News

• Finance Salaries Rise, Especially at the Top

  By Treasury & Risk Staff  |  May 24, 2013

  AFP survey shows salaries are rising for all finance professionals, but they're rising fastest for those at the executive level.

• Streamlined Assessment of Bribery and Corruption Risks

  By Treasury & Risk Staff  |  May 23, 2013

  Kroll releases 3rd Party Risk Assessor tool to help clients prioritize due diligence efforts.

• Proxy Vote Information Leaked

  By Joshua Gallu, Bloomberg  |  May 23, 2013

  ISS will pay $300,000 over confidentiality breach, SEC says.

• Controlled Accounts in Mexico

  By Treasury & Risk Staff  |  May 23, 2013

  New service from Bank of America Merrill Lynch is designed to reduce counterparty risk for business operations in Mexico.

• No Imminent Change to Quantitative Easing

  By Jeff Kearns and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg  |  May 22, 2013

  Minutes from the Fed's May 1 meeting indicate that policymakers are not yet ready to rock the boat.

• Treasurers Need to Get Out More

  By Meg Waters  |  May 22, 2013

  When treasury and finance professionals have an insular world view, they may be setting their companies up for some unpleasant surprises.

• Quantitative Easing Should Continue

  By Lu Wang and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg  |  May 21, 2013

  Fed Bank of St. Louis president says Fed should continue buying bonds because growth is slower than expected.

• Warnings About Splits in Global Derivatives Rules

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  May 21, 2013

  Heads of largest U.S. derivatives exchanges voice concerns about inconsistencies between regulatory regimes and proposed fees on the industry.

• Wall Street Wins Rollback in Dodd-Frank Swap-Trading Rules

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  May 20, 2013

  Some see vote as the start of a seismic shift in trading of OTC derivatives.

• U.S. Bonds Offering Relatively Good Value

  By Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg  |  May 20, 2013

  Yields considerably higher for U.S. government bonds than for U.K. gilts, and Treasuries are cheapest in 23 years vs. German bunds.