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20 July 2021
Defence manufacturing giants accelerate payments to suppliers
Emergency US government support has transformed the working capital picture for the country's defence...
29 June 2021
Retail giants digitise inventory, build cash piles amid supply chain squeeze
Surging customer demand in the US has created supply chain bottlenecks, but US big box retailers...
8 June 2021
Consumer goods giants sell receivables to support customers
Coca Cola, Mondelez and Archer Daniel financed an additional $1.3 billion of receivables via receivable...
3 November 2020
Securing liquidity in a crisis
Food retailers and software companies may have fared better than others during the Covid-19 crisis...
16 October 2020
Down and up in the high yield market
Whether their companies escaped default or not, treasurers have had a busy year.
13 October 2020
The eye of the storm
A new elite of battle-tested treasurer has been forged in the sectors worst hit by the pandemic...
1 September 2020
Consumer goods giants grow inventory, extend receivables amid Covid-19 shift
Working capital for consumer goods multinationals reached a 5-year record high of $38 billion in...
3 August 2020
When the going gets tough
After the pandemic sent shockwaves through funding markets in March, corporates scrambled to secure...
7 July 2020
The great corporate bond rush
Following the quantitative easing playbook of the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve has...
23 June 2020
Consumer goods companies slashed purchases, extended payables as pandemic disrupted customers
DPOs hit record highs for a slew of food and consumer goods multinationals in Q1 2020 as treasurers...