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Emerging & Frontier Markets
SIBOS 2012 – Asian Companies Centralize Treasury To Manage Global Growth
Chinese corporates are still focusing on domestic growth—but also starting to set up manufacturing bases worldwide. They are moving up...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
SIBOS 2012 – BPOs Embraced By BP Chemicals
First and foremost, it reduces administration and documentation, and vastly reduces the time-to-payment on secured trade account receivables. With an...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
SIBOS 2012 – Is Trade Becoming An Asset Class?
Is trade becoming an asset class? Some market participants are pushing in that direction. This, of course, is easier said...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
SIBOS 2012 – Regulatory Arbitrage Ultimately Costs Corporates
The impact of Basel III on trade was a key topic of discussion at Sibos. As one delegate said: “We...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
SIBOS 2012 – SWIFT Alliance Lite2 Eases Corporate Access
Gone are the days when companies wishing to connect directly with their banks via SWIFT had to invest huge resources—in...
Features
Supply Chain Finance Moves Beyond The Standalone
Banks and suppliers have been talking up end-to-end supply chain finance solutions for a number of years now, but in...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
SIBOS 2012 – Corporates Pay Too Much For Cross-Currency Payments
The cost of cross-currency payments is more than it need be, contends Rocky Motwani, MD at J. P. Morgan. He...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
SIBOS 2012 – SWIFT In The Cloud Gains Traction With Corporates
Mark Flawn, assistant treasurer at National Grid, said cloud-based access fit with a group-wide initiative to use remotely hosted solutions....
Features
Trade Flows Little-Affected By Japan-China Dispute
Trade flows between China and Japan have notyetbeen materially affected by an ongoing territorial dispute, according to Sibos attendees. John...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
AFP 2012 – Cyber Risk: Are Your Accounts Secure?
Security is never far from the lips when any new technology developments arise, and technology developments were, as always, at...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
AFP 2012 – End of FDIC Unlimited Insurance: Where Will Companies Stash Cash?
End of FDIC Unlimited Insurance: Where Will Companies Stash Cash? Part of the problem, of course, is the potential counterparty...