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The strategic objectives of treasury need to be aligned with the overall business objectives. Defining a treasury strategy and setting up the global organizational structure is the initial building block on which corporate treasury will operate.
Whereas the primary goal of the core business is focused on taking business risk and creating shareholder value, corporate treasury is typically a value-added service center that supports the business in managing financial risk.
Annual inflation rate in US has reached 8.6% in May 2022, which is a highest rate in 41 years.
Defining the challenges that prevent increased Treasury participation in the commodity risk management strategy and operations and proposing a framework to address these challenges.
Everyone understands the importance of data in an organization. After all, data is the new oil in terms of its value to a corporate treasury and indeed the wider organization. However, not everyone is...
The great resignation is the phenomena of workers quitting their jobs to pursue other career opportunities at historic rates since the start of 2021. The great resignation trend started in the USA and...
What will the next year bring for corporate treasury? Now that we have passed and are still in an uncertain period, it is time to discover opportunities to reposition and prepare for new challenges an...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, online sales reached new heights. As a result, more and more companies have had to rethink their sales strategy, forced by among others the closure of the physical outlet...
Could in-house bank structures have more effectively managed the challenges of a global crisis? What does this mean for the future of in-house banks? Could they increase liquidity control and visibili...
One of the main challenges treasurers face when setting up a cash pool or an in-house bank is setting an appropriate interest rate for the resulting transactions. This topic, among others, has been ad...
In the modern treasury landscape, projects are always complex, regardless of scope and size. Even a small project like a SaaS cash flow forecast system implementation is complex if we take into accoun...
It is mandatory for financial institutions to investigate whether cash is being used for money laundering, financing terrorists and criminal activity. Criminals exploit any situation to pursue their d...
The importance and benefits of delivering a digital strategy for treasury operations are well understood. For many organizations, however, there is a significant barrier that may prevent them from bei...
Compared to their Western counterparts, Asian corporate treasuries have had to grow and learn to react to business complexities and changes in their environments very quickly. Western corporations hav...
The disruption to the global economy through the first quarter of 2020, caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, presents a unique challenge for finance and treasury teams. Unlike previous episodes of market ...
Just as growing companies plan to expand their operations internationally, corporate treasurers seek to identify new opportunities and take on challenges. The two seem to go hand in hand, as new chall...
In the beginning of March, Zanders organized a “jargon-free” Breakfast Session to explore what robotic process automation (RPA) is all about. We had a look under the hood of a complex, hard-workin...
The start of a new year (not to mention a new decade) is a natural moment to reflect on the past and look forward to the year(s) ahead. How should you, as a treasurer, prepare for the uncertain future...
In our first article on treasury optimization in Asia, we introduced three different levels of optimization. These levels form the foundation for this series and will be highlighted and examined in gr...
Are you thinking about replacing part of your workforce by automated robots? Think again, because Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is not about getting rid of what may be your company's most valuable ...
As the Asian century is set to begin and the region continues to build on its reputation as a growth powerhouse, an increasing number of global multinationals have significant business in the region. ...
As trailblazers of growth, many Asian Tigers’s corporate treasuries have had to grow and learn to react to business complexities and changes in their environments very quickly. Over the past decades...
Increase in corporate carve outs and spin offs. From a treasury perspective, the essence of a carve-out project is that the business that is being carved out needs a fully functional and standalone tr...
With a new year approaching rapidly, we could of course look back and evaluate the past year. However, it is closer to the nature of a treasury professional to look ahead!
The treasury management system (TMS) market is in flux once again, with mergers, acquisitions and private equity investments reaching fever pitch recently. This article outlines the developments in th...
Zanders recently hosted a half-day event, the annual Treasury and Risk Seminar in Zürich, tailored to corporate treasury professionals in the Swiss treasury community. More than 45 participants from ...
This autumn, Eric Matheny, responsible for AGCS’s global treasury, will give a Ted Talk at the AFP Conference in San Diego. The reason for this presentation is a concept he described for his company...
In a time of exponential developing technology, ever changing regulation and global integration, the corporate treasury function is changing too. So, what will the future bring us in corporate treasur...
On the 20th of June 2017, the Zanders Belgium Annual Treasury and Risk Seminar was held in Antwerp where more than 40 invited experts gathered under a beautiful blue sky and an exotic temperature to d...
On the 20th of June 2017, the Zanders Belgium Annual Treasury and Risk Seminar was held in Antwerp where more than 40 invited experts gathered under a beautiful blue sky and an exotic temperature to d...
The Paypers has released a dedicated guide with global insights into the transaction banking, B2B payments, supply chain finance & e-invoicing markets.
2016 was an eventful year for all corporate treasurers. Even though corporates were expecting a recovery from the crisis in previous years, new events came into the picture.
With more than 6,500 delegates attending last month’s AFP annual treasury conference in Orlando, it is the largest annual treasury get-together in the world.
So what does it mean to transcend treasury? Zanders in collaboration with the AFP will present a White Paper answering this question at the AFP’s flagship conference in Orlando October 25, 2016 in O...
