AFP Webinar Series Archived Sessions

2007 Sessions

Is Your Cash and Money Market Safe?

Join a money market mutual fund expert to hear about the recent turmoil in the money markets. He will discuss the regulations and protections surrounding money market funds, the various securities they invest in, and will give a detailed timeline of crisis events and problems in the asset-backed commercial paper market Issues with auction-rate securities, enhanced cash, and other recent areas of concern for money market and cash investors will also be touched on. He will put recent events in perspective by giving overview of past problems with money funds and money market securities.

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Minimizing Your Maximum Regret: Investing in Today’s Risky Markets

Investing in the future carries with it certain levels of risk in addition to any rewards. Corporations can minimize those risks by paying attention to some certain basic "rules of the road" or policies and by setting realistic goals around asset safety, yield and maturity. Coupled with a modicum of technology a corporation’s treasury will be able to create value for its parent company by meeting overall liquidity goals.

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Retail Industry Outlook

This is a complimentary webinar offered for Treasury and Finance Corporate professionals in the Retail Industry only.

With the current volatility in the market and consumers facing new economic challenges during the remainder of 2007, what is the outlook for the Retail Industry for the fourth quarter of 2007 and into 2008? Hear a well respected retail industry analyst give his perspective in this informative session. A question and answer session will follow his presentation.

Thank you for your interest in the “Retail Industry Outlook” webinar. Please note that this event is limited to Treasury and Finance Corporate professionals in the Retail Industry. This format provides corporate practitioners the opportunity to discuss topical issues openly with their peers. Please do not hesitate to contact Mary Ellen Saunders at mesaunders@afponline.org if you believe that you are eligible to participate.

This session qualifies for one CTP recertification credit.

Changes in Accounting Principles, including the adoption of IFRS: Assessing the Balance Sheet Impact

Participants will gain an understanding on changes to Canadian accounting standards that are impacting the financial statements of many Canadian organizations. This session will provide a high level overview of the potential implications of recent and future changes to Canadian accounting standards, including the long term plan to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards.

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They're Out to Get You! Payments Fraud is Alive and Well

Most organizations continue to be targets of attempted or actual payments fraud. They've learned to fight back, but fraudsters are taking advantage of gaps in defenses to launch new attacks. Who is winning the battle? Hear the findings of the 2007 AFP Payments Fraud Survey. Learn about real-life fraud attempts, the counter-measures that corporate practitioners are taking, and the defenses that must still be built to protect against check, ACH and card payments fraud.

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Payment Policy Development - From Strategy through Development

Learn how to develop an effective payments policy that balances the risks and realities of your business. Hear about corporate experiences, industry best practices and key ingredients for creating payments policies. This lecture will also describe how companies use such policies to drive strategic change, promote accountability and manage payment risks.

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Global Treasury Operations - What Works

A case study in how Treasury effectively manages liquidity management at EDS. Lessons learned on what works from both a strategic and tactical perspective.

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They’re Changing the Rules of the Game: NACHA and Federal Reserve Update

New Federal Reserve rules specify the wording of consumer notification about check conversion, Regulation E coverage for payroll cards, and liability for fraudulent remotely created checks. NACHA rules have expanded the ways checks can be converted to ACH debits. Some business checks are now eligible for conversion, and a new ACH transaction allows checks received at the point-of-sale to be converted to ACH debits in the back office (Back Office Conversion). Learn about these and other recent payment rules changes and how they impact corporate collections and disbursements.

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Lease Accounting for Finance Teams Interested in Purchasing and Leasing Equipment

Thursday, June 21, 2007
Procuring equipment requires the coordination of many organizations within a company in a coherent process. Within the finance organization, treasury professionals are typically interested in and lead the upfront lease vs. buy decisions, while controllers focus more on the downstream decisions related to accounting, controls, and compliance. In order to make sound decisions, execute with consistency and transparency, and follow through to deliver on the results projected in the original decision-making, the finance team needs to understand the basics of lease accounting across the lifecycle of the lease and the assets. This webinar will investigate lease accounting for lessees across these lifecycles and explore how leasing impacts financial performance and financial statements.

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SuperDerivatives Part III: Cross Asset Risk Management

June 14, 2007
The final lecture expands on the topic of "Using Derivatives to Manage Corporate Exposures." Large corporations are usually exposed to cross asset exposures. For example, a Euro-based airline hedges jet fuel exposure through standard options contracts which are denominated in the US Dollar. As a result, the airline is exposed both to the price of jet fuel and to fluctuations in the Euro / US Dollar exchange rate. This is Part Three of a three-part series.

