New York, NY – Treasury & Risk magazine, theleading monthly business publication for senior financialexecutives, has extended the deadline to Friday, July 22 forentries in the 2011 Alexander HamiltonBest Practices Summit and Awards taking place on Oct. 25-26,2011, in New York City.

This year marks the 16th time that Treasury &Risk will recognize and honor excellence and innovation intreasury management and finance at top companies and multinationalsworldwide.

The financial crisis and recovery transformed corporate treasuryand finance departments from operations cost centers to strategicpartners that can add value to the business. “The challenge forCFOs, treasurers, controllers and senior finance executives is tohold onto their newfound status and expand their roles in an evermore inter-connected world,” says Donna Miskin, editor-in-chief ofTreasury & Risk.

Treasury & Risk annually reviews the awardcategories to best reflect emerging priorities .This yearT&R has folded Credit Risk Management into theFinancial Risk Management category and added a new one, CapitalManagement Strategy, to mirror treasury and finance's growinginvolvement in the long-term and strategic management of thebusiness.

Just as the roles of treasury and finance have gained in statureand influence during the last three years, the project entriessubmitted for Alexander Hamilton Awards (AHA) have increased innumber and sophistication. Past winners have come from such leadingorganizations as: Adobe, Aon, Avis, Boeing, Cisco, the Cityof Los Angeles, Colgate-Palmolive, Ford , General Electric, Google,Hewlett-Packard, Honeywell, Intel, International Paper, McDonald's,Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Toyota Financial Services and the U.S.Postal Service.

2011 Award Categories:

• Best Green Strategy
• Capital Management Strategy
• Cash Management
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Financial Risk Management
• Liquidity Management
• Solution of the Year
• Strategic Investing & Benefits Investment
• Technology Excellence
• Working Capital Management

The winners from each award category will present their projectand participate in topic panels at the October awards ceremony andsummit, which was attended by more than 250 senior-level treasuryand finance professionals in 2010.

The award entries deadline is Friday, July 22,2011. For complete award category descriptions,eligibility requirements and entry instructions, please visit:www.alexanderhamiltonawards.com.