CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, which helps set borrowing costs on everything from mortgages to corporate loans, settled at 1.930%, its highest close since December 2019. That was well above forecasts from economists who had expected a larger drag from the latest wave of Covid-19 cases. on Friday.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

The digital transformation of corporate treasury is not a destination; it’s a journey. It stands to reason that firms that have been around for decades, with far-flung operations and payments done across multiple currencies, have a range of legacy systems in place with less-than-efficient processes entrenched in back-office functions.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

New research from Asset Benchmark Research suggests ties with regulators and even reputation are not the number one priority for corporate treasurers looking for a cash management provider. Treasury leaders should not assume that others are connecting the dots and reading between the lines.”.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 15, 2023

I was reminded of that paper a few weeks ago, when Fitch downgraded the US, from AAA to AA+, a relatively minor shift, but one with significant psychological consequences for investors in the largest economy in the world, whose currency still dominates global transactions. For an investment to be risk free then, it has to meet two conditions.

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PWC UK

JANUARY 26, 2021

by Christopher Raftopoulos Director, Treasury Advisory and Assurance. LIBOR transition has been a hot topic for the corporate treasury community for at least the past year. by Christopher Raftopoulos Director, Treasury Advisory and Assurance. Email +44 (0)7753 928134. More articles by Christopher. Email +44 (0)7753 928134.

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

And because remember, Lehman had the Lehman Agg and that was the benchmark. There is above benchmark returns to be generated by active selection of credit quality duration and specific bonds. and what cross currency basis, et cetera, takes a while to assimilate at all. There is alpha. Can you manage that through downturns?

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Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 16, 2022

If you’re all interested in macro investing, trend following, commodities, currencies, fixed income, various types of quantitative strategies, and most important of all, risk management, you’re going to find this conversation to be absolutely fascinating. RITHOLTZ: And those were Treasuries. TROPIN: Right. TROPIN: Yeah.

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