Jan/Feb 2008 AFP Exchange

• Finding the upside of corporate risk management is the theme of AFP's first Corporate Risk Forum this month in Lake Las Vegas. What this really means is using risk management as a tool to add value to the organization. This month's magazine also tackles issues such as risk in corporate cash portfolios, hedge effectiveness, risk-based approach to model development and managing FX settlement risk. Financial professionals also take the spotlight as AFP interviews Adrienne Urban, treasurer of Children's Place on the insurance challenges her company faced after Hurricane Katrina and 911. And AFP Board member Ira Birns, CFO of World Fuel Services, discusses how a treasurer can think like a CFO. Finally, University of Virginia CFO Yoke San Reynolds reveals the challenges she faces as her public institution becomes "private-like."  

• Table of Contents
• CTP Quiz
• Full Articles

AFP members can read the full text of selected articles from AFP Exchange. Articles appear on a regular basis following shipment of the print version of the magazine.

• Retailer Bounces Back: Q & A With Treasurer of The Children's Place
• Monitoring the Monitors: Congress Puts Ratings Agencies Back in Spotlight
• Upside of Risk: Moves You Can Make to Provide Value, Flexibility in the Future
• Paperless Horizon? Rewards and Challenges of the E-Payments Future
• Treasury Essentials: The Ins and Outs of Positive Pay
• Commentary: Are We Ready for International Accounting Standards?
• Hedge Effectiveness: The Wild Card in Accounting for Derivatives
• BMO Economist: Dollar Parity, Weak U.S. Economy May Mean Trouble in Canada
• Year of Uncertainty: Subprime Fallout, Energy Prices Expected to Drag Growth
• Cash Column: The Risk of Reported Information
• Liquidity Challenge: Risk in Corporate Cash Portfolios
• Data Management: Credit Crunch Puts Intense Focus on Internal Controls
• Bottom Line: Look Behind You for a Hidden Risk of Not Going Green
• Letter from the President and CEO: Finding the Upside
• Interview: In Today's Market, a Good Treasurer Should Think Like a CFO