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Leveling the Paying Field: Managing Canadian Banking Relationships Profitably

June 13, 2007
AFP's "Leveling the Paying Field" is a first for Canadian & US financial professionals. This Webinar identifies why Canadian banking is "different" and the structural reasons Canadian bank pricing is difficult to manage. It also identifies four sources of cost savings hidden in Canadian banking arrangements and concludes with a strategy to deliver these savings to the bottom line.

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Obtaining Treasury Services Using a Procurement Approach

Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Procurement practices designed to minimize costs and standardize vendor written materials have been applied to treasury services with mixed results. Join us to review the better practices and learn about ones that may not be in your company’s best interests.

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SuperDerivatives Part II: Applications of Interest Rates Derivatives in Corporate Risk Management

May 10, 2007
The aim of this webinar is to give an introduction on interest rates derivatives and how the use of interest rates options allows corporations to effectively manage risk. Why do corporations need to hedge? This is Part Two of a three-part series.

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Three Different Views of Account Analysis and Billing

Thursday, May 3, 2007
This webinar will explore the various components of bank account analysis to provide the customer with tools to reconcile their monthly activity and charges. Importance is placed on thorough and consistent review of the analysis. Specific strategies for examining, managing, and reducing analysis fees will be presented. It will include the advantages of receiving the 822 Electronic Statement, recognition of volume and pricing errors and working with balances and services to reduce fees. Price determination, earnings credit, reserve requirement and FDIC/FICO insurance will be discussed along with attention given to the benefits and disadvantages of various methods of compensating the bank.

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Maximizing Returns on Surplus Operating Cash  (Annual Conference 2006 Session)

Thursday, April 12, 2007
Treasury professionals are under constant and increasing pressure to boost the return on cash balances. This session will explore a range of investment strategies and discuss the risk and return profile of each.

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SuperDerivatives Part I: Applications of FX Derivatives in Corporate Risk

April 5, 2007
Numerous corporations sustain losses due to the ineffective management of currency exposures. The aim of this webinar is to give an introduction on how the use of options allows corporations to protect themselves from the potential negative affects of currency fluctuations. This is Part One of a three-part series.

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Should Treasury Lead Equipment Finance? (Annual Conference 2006 Session)

Thursday, March 29, 2007
In most companies, equipment finance has many internal and external stakeholders. Treasury is in a unique position to lead and manage equipment finance because of their financing expertise, banking relationship management skills, leadership in procure-to-pay activities and balance-sheet optimization, responsibilities in cash and risk management, and role in SOX remediation initiatives. In this interactive session, we will discuss best practices used by leading Treasury teams, followed by case studies from the Corporate Treasurer of Network Appliance's experience in managing their corporate lessee programs and Network Appliance Financial Solutions, a customer-focused vendor finance organization.

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Optimizing Global Liquidity: The Art of the Possible? (Annual Conference 2006 Session)

Thursday, March 22, 2007
Companies have made great strides in optimizing corporate liquidity across borders and currencies. The transition toward integrated global liquidity management is still evolving, with different approaches to address organizational, tax, accounting, and regulatory requirements. Successful approaches will be reviewed and discussed.

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Harmonizing Tax and Customs Valuation Requirements

Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Participants will gain an understanding of how tax and Customs authorities reconcile the value of imported goods in related party transactions. We will cover different tests used to ensure that goods in related party transactions are valued at arm's length, explore proper techniques to lower the dutiable value of imported merchandise, and discuss the effect of post-importation transfer price adjustments.

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The Emerging Supply Chain Financing Market in China and Developments in 2007

Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Supply Chain Financing is moving rapidly as a key agenda for Finance and Treasury leaders in China. Learn what their key priorities are and find out how banks are reacting to this. This webinar will provide you with an update on the emergence of Credit Insurance in China as well as give you examples of Supply Chain Finance Programs rolled out in China.

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HIPPA Standard for Electronic Remittance Advice

Thursday, March 15, 2007

• HIPAA standards and their benefits to providers and health plans
• What is the ANSI 835 ERA and how it can be used to reduce manual posting and improve accuracy
• What health plans are obligated to do under HIPAA - standardized data presentation, paper reduction and no additional provider cost
• What providers need to have in place to adopt the 835 ERA - Practice management system / HIS with software to "map" the 835 data
• How do you start the process - check with your software vendor, health plans and your clearinghouse
• Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) - a natural marriage with the ERA

Corporate Access to SWIFT: What Does It Mean for Corporate Treasury?

Thursday, March 8, 2007
Corporates around the world have often wished they could access the SWIFT Network as banks do. In 2007, they will be able to connect to SWIFT and have a single access channel to over 8,000 banks worldwide. How can corporates take full advantage of this new opportunity to send payments to and receive statements from their banking partners? What will be the impact on their business? This session will present the views of a banker and a corporate who has already taken the plunge.

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Canadian Cheque Imaging – What Will It Look Like?

Wednesday, March 7, 2007
How can a business ready itself for the Canadian Cheque Imaging initiative (known as Truncation & Electronic Cheque Presentment (TECP)? What will the impacts be to Canadian businesses and foreign companies that do business with Canada? What will be the differences with Check 21 and what will be the repercussions?

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Developing a Risk Management Game Plan (Annual Conference 2006 Session)

Thursday, March 1, 2007
Exercising risk management extends beyond the boundaries of derivatives solutions execution. Effective risk management equally addresses exposure management, risk quantification, strategy development, controls, oversight and policy administration. This session introduces a framework that enables companies to view account risk considerations, prevailing market conditions, and management risk tolerance within the context of a properly controlled and governed structure.

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Converting Checks at the Point of Sale – BOC and POP

Thursday, February 22, 2007
Back Office Conversion - BOC - the new ACH transaction that allows check conversion at the point of sale, is set to take center stage on March 16, 2007 when the new ACH rules that govern this transaction take effect. Point of Purchase check conversion - POP - which has been in use since 2000 and has shown substantial, recent growth, also allows ACH check conversion at the point of sale. What are the differences and similarities between these two point of sale conversion transactions? What are some of the important decision criteria you should use when evaluating BOC and POP? In order to offer consumers the choice and convenience they demand, practitioners must understand the alternatives and determine the most cost effective and secure method for accepting checks at the point of sale.

This informative webinar will provide you with a detailed review of POP and BOC transactions, and present case studies from merchants that have evaluated point of sale check conversion solutions.

Canadian Foreign Exchange Risk Management

Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Most large Canadian companies have significant currency exposure through trade relations and operations on both sides of the border. This session provides a dynamic panel discussion providing real examples of what large Canadian companies are doing to reduce FX risk and enhance returns.

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Managing the Costs of Card Acceptance: C2B and B2B Success Stories (Annual Conference 2006 Session)

Thursday, February 15, 2007
With credit and debit card sales on the rise, understanding interchange, transaction fees and card processing costs can yield substantial savings. In this AFP Payments Advisory Group session, hear about the cost-control approaches of three types of card-accepting companies: a retailer with an above-industry-average record of qualifying for the best rates, a B2B distributor who cut costs by 30% annually, and a Web biller who positioned electronic payment options to encourage lower-cost choices.

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China's Long Boom - The 2007 Economic Outlook for China

February 13, 2007
China's economy is growing at double-digit rates and many observers expect gravity to slow it down in 2007 and 2008. We disagree. From our perspective, things have just got started. Stephen will run through the investment, consumption and export stories, explaining why we think there is much more upside. He'll then consider what this means for the Renminbi, and what China's long boom means for Asia and the rest of the world. In short, Standard Chartered thinks China is now the lynchpin of the global economy; from determining interest rates in the United States to Asian FX trends.

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HSA - What is it? How Does it Affect Your Company's Bottom line? (Annual Conference 2006 Session)

Thursday, February 8, 2007
Learn how one insurance benefit company designed and implemented an HSA product offering to corporations. Companies use HSAs in conjunction with high deductible health plans to reduce their employee benefit expense and FICA tax. Treasury and finance professionals should understand how HSAs can enhance a company's bottom line.

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Blueprints for Building Vendor Acceptance of Electronic Payments (Annual Conference 2006 Session)

Thursday, February 1, 2007
Hear blueprints for success from AFP Payments Advisory Group! Learn how Procter & Gamble converted 65% of its payments from paper to electronic by establishing partnerships with internal departments and its bank. Hear how UPS identified target accounts and then developed a calling strategy tailored to each vendor relationship.

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Accounting Update for Treasurers (Annual Conference 2006 Session)

Thursday, January 18, 2007
The latest news on current and proposed accounting issues which affect treasurers and treasury departments will be presented, including changes to the rules on lease accounting, which could require many companies to bring on their financial statements most of their current operating leases. New rules on Sarbanes-Oxley internal controls will also be covered.

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Selecting and Implementing Treasury Systems

Thursday, January 11, 2007
This session will focus on the critical success factors for selecting and implementing a treasury system solution. Topics to be reviewed include requirements gathering, systems and process design, implementation and integration, and roll out of a treasury systems solution. Actual case studies will be discussed and reviewed.

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A U.S. and Canadian Treasurer's Guide to Cross-Border Cash Management (Annual Conference 2006 Session)

Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Companies operating in the U.S. and Canada must deal with the unique business characteristics of each country. This presentation will address the differences in imaging products, payments clearing systems, fraud protection and cash management services. Managing cash inflows/outflows, investing idle balances, and optimizing information reporting will be discussed.

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