Track: Global Financial Management

Improving Global Liquidity Management with SWIFT

Monday, October 20, 2008
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Room: 511 ABC

This session offers an overview to SWIFT services, how to realize the benefits of global liquidity management via real life Straight-Through-Processing and business process optimization using SWIFT. It will provide a comprehensive view of the cost/benefit analysis for corporate connection to SWIFT. The session includes real life corporate experiences.

Speakers:

• Paul S. Burstein, CCM
  Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives (Ret.)
  GE

• Peter Lang
  President
  Trellis Integration Partners

Objectives

• Gain strategic and tactical understanding of SWIFT Net for corporate treasury including payments, cash management and other SWIFT corporate initiatives
• Discuss examples of cost/benefit and TCO and the best practices for optimizing SWIFT in a corporate environment
• Learn specific best practices and options for implementing SWIFTNet in a typical corporate environment (Direct vs. Service Bureau, etc.)

Pre-Requisites

• Basic understanding of global liquidity optimization/management barriers

Take-Aways

• SWIFT Case Studies

CPA Field of Study: MAS