Treasurers have pushed for years for getting better payment services and the EACT’s conclusion is that SWIFT gpi has started on very strong tracks. Immediate benefits for our industry include faster payments, higher control on costs, easier tracking and a reduction of inefficiencies. This initiative allows us to better understand how our banks operate and sometimes to assess or challenge their performance.
.jpg "Stronger FX Hedging Strategies: a Pandemic Game-changer")
As the pandemic continues to throw markets into confusion, forcing corporates to battle against unprecedented volatility, treasury functions have an opportunity, albeit uninvited, to prove their strategic value – especially in relation to FX risk management.
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During the pandemic we have increasingly heard how important it is that companies consider their corporate purpose. Typically, this results in a series of nebulous and hard to define concepts, created by marketing and consultancy firms. Return on Purpose looks at a variety of activities that a company undertakes and identifies individual RoIs for each of them to come up with an overall holistic view.
Read.jpg "Libor transition – What to Expect from Regulators in the EU")
Preparing for the definitive end of Libor has been on the mind of policymakers and industry alike for years and we are now entering the final stretch leading up to the definitive cessation of Libor on 31 December 2021.
Read.png "An Interview with Jean-Marc Servat, Chair, European Association of Corporate Treasurers.")
Jean Marc-Servat discusses his role as chairperson for the EACT, the topics on the association's current agenda, and the requirement for treasurers to be tech-savvy in today's economic climate.
Read.png "The 2020 VDT Innovation Award in Cash Management")
In 2019, the Cash & Liquidity working group of the VDT organised a professional scouting of FinTechs via the FintechQuartier in Frankfurt with the event "Treasury meets Fintechs". This generated the idea of offering a new platform where optimisation and digitisation projects could be presented to the treasury community, true to the spirit of “from treasurers, for treasurers".
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