International Treasurer – May 2012

Treasury’s “Big Data” Challenge

Pricing and risk management activities require ever-more market data, forcing corporates to address the same big data challenges financial institutions face.

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• Keeping Treasury’s Ground Game Sound 

  Treasurers should remind themselves frequently that their treasuries have a principal duty to support their firm’s business units—all the way down to the local level.

• Peer Insight: LATMPG Winter 2012 Meeting 

  The LATMPG discussed: 1) Brazil and Argentina Updates; 2) SWIFT and Bank Connectivity; 3) Mexico and Peru Updates; 4) Counterparty Risk

• Spreading the Word on CDS Spreads  

  Members of The NeuGroup’s FX Managers’ Peer Groups tinker with counterparty assessment models to find a proper role for CDS spreads in the analysis.

• Supply Chain Finance Gaining Favor Again 

  New regulatory frameworks are giving supply chain finance a higher profile.

• A Smart Web-based Derivative Solution 

  Canadian company FINCAD helps companies reduce the burdens and risks created by hedge accounting.

• Investment Management: Congress Scrutinizing SEC MMF Plans 

  In letters and hearings, Congress prods the SEC on its plans to regulate money market mutual funds.

• Treasury Management: To Be SWIFT, Think Slowly 

  Adopting SWIFT is hardly an automatic decision; those thinking of adopting should do so carefully.

• Capital Markets: Europe’s Bankers and Borrowers Getting Standoffish 

  Survey says Basel III forcing banks to more carefully size-up borrowers; but for borrowers the feeling is mutual.