Supply squeeze hits automaker working capital
May 17th 2022VW, BMW, Ford are taking longer to convert cash as escalating supply chain disruptions force them...
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US tech giants sold bonds as yields soared
May 10th 2022
Led by Amazon, six largest technology companies reduced their bond portfolio by $37.3bn in the first quarter as yields rose ahead of Federal Reserve plans to unwind its $8.4 trillion portfolio
Consumer & industrial giants grow inventory, extend payments as supply problems worsen
May 3rd 2022
As the Russia-Ukraine war exacerbates supply issues, corporates including 3M, GE, PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz struggle to reduce working capital and accelerate cash conversion
Treasurers pull back deposits at top US banks as rates rise
April 26th 2022
Corporate clients withdrew $70bn in deposits from JPMorgan, BofA, Wells Fargo and Citigroup amid Federal Reserve rate hikes and plans for quantitative tightening
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European corporates gain €3.8bn from hedging as commodity prices soar
April 19th 2022
Hedges amassed in 2021 provide a €3.8bn relief to European automobile and consumer goods multinationals but that protection will fade as hedges expire and costs of new ones catch up with today’s prices
US travel & leisure companies in the front line as interest rates rise
April 12th 2022
Already burdened by debt expense, US travel & leisure companies are expected to pay an additional $785mn in interest expense in 2022 as rates rise.
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April 6th 2022 string(150) "Already burdened by debt expense, US travel & leisure companies are expected to pay an additional $785mn in interest expense in 2022 as rates rise. "
European corporates unwind pandemic cash piles to reward shareholders and repay debt
April 6th 2022
Top EuroStoxx 50 companies are using their cash holdings built during the pandemic to pay down debt, boost dividends and repurchase stock in 2022
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April 4th 2022
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European automakers ramp up renminbi hedges as Russia threats mount
March 29th 2022
VW, BMW, Mercedes and Stellantis added an additional €70bn in FX hedges in 2021 to protect growing export revenues, but geopolitical risk could threaten this strategy
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Inflation and the corporate debt hangover
March 22nd 2022
After the binge comes the hangover. Non-bank companies increased their debt by a net amount of $1.2 trillion between the start of the pandemic in March 2020 and the end of February 2022.
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Africa: access to finance ‘a challenge’
March 21st 2022
The demand for trade finance and working capital is growing across the continent as economies start to recover from the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic.