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Uncertainty is becoming the norm, and companies are struggling to be nimble. How can FP&A professionals help their companies navigate these uncertain times?
08/19/2015
The financial crisis had an impact on corporate treasury in terms of increased responsibilities and higher expectations. Treasury is now more likely to be consulted on strategic issues, which means that the required skillset has to be broader.
08/18/2015
Explore the advantages of adopting Alliance Lite2 (AL2) and Alliance Remote Gateway (ARG) from SWIFT, as corporate treasury departments make their choice.
08/17/2015
As many treasury and finance professionals will attest, organizing covenants by the legal categories of affirmative, negative, financial and nonfinancial is not very helpful. A better approach is to classify covenants by lender objective and risk.
08/14/2015
Gain insights into how corporate treasurers connect to SWIFT through the 2015 AFP SWIFT Buyer's Guide.
08/14/2015
Basel III requirements pose unquantified implications for CFOs and treasurers in a changing banking landscape.
08/13/2015
Business email compromise (BEC) scams pose a growing threat to corporate treasury, leading to increased attempts and losses.
08/12/2015
Each of AFP's six recent Treasury in Practice pieces has been compiled into a new guide: Treasury in Practice: Insights and Best Practices, Vol. 1, underwritten by KeyBank.
08/07/2015
Bitcoin's software advancements tested by global banks for practical uses in unique data chains.
08/07/2015
Notional pooling is the most elegant tool available to treasurers for intercompany balance management. It causes no substantive problems for corporates—other than misunderstanding.
08/06/2015
Understand the challenges faced by CFOs in hiring and developing talent, hindered by skill gaps and the expanding needs of businesses, as revealed in a Deloitte survey.
08/05/2015
When identifying overseas funding sources there are several quantitative and qualitative issues to consider.
08/03/2015
Explore quicker and less costly alternatives to traditional treasury management system (TMS) selection processes. Save time and resources.
07/31/2015
Multiple and diverse factors which are interconnected are exacerbating volatility—finance, fuel, food, environment, geopolitics and regulations. Corporates have to grapple with these factors and events, which exacerbate volatility into corporate business models.
07/31/2015
While Basel III seems like it may primarily affect banks, corporates will also feel the impact. Treasurers need to understand how to leverage Basel III to their own advantage.
07/30/2015
Tim Green, FP&A head at Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford, emphasizes the value of peer learning for career advancement in FP&A.
07/30/2015
Jessica Cullinan never intended to get into financial planning and analysis (FP&A)—but things change. An unexpected work opportunity led her to alter her career path.
07/29/2015
Gain insights from James Gilligan, Assistant Treasurer at Great Plains Energy, as he discusses the important factors to consider when setting a target liquidity position in AFP's In-Depth video.
07/28/2015
Understand the four fundamentals of cybersecurity and how treasury departments can engage staff in using IT security technology effectively.
07/27/2015
Gain insights into enterprise performance management and whether it is a practice adopted by every company, as discussed by Gary Cokins, founder of Analytics Based Performance Management.
07/21/2015
Gain valuable tips for treasury professionals making capital structure decisions, aiding in effective financial planning and risk management.
07/21/2015
Today’s CFOs face big decisions when putting cash to use, and this is when FP&A professionals can be valuable partners to senior management.
07/17/2015
Armored-car usage is a top concern for retail treasurers. But many retail treasurers face significant problems with their armored-car carriers.
07/17/2015
Notional pooling has been an effective liquidity management tool for many multinational corporations. Basel III threatens all that, particularly in Europe.
07/16/2015
One of the largest corporate entities in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai-based holding company Majid Al Futtaim owns and operates retail and leisure properties in 13 countries. Majid Al Futtaim’s treasury function saw an opportunity to improve its financial management systems and become more efficient by moving to a payments factory model.
07/16/2015
Interacting effectively with board members is a competence that develops over time, with experience.
07/15/2015
Companies are increasingly going the spin-off route to boost shareholder value. A spin-off of a division of a business is a difficult process for a CFO to handle -- and by default a major challenge for the company’s treasury operation.
07/14/2015
Implications of a data breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management for private companies.
07/14/2015
What makes a FP&A team best in class and earn the right to have a seat at the table with senior leadership?
07/13/2015
While one could have few arguments against monitoring the performance of treasury, the way it should be measured—and the different metrics in place to do so—are more debatable.
07/06/2015
Zero-based budgeting sparks a controversial discussion among treasury and finance professionals. Explore the insights and viewpoints surrounding this budgeting approach in the industry.
07/01/2015
Find out five effective ways for financial planning and analysis professionals to boost their skills and gain attention from their managers.
06/30/2015
At the June 18 meeting of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Emerging Issues Taskforce, officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission offered clarification on how companies should account for the costs of issuing debt.
06/26/2015
Risk management activities managed separately from corporate policies leads to inevitable failure. Without an integrated approach to risk management and policy management the organization has no follow-through.
06/26/2015
How can savvy organizations motivate trading partners to give up checks and embrace e-payments and remittance exchanges in order to achieve straight-through-processing (STP)?
06/26/2015
If you are one of those FP&A professionals creaking under this strain, and want to be sure you can hold up, assess yourself against these five key attributes.
06/24/2015
AFP speaks with regulators from FinCEN about complying with FBAR and addresses compliance-related questions.
06/24/2015
Cybersecurity is no longer just IT’s problem. Protecting the organization against cyberattacks is now the entire management team’s responsibility—including treasury and finance.
06/17/2015
Cultivate a cost-conscious culture for meaningful financial performance improvements.
06/11/2015
The selection of treasury management systems (TMS) is crucial for multinational corporations (MNCs). Understand the impact of poorly chosen TMS on treasury units and beyond.
06/09/2015
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