Many corporate treasurers are considering ways to optimize their treasury function to meet ever-changing internal and external requirements and respond to market developments. However, defining the ne...
On 23rd of June 2016, the Zanders Belgium Annual Treasury and Risk Seminar was held in Antwerp where more than 30 invited experts discussed the latest developments and innovations.
Treasury transformation refers to the definition and implementation of the future state of a treasury department. This includes treasury organization & strategy, the banking landscape, system i...
As well as being a member of the board of the DACT (Dutch Association of Corporate Treasurers), Bart-Jan Roelofsz is mainly known as group treasurer and insurance manager at Endemol Shine. This enter...
Companies across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) have been at the forefront of the adoption of shared service centers (SSCs) in order to lower costs over the past two decades as part of a br...
The Spoorwegmuseum (Railway museum) in Utrecht symbolizes some of the subjects discussed during the Zanders Treasury & Risk Seminar 2016 on Thursday, March 17th. In short: Treasury has been and still ...
Visual Risk and Zanders collaborate to take corporate financial risk management to the next level.
How can treasury expand its role and deliver more value to the company using a performance management reporting and control framework?
In the past few years, many companies have centralized their payment processes by setting up a payment factory. The main focus of these types of projects is often on change management and technical...
Managing an organization’s cash flows and streamlining its financial logistics is of paramount importance to managing liquidity risk and optimizing interest charges. There are various ways to...
Many articles claim to describe the most recent trends in a certain field. Our field of treasury, risk and finance is undergoing major changes and it seems as if one trend is blending into the next...
A Transformation project can help treasury to cement its position as an important strategic partner to the business, say Arn knol and Mark van Ommen
Treasury transformation refers to the definition and implementation of the future state of a treasury department. This includes redisigning the treasury organization & strategy, the banking ...
With the Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA) deadline just six months away, many companies are busy preparing to use SEPA-compliant payment standards. With the restructuring that this entails, is no...
Many articles that have appeared in gtnews have stressed the benefits that will result for corporates and treasuries from the single euro payment area (SEPA). However, Arn Knol of Zanders sugges...
There is a clear trend of corporate treasuries undertaking major treasury transformation projects with a focus on increasing efficiency, enhancing visibility and reducing costs. The issue is exa...
Payment factories and SEPA are two of the most-discussed topics within corporate treasury in recent years. On gtnews alone there are over 230 articles on payment factories and over 500 articles ...
Efficiency, productivity, growth, risk control and reporting quality are continuous points of attention for virtually any organization. These issues therefore also affect the corporate treasury pro...
In the year ahead, the key developments in strategic cash and treasury management will be influenced by four ongoing global trends: standardization, centralization, virtualization and bank independ...
One thing to come out of the economic crisis is a renewed focus on treasury. Treasury can help save costs and – even more importantly – make risks transparent and controllable.
Credit is the backbone of the corporate’s relationship with its banks, if not in the short term, almost always over the long term.
Sulzer was looking for a cloud platform to collect its market data. The Swiss company decided to use Zanders’ market data platform to bridge the source systems and target systems. The new data syste...
Fast-growing technological developments are accelerating the pace of change for treasury. Zanders and Citi have produced a whitepaper that reflects perspectives on the future of corporate treasury.
We asked Achmea's Marcel Pels how insurance companies are coping with today's fast-moving developments in payment traffic. As Manager Back-office Treasury & Cash Management at Achmea, he deals with ca...
In the summer of 2015, Johnson Controls International (JCI) announced that it would divest its Automotive Division via a spin off in a new publicly listed company: Adient. Shortly thereafter, JCI anno...
With more than 235 million customers worldwide spread across a diverse group of countries, VEON’s business is complex in nature. As a consequence, the organization instigated a large-scale transform...
As a maritime multinational, Boskalis is involved in large scale projects all over the world. Due to the complexity of these projects, the Treasury department has a strategic role within the company a...
Türk Telekom, with 175 years of history, is the first integrated telecommunications company in Turkey. Due to its long-term foreign currency funding structure, Türk Telekom has significant foreign e...
When the multinational pharma company Sanofi set out to implement a global payment factory based on SAP, the sheer size and scope of the project made it seem a Herculean task. But with meticulous plan...
With its expansion in Asia, Bucher Industries faced a tradeoff between local currency funding or central intercompany funding in Swiss francs for its foreign subsidiaries. This choice has an impact on...
As a big Dutch multinational, Philips is certainly not immune to the risks of global exchange rates. Fluctuations between different currencies have a significant impact on the incomes and financial st...
More than 400 years after the Dutch East India Company was set up, Acomo, a group of seven trading companies, deals in products which are reminiscent of the golden age of the Republic of the Seven ...
Over the years, several mergers in emerging markets have expanded Nexans’s industrial footprint so that it now boasts operations in 40 countries worldwide. While the company grew, so did its ...
Bertold Walther: “Liam and Sebastian had a very fast understanding of our problem. Within a few sessions, we have been able to set up a hedging policy. Which was the goal of our collaborat...
DFM is a finance and insurance company that specializes in the automotive industry. The company provides financial services for this sector, up to and including payment transactions.
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