemens AG, one of the world’s largest and most respected companies for over 150 years, employing 70,000 in the U.S. and 430,000 worldwide. Siemens Financial Services has over 1,400 employees and 30 locations worldwide. With over $9 billion in assets, Siemens Financial Services provides its clients with customized solutions to fit their needs in the areas of trade payables finance, asset-based lending, leasing, and commercial trade finance.
www.siemensfinancial.com
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Treasury Strategies
Gold Level Sponsor
Founded in1982, Treasury Strategies is a leading, independent management consulting firm specializing in treasury and financial management. With offices in Chicago and New York, the firm advises multinational corporations and financial institutions on all aspects of treasury and working capital management strategies, processes, products, delivery and tactics. We employ over 40 experts with backgrounds in corporate treasury, global banking and financial and decision-support consulting.
Our corporate practice assists CFOs, treasurers and financial managers in creating strategic value for their organizations. We consult on all aspects of treasury and working capital management strategies, structures and risk controls. We recommend best practices and processes; we support selection and implementation efforts; and, we devise measures of treasury performance. Our consulting expertise spans a range of areas:
• Cash & Liquidity Management
• US Cash Management
• Global Cash Management
• Cash Forecasting
• Working Capital Management
• Global Credit and Receivables Management
• Global Accounts Payable Management
• Payment and E-Commerce Strategies
• Treasury Technology
• Technology Selection
• Technology Implementation
• Treasury Workstation Optimization
• Treasury Technology Integration
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Enterprise Risk Management Assessment
• Financial Risk Management Strategy and Tactics
• Corporate Finance, Insurance and Risk Management, Integration
Our respected and widely read annual Corporate Treasury Survey gathers pertinent information about the current state of treasury organizations and identifies critical issues to which treasurers devote their time and resources. We’d be pleased to send you the results of our latest survey.
Our financial institutions practice empowers senior-level managers at the world’s largest banks, securities firms and mutual fund companies to make truly informed decisions. We tackle complex strategic issues, devise customized product solutions to boost profitability, mine data to support executive decision-making and conduct targeted market research.
www.TreasuryStrategies.com
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The Williams Capital Group, L.P.
Gold Level Sponsor
The Williams Capital Group, L.P. ("Williams Capital") is an investment bank that serves institutional investors and corporations in the fixed income and equity capital markets. Our 60+ professionals perform debt and equity underwriting, secondary market trading, equity research, stock repurchase and corporate finance advisory services. The firm trades and distributes commercial paper and other money market instruments, structured products, corporate debt, government agency notes, and domestic and international equities.
Founded in 1994, Williams Capital operates from offices in New York, London, and Chicago. The firm is a member of the NASD, and SIPC. In 2002, Williams Capital Management, LLC, a registered investment advisor and wholly-owned subsidiary of Williams Capital, was launched and specializes in cash and short-term fixed income investment strategies.
Fixed Income
Williams Capital has ranked among the top-20 most active underwriters of corporate debt as measured by SDC/Thompson Financial for the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. From January 2000 through December 2004, the firm has co-managed 363 debt offerings equal to $420 billion in total volume.
The firm serves as a CP dealer for 23 blue-chip corporations, including Colgate-Palmolive, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Sara Lee, SBC Communications, UPS, Verizon, and Wal-Mart Stores.
Equities
Williams Capital actively participates in the underwriting and distribution of U.S. equity offerings. The firm served as a senior co-manager on the $3.5 billion IPO for Prudential Financial in 2001, and co manager on the $4.3 billion IPO for Travelers Property Casualty and the $480 million IPO for WellChoice in 2002.
Williams Capital has served as stock buyback agent for over 20 U.S. blue-chip corporations such as Coca- Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Eli Lilly and American Express. We repurchased our 200 millionth share in early 2003.
We offer 24-hour trading coverage of 36 markets globally, executing listed stock and basket orders through our New York and London offices.
Equity Research
Williams Capital analysts average 12 years of financial analysis/industry expertise. Our analysts provide value-added insights through detailed financial modeling and in-depth company and industry research.
Our research department covers companies in three sectors: Electric utility, insurance, and managed care. Our product is disseminated through FirstCall, Multex, and our research sales desk.
www.willcap.com/main.html
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BlackRock
Silver Level Sponsor
As one of the largest investment management firms, BlackRock manages assets on behalf of institutional and individual investors worldwide through a variety of equity, fixed income, cash management and alternative investment products. BlackRock provides risk management, investment system outsourcing and financial advisory services to a growing number of institutional investors.
We utilize a cross-disciplinary approach that relies upon our proprietary resources and exceptional people. We combine this with a strong commitment to customer service.
• Eighth-largest institutional asset manager worldwide
• Nine of the 10 largest U.S. companies are BlackRock clients
• Oversees $2.3 trillion in risk assets under management
• Named Fixed Income Manager of the Year in 2002 by Global Pensions Magazine
• Awarded Global Investor magazine’s Award for Investment Excellence for US Bonds in 2002
• Named Asset Management Risk Manager of the Year in 2000 by Risk magazine
• Approximately 800 professionals worldwide with offices in Boston, Edinburgh, Hong Kong, New York, San Francisco, Tokyo and Wilmington
www.blackrock.com
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Captara
Silver Level Sponsor
Captara optimizes the management and execution of equipment financing. The business processes and best practices embedded in our web applications deliver visibility and control, regulatory compliance and cost savings. Specifically, Captara delivers the ability to deploy optimized business processes and best practices across the enterprise, delivering:
• Visibility into enterprise-wide equipment financing
• Control of equipment financing processes and elimination of maverick activities
• Compliance with corporate and Sarbanes-Oxley audit and reporting requirements
• Savings throughout the equipment financing lifecycle
Captara’s Web applications address all activities involved in enterprise equipment financing, and creates an end-to-end solution that brings optimized business processes and best practices to each step. The solution enables enterprise-wide deployment of policies and processes, ensuring that controls are consistently applied for treasurers, controllers, procurement executives and business unit heads. Additionally, since effective equipment financing involves much more than the transactions themselves, Captara provides the best practices in portfolio management that ensure regulatory compliance and significant savings.
