CFO News Room

JANUARY 11, 2023

If you are in that group, the sovereign CDS market offers market-based and real-time measures of sovereign default risk, although for only 80 countries, and the map below reports the sovereign CDS spreads, as of June 30, 2022 : Source: Bloomberg. Country Risk: Currency and Cost of Capital. Country Risk: Equity Risk .

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MAY 19, 2020

has been named general counsel to the Libra Association , a Geneva-based group founded by Facebook to launch the social media company’s digital currency, the organization announced Tuesday (May 19). Before his roles in Treasury, Werner was an attorney advisor in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, Libra said.

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MAY 29, 2019

The Treasury Department announced Wednesday (May 29) in a report to Congress that of the 21 major U.S. trading partners, only nine need further scrutiny because of their currency practices. Reuters noted that report in October didn’t name China or any trading partner as a currency manipulator. trade deficit.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 21, 2023

By the end of 2021, it was clear that this bout of inflation was not as transient a phenomenon as some had made it out to be, and the big question leading in 2022, for investors and markets, is how inflation will play out during the year, and beyond, and the consequences for stocks, bonds and currencies.

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JANUARY 28, 2021

With more emerging use cases and an increasingly accepting regulatory landscape, cryptocurrencies are gaining traction in new areas of the market, and corporate treasurers want in. A third wave is on the horizon, said Sully, and it involves some major changes ahead for the treasury department. But it may not be smooth sailing ahead.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

The head of the country’s only licensed and publicly traded cryptocurrency broker says tighter regulation and exponentially higher yields are causing corporate treasury and cash management accounts to seriously consider this alternative asset class. With the treasury market for S&P 500 companies valued at $2.3

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JULY 6, 2020

In its Canadian expansion, moneycorp will operate out of Toronto, and its new operation will be “fully compliant to serve the specific Canadian market requirements,” said moneycorp Americas Chief Executive Officer Bob Dowd , who called the expansion a “milestone.”. “In or in other countries.

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CFO Thought Leader

MARCH 25, 2025

Now watch our complete episode Tim Arndts two-decade journey at Prologis propelled him from treasury and capital markets into the CFO office three years ago. He highlights Prologiss large global footprint, underscoring effective currency exposure management, the importance of ESG, and a focus on tangible cash flow.

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Simply Treasury

JUNE 3, 2021

Every year, EACT launches a treasury survey to identify top priorities for Corporates. Treasury top priorities. The 2021 EACT survey, as it has become a tradition, attempts early this year to determine what the treasury trends and priorities for multinational companies will be in the next 12 to 24 months.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 17, 2023

I am not a market prognosticator for a simple reason. I am just not good at it, and the first six months of 2023 illustrate why market timing is often the impossible dream, something that every investor aspires to be successful at, but very few succeed on a consistent basis.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Bank of America (BoA) may have hired a treasury product manager to work with Ripple. This role leads the product management team for the Ripple Project, a decentralized ledger technology-based solution to cross-border payments marketed to [global transaction services (GTS)] clients,” the job listing read. “The

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 24, 2023

To start the year, I returned to a ritual that I have practiced for thirty years, and that is to take a look at not just market changes over the last year, but also to get measures of the financial standing and practices of companies around the world. Happy New Year, and I hope that 2022 brings you good tidings! Don’t get me wrong!

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Long-term guaranteed fixed rates allow corporate treasuries to enhance financial stability, optimize liquidity, and align cash management practices with overall corporate strategy. BofA launched Guaranteed FX Rates beyond a 24-hour period eight years ago, supporting over 200 currency pairs.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Offshore investments become a hedge against currency volatility. High inflation, currency volatility, and foreign exchange scarcity have eroded wealth and significantly contributed to a decline in net worth for many people. Wealth preservation and growth in Africa are highly challenging.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

In the first five posts, I have looked at the macro numbers that drive global markets, from interest rates to risk premiums, but it is not my preferred habitat. The second set of inputs are prices of risk, in both the equity and debt markets, with the former measured by equity risk premiums , and the latter by default spreads.

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AUGUST 3, 2020

It’s one factor in why so few challenger banks have launched in the country compared to markets like the U.K., However, there are efforts to lower the barriers to entry for market newcomers. “Being the world’s reserve currency, naturally regulators are going to take more time. .” As a whole, the U.S.

