March 2011 AFP Exchange

March 2011 AFP Exchange The March issue of AFP Exchange focuses on payments and financial planning and analysis, or FP&A. Corporate Todd Patterson, CTP, discusses the art and science of financial target. Consultant Anand Goel analyzes the proposed rules on debit interchange fees. Another corporate, Steven Stellato, gives his perspective on the record-to-report process. AFP’s new Corporate Payments Strategy is getting more corporates involved. Finally, Sunita Parasuraman, Senior Treasury Manager with VMWare Inc., writes about the affect QE2 will have on corporate treasury and finance.   Table of Contents  CTP Quiz  Online Edition  Advertising Opportunities

• Dynamic Duo
  Michael Trzupek
  Microsoft on FP&A business partnering

• Payments Report
  Ira Apfel
  Richard Oliver of the Atlanta Fed discusses his agency’s 2010 payments study

• Tough Decisions
  Vincent Li
  Enhanced consumer privacy protection in China will change the business environment

• Straight Shooters
  Andrew Deichler
  Omnicom’s 2010 Pinnacle Award-winning cash management strategy

• The Pain of Parity
  Nilly Essaides
  A better alternative to RAROC for corporates

• Cost of Capital
  Results of the first AFP Current Trends in Estimating and Applying the Cost of Capital

• New CTPs
  Winter 2010 CTP and CTPA designees

• 10 Electronic Payroll Principles to Guide Your Organization

• Corporate Treasurer Reaches for Stars, Imagines Asteroid

• FP&A and the Importance of Business Partnering

• Global Treasurer: Pain of Parity, Effect of Canada's Stronger Dollar

• Hedging: First Steps in Designing a Risk Management Program

• Hedging: How to Set Up Rolling Hedges

• How Omnicom Developed New Cash Management Methods

• How to Respond to the Challenge of Fraud in Card Payments

• Letter from the President: The First Step in Putting Cash to Work

• Payments Report: Fed's Richard Oliver on 2010 Payments Study

• Understanding the Fed's Proposed Rules on Debit Interchange Fees

• Who is Responsible? Holding the Accountants Accountable