A new survey looks at the shape of things to come for corporate treasurers. Will you be driving smaller teams with greater responsibility, or automating yourself out of existence?
Corporate treasurers and CFOs are backing a weaker renminbi in 2019, betting the People’s Bank of China will weaponise the currency to fight the escalating trade war.
Despite protectionist rhetoric, global trade and the consequent use of FX is driving big changes and opportunities in how treasuries manage their exposure.
Even for the smallest company, currency risk is always present. The options for treasurers are manifold, but good hedging practice starts with knowing your business.
The tit-for-tat trade war is escalating and for embattled corporate treasurers it means manning the foreign exchange bunkers. CT looks at the situation in the currency trenches.
Some of the world’s top companies – also including Roche, GE and others – join Swift’s global payment initiative pilot. But whether other “Swift corporates” will be able to go GPI-active remains to be seen.
While today's technology makes it possible to process payments instantly, deep-rooted issues such as reconciliation, AML, compliance and FX seriously hamper banks’ abilities to evolve.