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MARCH 2, 2020

Lloyd’s of London , the insurance firm, is supporting a new policy that protects digital currency held in digital wallets from hackers, Coindesk reported on Monday (March 2). The policy is reportedly a new insurance type that has a limit that changes with the price fluctuations of covered digital currency assets.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 27, 2022

By the end of 2021, it was clear that this bout of inflation was not as transient a phenomenon as some had made it out to be, and the big question leading in 2022, for investors and markets, is how inflation will play out during the year, and beyond, and the consequences for stocks, bonds and currencies.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In a panel discussion with Karen Webster, six payments, banking and FinTech executives weighed in on the very nature of change that is transforming treasury banking and corporate clients in real time. Morgan Chase ; and Brad Windbigler , head of treasury and investor relations at Western Union. Setting the Stage.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This will allow them to pay bills in multiple markets, make cross border transfers and spend like a local wherever they are.”. This will allow them to pay bills in multiple markets, make cross border transfers and spend like a local wherever they are.”. All features of the account can be accessed via a smartphone. .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Reports in CNBC said Davidson described the existing legislative framework in the cryptocurrency market as “sloppy,” and invited industry stakeholders to participate in the roundtable in an effort to “preempt a heavy-handed regulatory approach that could stall innovation and kill the U.S. ICO market.”

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JANUARY 18, 2022

Treasury said Tuesday (Jan. Treasury said in a statement. Kardashian, boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and NBA Hall of Famer Paul Pierce were among those who were sued in a class-action lawsuit for promoting the digital currency. The Treasury said the tougher rules will be phased in over six months once they’re finalized.

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Simply Treasury

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

When we address the issue of the appropriate level of the USD/EUR currency pairs, it is difficult to assess the right level it should reach. The Dollar's weakness against the EUR, and against other currencies, divides analysts on the Dollar's future role in trade. There are only few in the market betting on further Fed rate cuts.

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Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Corporate treasury professionals are reassessing investment strategies to stay agile and conserve cash amid interest rate shifts and geopolitical uncertainty. A sense of nervousness amid ongoing global disruption pervades strategic thinking across global treasury functions. How they access the market has also changed.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 9, 2023

By the start of 2022, the window for early action had closed and for much of this year, inflation has been the elephant in the room, driving markets and forcing central banks to be reactive, and its presence has already induced me to write three posts on its impact.

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JANUARY 1, 2021

Starting with some of the most recent changes — and a sign of what’s to come — earlier in the month, the European Commission offered up its initial draft of the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act. The watchdog would be known as the Digital Markets Unit. In recommendations issued earlier in the month by the U.K.’s

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Global Finance

MARCH 5, 2025

Scotiabanks exit also fulfills a promise CEO Scott Thomson made in 2023 to refocus on more profitable North American markets. But while Scotiabank was expanding, many global banks were already reassessing their footprint in high-risk markets. Over the decade since HSBC was fined $1.9 Rowe Price.

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Future CFO

JANUARY 21, 2021

The new risks and market changes that COVID-19 ushered altered business norms. As liquidity became a significant concern for organizations, the Treasury Department was asked to monitor inflows and outflows more closely. Decision-makers demanded real-time data across a multitude of projects as they navigated the new normal market.

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Global Finance

JULY 26, 2024

A fragmented regulatory environment, uneven access to financial services, a shallow pool of readily available funds, and currency controls and limitations in some African markets can lead to trapped cash. CI Capital Asset Management wins as Best Provider of Short-Term Investments/Money Market Funds.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 15, 2023

I was reminded of that paper a few weeks ago, when Fitch downgraded the US, from AAA to AA+, a relatively minor shift, but one with significant psychological consequences for investors in the largest economy in the world, whose currency still dominates global transactions. For an investment to be risk free then, it has to meet two conditions.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 14, 2023

The nature of markets is that they are never quite settled, as investors recalibrate expectations constantly and reset prices. Clearly, we are not in one of those time periods, as markets approach bipolar territory, with big moves up and down.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Visa has announced that it will sell cross-border payments company Earthport’s foreign exchange (FX) business to Pollen Street Capital’s Currency Holdings, according to a report. High-value payments are going to be the supplier management systems between big companies and middle-market companies. That’s B2B Connect.”. “If

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

First Horizon Mixes Rails for Faster Treasury Payments. Using infrastructure developed by Visa within its Visa Direct service, Interchecks is leveraging its own platform to facilitate real-time transactions for corporate clients of First Horizon's treasury management solutions. Mastercard Leads Central Bank Digital Currency Test.

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Finvisage

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Why the role of treasury is so unique for a pure-play trading firm Normal corporation : Let us take the case of a manufacturing firm. The role of treasury is to monitor the certainty of these inflows and outflows and manage the ensuing mismatch risks. MTM moves are market dependent entirely.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The majority of the national debt is issued in the form of government bonds, known as Treasuries. Some worry that excessive government debt levels can impact economic stability with ramifications for the strength of the currency in trade, economic growth, and unemployment. seen debt levels trend down in a material manner. 30 trillion.

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JUNE 27, 2018

Studies also show that most executives agree their top challenge is market volatility and the struggle to determine when — and how — to hedge currency risk. Corporates should be proactively looking at currency risk,” added Frey. Even if a business only deals in USD, fluctuations of other currencies create risk.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

While the corporate treasurer's fundamental role has remained steady, the treasury function has seen dramatic impacts from a changing market that is increasingly moving toward real time. Yet, it's when these two techniques are combined that a treasurer can truly optimize liquidity management across borders and currencies.

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