Treasury Management
May 1, 2008
Playing it Safer
Following the auction rate securities debacle, treasurers are rethinking strategies to avoid the next investment fiasco
Crunch Time for Treasury Financing
Even companies that aren't forced to go to the markets (or their bankers) for new credit lines need to pay close attention to basic treasury management issues when markets are tough
March 1, 2008
E-mail Double Yikes!
Electronic transmissions can haunt companies forever. Still, one thing is certain: Too many don’t have up-to-date policies on retaining documents that are needed and culling those that are not
Labor’s Capitalist Problem
As more companies recognize the need to set up a treasury shop in China, the expectation is for a war over the limited pool of bilingual university graduates and seasoned executives with the ...
February 5, 2008
Taking the long-term view
Most CFOs want to abolish quarterly guidance pronouncements, according to a recent survey. That's not surprising since most companies can't even get their annual in-house forecasts right.
The corporate treasury--from cost center to profit center
The treasury--from cost center to profit center
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.’s $275 million write-down on auction-rate securities partially collateralized by subprime mortgages was more than just the biggest loss by a nonfinancial company ...
December 28, 2007
This CFO Never Sleeps
Three CFOs from some of the largest and most high profile companies around—Citigroup, Home Depot and Intel—share their thoughts on how finance can help steer a company’s strategy through ...
A Mini Revolution
Retail operations face problems getting hard cash into the bank quickly. Now, banks are coming to them, through mini-vaults that let them deposit, get credit and sometimes even withdraw
November 6, 2007
SWIFT Finally Scores
Once almost exclusively the domain of banks, SWIFT has quickly garnered the interest of corporations and technology providers who see opportunity in new product lines to support swift interfaces