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Ceremony: TCM Awards

TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT: AWARD CEREMONY Treasury Trove On Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at the Harvard Club of New York City, Global Finance held its annual awards ceremony honoring the World’s Best Treasury and Cash Management Providers 2011. ...

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Take Cover

INSURANCE: POLITICAL RISK COVER By Anita Hawser Recent events in the Middle East and North Africa have brought political risk into sharp focus for multinationals in the region and beyond. It was the morning after the Japanese ...

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Debt: Investors Fear Inflation

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt The European Central Bank sent a shockwave through global fixed-income markets last month with its “strong vigilance” alert, signaling that it was about to raise interest rates to ensure that ...

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DRs: PE Firms Cash Out With IPOs

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt Nashville, Tennessee–based hospital operator HCA Holdings sold more shares than planned in its initial public offering in March, and it sold them at the high end of the expected price ...

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FX: Fed Lags Europe In Inflation Fight

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The dollar has been drifting lower this year on expectations that the...

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Going Under

COVER STORY: THE NEW OIL SHOCK By Michael Shari Triggered by street battles in OPEC member states and exacerbated by news of radiation leaking from Japanese nuclear reactors, the oil shock threatens to derail the world’s economic recovery. ...

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M&A: Energy And Financials Heat Up

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt The energy and financial services sectors were expected to be fertile ground for mergers and acquisitions in 2011, and so far they are living up to those expectations. ...

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Best Banks For Liquidity Management

Best Banks for Liquidity Management North America J.P. Morgan In 2010, J.P. Morgan Treasury Services rolled out the bank’s “integrated global liquidity platform,” J.P. Morgan ACCESS Liquidity Solutions, which provides customers with an overview of their global multicurrency cash and ...

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Best Banks For Payments And Collections

Best Banks for Payments and Collections North America Wells Fargo Payments and collections may be the bread and butter of most cash management banks, but the real differentiator is breadth and depth of capabilities, product innovation and market coverage. ...

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Best Banks For Risk Management

Best Banks for Risk Management North America Bank of America Merrill Lynch Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s substantial investment in platforms and solutions in the treasury and cash management space is helping its clients gain a clearer view of their ...

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Best Providers Of Money Market Funds

Best Providers of Money Market Funds North America J.P. Morgan Asset Management A consistent winner in this category, J.P. Morgan Asset Management has more than a $1 trillion in assets under management. It has a dedicated short-term investment division, ...

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Best Treasury Management Systems & Services Providers

Best Treasury Management Systems & Services Providers Accounts Payable Services Bottomline Technologies As companies increase their focus on automating payables in order to reduce the inefficiencies associated with handling paper invoices and to reduce days sales outstanding (DSO), competition among ...