PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The head of the country’s only licensed and publicly traded cryptocurrency broker says tighter regulation and exponentially higher yields are causing corporate treasury and cash management accounts to seriously consider this alternative asset class. With the treasury market for S&P 500 companies valued at $2.3

Treasury

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. Government bond yields surged world-wide after a strong report on the U.S. It was at 1.25% at the start of the week. on Friday.

Benchmarking

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.

Cash Flow Forecasting

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.

Investments

PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

We have deep dives into treasury application programming interfaces (APIs) and buy now, pay later (BNPL), as well as a report on Robinhood ’s trading app outage that occurred earlier this week. HSBC on the Next Phase of Treasury APIs (B2B API Tracker). Libra’s Stumbles, Coronavirus Gains Show Pitfalls of a ‘Global’ Currency.

Treasury

PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2017

2) that results from its Risk Management analysis , provided by its Citi Treasury Diagnostics benchmarking solution, suggest corporate treasurers’ approach to FX risk mitigation have remained largely unchanged “despite unprecedented recent market conditions.”. The bank said Thursday (Mar. Yet, status quo prevails.

Treasury

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.”.

Banking

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.

Treasury

Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has set up a steering committee to oversee an industry-wide interest rate benchmark transition from the Singapore dollar (SGD) Swap Offer Rate (SOR) to the Singapore Overnight Rate Average (SORA), in response to the discontinuation of the use of Libor (London Inter-bank Offered Rate) in Dec 2021. .

Benchmarking

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

APRIL 16, 2025

Implement Continuous Staff Training and Education The following areas should be covered: The department’s role in the Cash Conversion Cycle Negotiations and effective collections Treasury and banking Business fraud and cyber security International business, documentary credits, currency exchange, compliance, etc.

Accounts Payable

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.

Profit and Loss

PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

With such an outcome having been largely expected, sterling’s immediate reaction has been muted as the news was already priced in,” reflected Caxton FX currency expert Michael Brown in an interview with Express.co.uk And while expected currency fluctuations resulting from Brexit will surely mean U.K.

Foreign Exchange

Global Finance

DECEMBER 6, 2024

These include first-class risk analytics and portfolio management services that serve as a benchmark for many in the industry. It enables efficient data aggregation, accounting, and treasury management, streamlining an otherwise complex, time-consuming process. As a result, the bank attracted more than 5,400 new clients.

Banking

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 17, 2023

And they also have a unique approach to feeds when they’re generating alpha, when they’re outperforming their benchmark, they take a performance fee. So, you know, our sister company in South Africa, Africa have done 8% above the benchmark. And the 10 year yield of A A A J G B or or a or a, a treasury or a bond.

Investments

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?

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Here’s how I would identify a core along you, you first and foremost, you identify what your benchmark is, how are you measuring your performance? What do you see in, in treasuries and the fixed income half of the portfolio? Safe harbor harbor here, a little apo apocalyptic currency. And you take your absolute price.

Marketing

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 3, 2023

So, you know, we, we, we got involved and created a benchmark, a commodity indices at the time. So we, we became, we went from fixed income and j Aaron to thick fixed income currency and commodities. You had a lot of currency forwards trading, which made se made sense. 00:16:40 So there was a way to judge yourself. Made sense.

Marketing

Global Finance

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This has been reflected in recent local-currency, corporate listed issuance and strong issuance parameters from recent US dollar issuances, both senior and tier 1, predominantly sukuk. The surge in debt issuance has set new benchmarks, both for Qatari sovereign debt and offerings by companies based in the emirate.

Marketing

Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Most clients, whether they’re individuals or institutions, have some sort of benchmark, a policy portfolio, some strategic asset allocation that they start with. That gold in this example needs to outperform to have that portfolio or at least keep up with over the long run for that portfolio to not under underperform the benchmark.

Leverage