Captara’s technology consists of Web applications on a secure, highly available hosted platform that eliminates the need for costly and complex software installations. The applications are supported by a team of experienced professionals who possess expert knowledge of current market trends and conditions and understand how to navigate issues that may arise during equipment financing activities.
www.captara.com
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Fidelity Investments
Silver Level Sponsor
Fidelity Investments is one of the country’s leading money market fund providers for corporations, banks and insurance companies. Fidelity provides cash management professionals with a broad range of investment solutions and state-of-the-art delivery systems. Fidelity offers remote trading and reporting systems, which includes Internet-based Fidelity Advisor.Fidelity.com.
www.advisor.fidelity.com
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Kyriba
Silver Level Sponsor
Kyriba’s unique enterprise-wide liquidity management and centralization platform provides real-time access to important treasury data across business units and countries. Leveraging its first-class functional expertise and unique approach to distributed architectures, Kyriba has developed an entirely Web-based treasury management platform for enterprises looking to take their global cash management capabilities to new levels. Employing a breakthrough approach to liquidity management, Kyriba’s solution surpasses capabilities offered by traditional systems and can be deployed immediately through the company Intranet or via an application service provider (ASP).
The Kyriba platform offers enterprises of all sizes real-time access to consolidated cash flow and position data for all their business units thereby offering the critical tools needed to optimize treasury management processes and activities. The Kyriba solution also allows banks to offer their corporate clients an application suite for treasury management that enriches and completes their existing standard online banking offerings. Implementation of Kyriba’s entirely Web-based solution results in a very compelling total cost of ownership model.
http://kyriba.com/
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MasterCard
Silver Level Sponsor
MasterCard provides a suite of solutions which enable corporations to re-engineer inefficient payment processes. MasterCard solutions have all of the following common elements:
• Best-in-class data content and retrieval capabilities
• Superior controls
• Enablement of reduced cycle times
• Features which foster employee empowerment and satisfaction
• Integration capabilities with e-procurement and electronic expense report applications
MasterCard recognizes that corporations are under increasing pressure to cut costs and improve their bottom line:
The MasterCard Corporate Card® enables travelers to seamlessly pay for transportation, lodging, meals, and other services they need anywhere around the globe. In addition, MasterCard enables convenient cash access at more than 900,000 locations worldwide.
The MasterCard Corporate Purchasing Card® is designed to reduce the costs of the traditional paperwork intensive accounts payable and purchasing process.
The MasterCard Corporate Fleet Card® allows organizations to effectively monitor and control both fuel and routine vehicle maintenance spending. MasterCard’s Fleet Card provides enhanced fleet data and authorization controls at nearly every gas and service station; additionally the MasterCard Fleet card provides enhanced purchasing data at major vehicle repair and parts suppliers.
The MasterCard Corporate Multi Card®. Commitment to innovation has led to the development of a card program which enables multiple program functionality on a single card. The MasterCard Corporate Multi Card provides a consolidation of Purchasing, Travel, or Fleet without the loss of controls or data provided in the individual programs. This practice is growing in use and acceptance among large corporations because it provides flexibility while helping to further reduce costs related to managing multiple card programs.
www.mastercardbusiness.com
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Mellon Global Cash Management
Silver Level Sponsor
Mellon Global Cash Management (GCM), a payments industry leader synonymous with quality performance and known for its innovation and expertise, designs comprehensive solutions through its broad line of cash management services to meet the specialized treasury needs of corporations, nonprofit organizations and financial institutions. Working with Mellon GCM, organizations find:
TOTAL SOLUTIONS: Our treasury solutions encompass a wide range of receivables, payables, investment and Internet-based information reporting/transaction initiation services that are designed to help companies reduce processing costs, facilitate day-to-day business and maximize cash flow and working capital.
INNOVATIONS THAT STRENGTHEN WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT: A recent addition to Mellon GCM’s portfolio of services was made possible by our acquisition of SourceNet Solutions— one of the country’s leading providers of finance/accounting business process outsourcing services. The unique Mellon/SourceNet relationship gives customers access to a robust, proven accounts payable outsourcing solution backed by the strength of a respected national financial services organization. This is an appealing combination for any company in search of innovative ways to manage its working capital while dedicating the bulk of its resources to the core competencies that generate revenue.
UNSURPASSED CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: Recently, an independently administered customer satisfaction survey revealed that Mellon GCM continues to distinguish itself from its competition in the areas of operating quality, commitment to cash management and customer service. In addition, Mellon GCM was one of only two providers to achieve an A+ average for product performance in the 2004 Phoenix-Hecht Quality Index _of 33 major cash management providers.
DISCIPLINED PROCESSES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO QUALITY: Mellon GCM is the only electronic payments services provider in the U.S. to successfully complete both a Level 3 Capability Maturity Model (CMM) assessment for its software engineering practices and attain ISO 9001:2000 Registration.
www.mellon.com/gcm
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PrimeRevenue
Silver Level Sponsor
PrimeRevenue is a financial supply chain services company that provides supplier financing, payables presentment and settlement solutions to Global 2000 companies and their suppliers. Our program delivers immediate, significant and measurable bottom-line benefits and working capital improvements. When PrimeRevenue is part of a company’s financial supply chain strategy, costs are reduced, profitability is improved and trading relationships are enhanced. Headquartered in Atlanta, PrimeRevenue has offices and customers throughout the world.
www.primerevenue.com