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News

Can Jet CEO Make Walmart.com Fly?

US | Wal-Mart’s decision to buy Jet.com, a fast-growing e-commerce company, for $3.3 billion is being viewed as a shrewd move for both companies—one that strengthens their ability to compete with Amazon.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Blockchain To Ease Compliance Burdens

Fintech collaborations may be on the verge of yielding concrete solutions for monitoring and compliance.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Swiss Success Highlights Infrastructure Neglect

After 17 years of construction, the Gotthard Base Tunnel, connecting Northern and Southern Europe through the Alps, opened to great fanfare on June 1, and shone a light on years of lax investment in infrastructure by European nations generally.

News

LinkedIn Hopes For Soft Link With Microsoft

US | When Microsoft boughtLinkedIn, the deal was structured to leavethe networking site to grow and develop somewhat independently. The question is, how independently?

News

Building Toward A Breakthrough

Finance sector innovations have cut costs and improved convenience but have not been transformative. Will bankers and treasurers—traditionally risk-averse players—ever brainstorm a revolutionary breakthrough?

News

Can Khan Deliver On Affordable Housing Pledge?

UK The promise of London’s new mayor, Sadiq Khan, to build 50,000 homes (half of them affordable) with a reasonable commute is being heralded but also questioned.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Innovators Q+A | Coke’s New Tech Formula

Coca-Cola’s director of international treasury services, Jim Aschmeyer, explains how a strong relationship with Citi aids innovation and cash management.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Innovators Q+A | Treasury Transformation At Etihad Airways

Adam Boukadida, deputy treasurer for Etihad Airways, talks treasury transformation vision, goals and strategy.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Innovators Q+A | Volvo’s Treasury Upgrade

Elisabeth Mosseen, group treasurer, and Eva Christianson, head of risk analysis and control at group treasury, both at Volvo Car Group, chart their treasury’s transformation from a division of Ford to a stand-alone outfit.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Serial Inverters Curtailed As Global Reforms Move Forward

Trends | Inversions The US Treasury Department’s recent rules against corporate inversions are intended to stop “serial inverters.”

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Top Innovators In Corporate Finance 2016

Corporates today need more agility to meet regulatory requirements and manage volatility, hence technology plays a growing role in treasury departments.

Awards

Casablanca Wins Award, And Investments

Forget Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. Casablanca is carving a new identity as a financial hub, with the Casablanca Finance City (CFC) recently topping the Global Financial Centers Index in Africa.