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Creating the connected treasury: a blueprint for transformation, sponsored by Agicap.
March 12th, 9am ET, 2pm GMT, 3pm CMT
Data connectivity between business units, treasury and banks, through ERP systems is the secret to efficient cash management, forecasting and planning. Seeing and knowing the cash balances of businesses in near real time, allows creating the forecast, managing short term liquidity and activating working capital effectively and efficiently. Connecting the ERP directly to banking portals via APIs, can enable two way communication between liquidity providers and treasury, enabling the execution of payables and receivables, whilst generating data for cash management and forecasting. Yet the process of connecting business and treasury data systems via the ERP is often unique in each company, as differing legacy systems and software, as well as reporting requirements present data integration challenges. In this webinar we explore how finance and treasury teams seek to connect systems and data into a holistic suite of cash management, liquidity planning and forecasting modules via the ERP and discuss the challenges and benefits in creating a connected treasury.
Managing cross border cash in restricted markets, sponsored by Deutsche Bank.
December 7th, 10am CST, 11am EST, 4pm GMT
Repatriating cash and accessing the FX markets has always been a challenge in countries that are subject to capital and currency controls, but these challenges have been exacerbated over the past two years, A number of sovereign ratings have been downgraded, debt levels have soared, FX reserves diminished and currencies devalued. New sanctions on Russia have added another layer of complexity. As a result, doing business cross-border, and mobilising cash has become more challenging. This session explores some of the challenges associated with cash ‘trapped’ in regulated markets and the lack of FX liquidity, and how treasurers are overcoming these difficulties; for example through bespoke digital solutions. Join us to find out how in-depth knowledge of local regulations combined with innovative technology can help multinational companies optimise visibility and mobility of ‘trapped’ cash, whilst adapting their strategies to each market.
Impacts of strong dollar and hard currency shortages on treasury in Africa
November 10th 2022, 1:00 PM GMT
The surge in the US dollar is being felt keenly throughout EMEA, with the greenback rising 5.5% in value in Q3 and strengthening against all currencies. Whilst the euro has some resilience to stem depreciation through monetary interventions, central banks in emerging economies and complex countries across Africa are at the sharp end of weakening local currencies. This currency crunch, coupled with ongoing hard currency shortages due to dollar outflows, dwindling foreign reserves and rising inflation in Africa, are creating a challenging environment for treasurers managing in-country liquidity risks. In this webinar, treasurers in the region discuss their local currency cash management strategies and the measures they are taking to hedge and mitigate ongoing currency risks.
COVID-19 has altered the mindsets of consumers and businesses worldwide and accelerated the pace of digital adoption. As companies continue to forge a path to recovery and growth post pandemic disruptions, many are looking to digitise their operations for greater liquidity and to pursue new income streams. Leading Treasuries have begun to embrace digital as a way of life both to drive a faster, more efficient and intelligent treasury operation as well as to enable business vertical adopt digital solutions for accelerated business growth.
Payment fraud is increasing in frequency and magnitude as is the average loss per fraud. Attacks are becoming more professional and targeted to specific companies’ processes and organizational footprint. Although there is no ‘one size fits all’-approach there are some concrete patterns emerging.
- How can you protect your company’s assets?
- What is the best practice in terms of processes and controls?
- How can you work together with banks and other suppliers to mitigate risks?
In this webinar you will hear about the latest trends in fraud, the best technologies and corporate practices to avoid extreme events and why collaboration among all stakeholders is key.
Unilever wanted to elevate its global cash forecasting process to make more cash available for investments in the business including a drive for sustainability projects. In order to view and project cash for over 600 global entities, spread across multiple teams and coming from six major data sources, Unilever was looking to focus on integration, a depth of analysis and workflow.
Discover how Unilever connected their data, standardized their many disparate processes, obtained quality data for their cash forecast and provided up to the minute analysis on behavior and trends within their cash operations. As a next step and currently being run in a pilot version, the real-time banking APIs will enable Unilever to optimise both their short term (intra-day) cash allocation as well as their longer-term cash and FX decisions.
Global enterprises and CFOs struggle with payments complexity. Internal and external structures are heterogeneous and a bridging platform to “plug & play” is missing.
In this webinar, Palle Dedenroth, Assistant Treasurer at Danfoss, accompanied by Erol Bozak CPO and Founder at TIS will give their insights on some of the challenges faced by Danfoss in their payments and cashflow functions and how they have set out on a path towards synchronized processes, systems and data using Enterprise Payment Optimization.
Today’s treasury and financial professionals require real-time, cross-functional visibility into their cash, payments, and overall financial positioning to improve financial decision-making and support the growth and stability of their organizations. Facing increasing levels of inter-departmental and technological fragmentation, corporates are streamlining systems, data, and workflows in their search for enhanced collaboration, visibility and speed.
In this webinar we will explain the importance and benefits of a Connected Treasury to help achieve this, including how to streamline security and control, maximize bank connectivity and optimise liquidity management and utilization.
ESG (environmental, social and governance) standards have fast risen up corporate agendas as investors, consumers and regulators increasingly demand action on climate change through emissions reduction, stronger efforts towards social development goals and greater transparency in governance.
In this session we discuss the implementation of ESG measures in treasury, and look beyond funding to incentivising positive sustainability impacts in areas including supply chains, commodities, derivatives, and investments, to create a holistic view of ESG for treasurers.
With base rates at near zero (0.1 BoE, 0.0 ECB, 0.7 Fed), and the prospect of negative rates in the EU, MoneyMarket funds (MMF), are likely to produce lower yields in the near term. Yet MMFs remain a strong pool of liquidity and a core cash management facility for corporate treasurers, from a short term investment perspective.
In this period as we progress hopefully beyond the shocks of the pandemic, we assess the outlook for MMF in post-Brexit UK and Europe, with a comparative glance to the US, and how the yield environment might evolve around central bank actions into 2022.
Investing in the crypto asset market – a guide for treasurers.
Investing cash in cryptoassets is a relatively new practice that seeks greater return on investment in a world of negative bank rates. Although there is a perception that cryptoassets are “risky” from a traditional investment perspective, putting cryptoassets to “work” in various ways can provide a source of low risk and low rate working capital as well as diversification in cash investment portfolio strategy. In this webinar, we assess the role that digital assets can play in cash and liquidity management, and hear from treasurers who have adopted and benefited from crypto management solutions.
Diamonds are a treasurer’s best friend, and it’s the combination of the different facets that make it shine.
Clarity has become a precious commodity in a world of increasing uncertainty. Treasurers know that achieving visibility in forecasting requires not only powerful market intelligence but also robust systems to deliver accurate real-time data. End-to-end solutions are becoming the diamond standard to achieve this. But what are the key facets that let treasury sparkle? In this webinar, treasury professionals discuss four key drivers for the future for treasury. Real-time payments and requests-to-pay, security measures, “cloudification” of processes, and a full cash visibility overview will be at the centre of the discussion.