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12 May 2020
US companies put liquidity before buybacks
As the COVID-19 pandemic bites, only US tech giants are able to keep buying back stock, as most...
30 March 2020
Corporates boosted cash returns in 2019 while interest rates fell
Even before the Covid-19 crisis, short-term interest rates were falling. Using a combination of...
27 February 2020
Freeing trapped cash in Africa
Restrictions in many African countries can make it difficult for treasurers to move cash to where...
17 February 2020
Tech giants boost cash holdings to record high
Cash holdings at Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Facebook increased to a five-year high.
3 December 2019
Bringing it all back home
Corporate cash piles have become a byword in recent years. But prompted by tax reform, fear of trapped...
2 December 2019
US companies boost interest income with emerging market cash
Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola and IBM are earning high interest rates by holding treasury cash in emerging...
6 November 2019
Tech giants boost money market fund holdings to record levels
The five biggest companies in the S&P 500 index increased money fund investments by 47% this year...
8 October 2019
EuroFinance Awards: Harnessing technology
Machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic process automation (RPA) enabled Microsoft...
1 October 2019
EuroFinance Awards: Optimising cash forecasting
Like joint award-winner Pearson, Coca-Cola’s award acknowledges it breaking new ground in one...
18 September 2019
Johnson & Johnson makes $15bn swap bet to boost income
Johnson & Johnson is following in the route of PayPal using derivatives to increase returns on cash...
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