What’s Treasury impact on business performance? (Part 3: Tactical Treasuries)
Treasury for Non-Treasurers (3rd article, part 5) “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” This quote from Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina is apt for tactical treasuries. Personnel who have worked only in strategic and operational treasuries don’t know things could be different. They are “happy. ”Those in tactical treasuries,…
Nicholas
Maximizing Your ROI to Attending a Conference
Written By:Ernie Humphrey Conference season is upon us and thousands of treasury professionals, along with those who serve the treasury profession, will be attending multi-day live events across the globe. The costs of attending a conference entail thousands of dollars in registration fees and travel expenses and the opportunity costs of being away from work…
Ernie Humphrey
Do You Have a Contingency Plan in Treasury?
In the fast-paced world of Treasury management, the unexpected can happen at any time. Whether it’s losing access to your banking portal, an office-wide internet outage, or a fire breaking out in your workplace, having a robust contingency plan is essential. Treasury operations are critical to an organization’s liquidity and financial stability, making it crucial…
Franklin
The Realities of Strategic Treasuries – Managing Complexity and Stakeholder Impact
Introduction Building on our previous discussion, we now focus on the operational realities and stakeholder impacts of strategic treasuries. Note: This article dives into the complexities of organisational structures and their impact on strategy and performance. If these topics are new to you, consider revisiting this article later when you’ve covered other foundational concepts. However,…
Why Treasurers Should Be Influencers Inside Their Companies
In today’s rapidly evolving corporate landscape, treasurers need to do more than manage cash flow, investments, and risk. They must step up as influencers within their organizations. Unlike the influencers you find on TikTok or Instagram, corporate treasurers need to wield influence across various departments—like Procurement, Sales, and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)—to ensure the…
What’s Treasury’s impact on business performance? (Part 2: Strategic Treasuries)
Introduction Strategic Treasuries – entities that transform treasury into a core driver of business performance In the previous articles, we looked at basic and control-oriented treasuries, short- and medium-term-focus in maintaining solvency and managing financial risks. But what happens when a treasury goes beyond these operational levels? What if they transform into functions that not…
Winners announced for the EuroFinance Treasury Excellence Awards 2024
Spotify, Bristol Myers Squibb, DEME, Crocs, Inc, GE Healthcare and UNHCR named as the winners. Roche were given a special commendation for the annual awards recognised as the benchmark for Treasury excellence globally. EuroFinance has unveiled the winners of the annual EuroFinance Treasury Excellence Awards 2024 recognised as the benchmark for treasury excellence globally. Each…
Treasury for Non-Treasurers: A Tale of two Operational Treasuries – Basic and Control-Oriented
A case study: Building a Control-Oriented Treasury out of a Basic One Background: “You want to reduce the chances of losses due to foreign exchange movements; First you need to set up a controlled treasury environment” Once upon a time, I was fortunate enough to have a senior Treasury position in a fast-growing company. My…
What is enterprise risk management (ERM)?
This article is written by Trustpair In 2009, Dutch banking company ING suffered a loss of $8.5 million at a huge cost to the business due to employee embezzlement. That is one of the risks that enterprises face. The fraudster, an accounting manager at the company, used other employees’ passwords so he could sign in as…