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M&A: Google, HP Lead Tech M&A

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Transformations of technology companies are fueling multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions and divestitures, as the industry consolidates and develops new businesses to compete for corporate IT budgets. Google’s $12.5 billion ...

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Trade & Supply Chain Finance 2011

WEATHERING THE STORM Following the 2008 financial crisis, trade finance was a term often uttered in the upper echelons of global political circles. Treasury secretaries bandied the term around at G20 meetings, stressing the importance of keeping the wheels ...

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Trade & Supply Chain Finance 2011: Forfaiting

IN WITH THE OLD By Paula L. Green Thanks to new technology that improves information flow, traditional trade finance tools such as forfaiting are now being used more frequently as part of a broader supply chain finance program. ...

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Trade & Supply Chain Finance 2011: Global Trade

REBUILDING CONFIDENCE By Anita Hawser Global trade was affected over the course of 2011 by major disruptions such as the US sovereign rating downgrade, the Japanese earthquake and political upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa. Not ...

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Trade & Supply Chain Finance 2011: Sustainable Supply Chains

GREEN PROFITS By Denise Bedell Companies have long been working on creating sustainable internal operations. With growing recognition of the symbiotic buyer-supplier relationship, they are now moving those efforts into their supply chains—and reducing costs in the process. ...

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Trade & Supply Chain Finance 2011: Trade Receivables Securitization

BECOMING LIQUID By Denise Bedell Investor interest in trade receivables securitization is growing, and companies are taking note as they search for alternative liquidity sources. Atallah, Deutsche Bank: Volatile credit markets are forcing companies to use new ...

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Treasury & Cash Management Supplement

MOBILIZING EXCESS CASH At most cash and treasury management conferences these days, treasurers are concerned with one of two things: ensuring they play a more strategic role within companies above and beyond managing a piggy bank of money; and ...

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Treasury & Cash Management Supplement: Cash Management In Brazil

BEATING BUREAUCRACY AND TAXES By Anita Hawser With Brazil now firmly on the map as global economic power, treasuries want to include it in their global cash solutions. But many regulatory, legal and taxation issues still obstruct that ...

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Treasury & Cash Management Supplement: Enterprise Risk Management

ON THE RIGHT PATH By Denise Bedell Enterprise risk management is now a central theme for treasurers at large corporates. Both regulatory changes and business benefits are driving the increased focus. The financial trauma of the past ...

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Treasury & Cash Management Supplement: Focus on China: Onshoring Renminbi

THE WINDING ROAD By Denise Bedell Onshoring renminbi funds issued in the offshore markets is becoming easier, but it is still a complex process. Getting regulators involved early can help. China is ever more important in the ...

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Treasury & Cash Management Supplement: TCM Directory

DIRECTORY A listing of TCM service and solution providers Banking Service Providers Bank of America Merrill Lynch CONTACT: Paul Simpson, Head of Global Transaction Services EMAIL: gcbkmarketing@bankofamerica.com www.corp.bankofamerica.com/business/bi/global ING Area of focus: International Cash Management Email: Commercial@ing.lu ...

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Treasury & Cash Management Supplement: Who’s Who

WHO’S WHO By Paula Green Who’s Who In Treasury And Cash Management Scott Barton RBS Chief Executive Officer Global Transaction Services Scott Barton began working with RBS 16 years ago after his tenure with Andersen Consulting. ...