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Looking To The Long Term
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Running For Cover
UPDATE — ENVIRONMENTAL RISK INSURANCE By Paula L. Green Demand for environmental and climate-change-related insurance is set to rise sharply. Along with more government regulations meant to rein in multinationals’ damage to the environment, the heightened public ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Shine A Little Light On Me
FOCUS — EQUITY DERIVATIVES By Gordon Platt New regulation should improve transparency in the increasingly popular equity derivatives market. The financial reforms signed into law by President Obama on July 21 will substantially change the way many ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
TCM: Braced For Turbulence
FX EXPOSURE MANAGEMENT Currency volatility is increasing, and companies are finding that more than ever they need to have an effective FX hedging strategy in place. By Anita Hawser Frank Pirozzi is the assistant treasurer at Red ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
TCM: Data Drivers
DATA ANALYTICS Analytics solutions pull data from disparate sources to provide a big-picture view of operations and exposures. By Denise Bedell In the wake of the financial crisis, the job of the treasurer has increasingly focused on ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
TCM: Shared Value
SHARED SERVICE CENTERS There are many options for how to set up and roll out a shared service center, providing an approach for every budget and corporate structure. By Denise Bedell As the recession thaws and purse strings ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
TCM: Who’s Who
WHO'S WHO Who’s Who in Treasury and Cash Management By Vanessa Drucker Donald E. Berk Senior Vice President, Corporate & Institutional Services Northern Trust As director of product and process management for enterprise banking services at ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Trading Up
ANALYSIS — ASIA'S EXPORTERS By Thomas Clouse Asia’s exporters are all benefiting as China’s manufacturers begin to move up the value chain. The Asian economic miracle is hardly a new story, but every once in a while, ...
Country Report
Country Report: Egypt
GETTING SMART By Gordon Platt Egypt is turning to information technology to create a knowledge-based economy. Near the pyramids at Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt's first technology park is changing the desert landscape. A total ...
Country Report
Country Report: Spain
AN ATTAINABLE GOAL By Antonio Guerrero Spain's economy is still under pressure, but signs of renewed confidence are slowly emerging. When Spain beat the Netherlands in July to win the country's first-ever soccer World Cup, ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
DR Trading Sets Record In First Half
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS — GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt Depositary receipt trading worldwide rose 8.3% to more than 78 billion DRs in the first half of this year and was valued at a record $1.84 trillion, according to ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Economic Focus: Brazil
PLAY ON By Antonio Guerrero Brazil is betting that its huge investment in infrastructure projects for the 2014 Soccer World Cup and the 2016 Olympics will provide long-term benefits to the country. Just six weeks after Rio ...