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Sovereign Ratings, Default Risk and Markets: The Moody's Downgrade Aftermath!

Musings on Markets

Since the ratings downgrade happened after close of trading on a Friday, there was concern that markets would wake up on the following Monday (May 19) to a wave of selling, and while that did not materialize, the rest of the week was a down week for both stocks and US treasury bonds, especially at the longest end of the maturity spectrum.

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The Innovators 2025: North America

Global Finance

Another innovation is CashPro Capital Markets Insights, which is the first integrated capital markets experience available in a treasury mobile app, offering access to investment-grade secondary bond pricing alongside treasury information. V1 generates reports for banks and third parties, helping to calculate risk-weighted assets.

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Best Cash Management Solutions for Businesses

The Finance Weekly

Scenario Analysis - Planful’s scenario modeling tools allow businesses to test different cash flow assumptions and plan for various financial outcomes. Kyriba Kyriba is a robust treasury and cash management platform built for larger enterprises.

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5 Excel-heavy Pain Points still Dragging down finance teams in 2025

The Finance Weekly

However, even with these advanced ERP systems and other third-party software products, most small to large businesses still must manually use Microsoft Excel (Excel) for financial analysis, reporting, and other activities. All involving Excel data manipulation.

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Welcome John Azlant

Focus CFO

John is a highly accomplished executive boasting considerable experience in strategic planning, treasury management, accounting, financial analysis, and business development. John Azlant has joined the FocusCFO team in Northeast Ohio.

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#187 – Open Banking APIs Enhance Analysis Through Machine Learning-Powered Search (Trovata)

Strategic Treasurer

Open Banking APIs Enhance Analysis Through Machine Learning-Powered Search. Host Craig Jeffery sits down with Joseph Drambarean, Chief Technology Officer at Trovata, to discuss how open banking APIs enhance financial analysis through machine learning-powered search. Subscribe to the Treasury Update Podcast on your favorite app!

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Data Update 6 for 2025: From Macro to Micro - The Hurdle Rate Question!

Musings on Markets

The first is, of course, the riskfree rate , a number that varies across time (as you saw in post on US treasury rates in data update 4 ) and across currencies (in my post on currencies in data update 5).