Treasury & Risk magazine September 2008

Cover Story

DuPont and other corporates are finding many benefits in implementing straight-through processing and improving bank communications.

Forging Stronger Supply Chains

By Russ Banham

Applying ERM principles to managing supply lines that often stretch around the world allows companies to prioritize risks and establish action plans to respond.
Hosting Takes the Cake

By Richard Gamble

A riskier economy is actually increasing spending on treasury technology for tools that provide global visibility of all cash, improve cash forecast accuracy and clamp better controls on the movement of funds.
Defined Contribution Plans: Version 2.0

By Beth Karlin

Pioneers overhaul their 401 (k) plans to net employees more money for retirement and perhaps guaranteed lifetime income like pensions.

Future M&A Accounting

By Staff Writer

Thomson Reuters' Mark Wells explains how the business combinations rule affects balance sheets.

Keep It Simple

By David Corrado

Proposed financial reporting changes would reduce complexity for investors and corporates alike and make comparing performance among companies easier.

401(k) Full Disclosure

By Dave Lindorff

New rules requiring companies to let employees know about fees, expenses and plan performance could be a boon, or not.

Ignore at Your Own Peril

By Dave Lindorff

Heeding the risk manager's warning is just the first step for companies to ensure their ERM will work in a crunch, reports say.

Raising Red Flags

By Beth Karlin

ACL is customizing its continuous monitoring technology for Corruption-plagued German giant Siemens. the massive installation will analyze data from 1,300 business units IN 190 countries.

The Whole is Greater...

By Richard Gamble

Textron partnered with FXpress which partnered with Bancbridge and so on down the line to integrate best-of-breed technology into a state-of-the-art treasury system.

Drilling Down Globally

By Beth Karlin

In 20 years at Pitney Bowes, CFO Michael Monahan has proven himself in finance and operations. This grounding should serve him well as the company expands its product line and global reach.

Keeping Track of New CFOs

By David Corrado

Timothy Yost, Steven J. Ford, Carl Bass, Robert J. Moore...

Editor's Letter

By Donna Miskin

So much for this summer of our discontent as the year-long global credit crisis threatens to drag on and the markets seem stuck on an endless roller-coaster ride.