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- FinReg Fallout: FDIC Changes Will Cover More Depositors
The new Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act includes permanent changes to FDIC insurance coverage limits and retroactive deposit coverage. ...
July 26, 2010
- AFP Econwatch -- July 26, 2010
As much of the U.S. sweltered under a heat wave, a series of data releases last week well demonstrated that the housing market was once again freezing up....
July 26, 2010
- The 2a-7 Money Fund Changes: What it Means for Corporate Treasury
Brent Callinicos, Google's VP & Treasurer, recently told Bloomberg that Google's $26.5 billion in corporate cash "isn't fast money, this is patient money." This sums up quite well what is on the minds of corporate investors these days, and new research supports this mindset....
July 23, 2010
- AFP Warns Treasury and SEC Not to Adopt Variable NAV
The Association for Financial Professions has co-signed a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro restating its continued opposition to the concept of moving Money Market Funds (MMFs) from a stable net-asset-value (NAV) to a variable NAV....
July 22, 2010
- Expect the Unexpected: Coordinating Your Hedging Strategies
Hedging requires coordination between risk managers and financial reporters. Unfortunately for some hedgers, stuff happens. Ira Kawaller explains....
July 22, 2010
- FinReg Fallout: Corporates Brace for Impact
President Obama today signed into law a sweeping reform of the financial services industry. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will lead to the most dramatic reshaping of U.S. financial markets since Depression-era reforms were enacted more than 70 years ago....
July 21, 2010
- The Bottom Line: Excess Liquidity Cartoon
From the July issue of AFP Exchange magazine. ...
July 20, 2010
- Classic Case of Being Bi-Polar - Week in Corporate Finance
Year-to-date, 96 financial institutions have ceased to exist. In 2009, 140 institutions were closed, so at our current pace, 2010 will exceed that number of closures....
July 19, 2010
- AFP Econwatch -- July 19, 2010
Inflation remained non-existent in June as plummeting energy prices counterbalanced small price increases that occurred elsewhere in the economy....
July 19, 2010
- FinReg Fallout: Derivatives up to CFTC, SEC
Jiro Okochi, CEO of Reval, the derivatives specialist, comments....
July 15, 2010
- Borrowed Time - How to Protect Receivables
Corporate treasury and finance managers struggle to protect two of their most important assets --accounts receivable and customer relationships. Too much of a focus on either can leave a business vulnerable....
July 12, 2010
- AFP Econwatch -- July 12, 2010
The week following the Fourth of July holiday was a slow one in terms of economic data. But the relative lack of new data may be a welcomed respite from the avalanche of bad news--in terms of employment and housing--from the previous week and the natural pessimistic reaction that the news had generated....
July 12, 2010
- NACHA Adds M-Payments to Network Rules
NACHA's membership has voted to approve a rule to write mobile payments transactions into the rules that govern the automated clearing house network. The new rules will give companies guidance on accepting mobile payments over the ACH network, and information on how to best thwart fraud attacks. ...
July 7, 2010
- July 2010 AFP Risk! Newsletter
This issue of Risk addresses U.S. pension and endowment fund investment in Canada, asks seven working capital questions, and interviews Diane Ellis, the regulator in charge of FDIC bank assessments....
July 7, 2010
- Unexpected FX Results
Our monthly risk column recalls the words of Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh and his advice to businesses ...
July 6, 2010
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