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EU Capital Exemption Could “Balkanize” OTC Market

Europe alone plans to exempt banks’ corporate business from Basel III CVA charge.

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The SEPA Opportunity

Move from a compliance nightmare to single euro payment opportunity. Download the supplement here.

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Treasury Management: Using SWIFT for Bank Flexibility, Catalyst for Change
Treasury Management:

Using SWIFT for Bank Flexibility, Catalyst for Change

While implementing SWIFT can make a company bank agnostic, it can also be a catalyst for broader change.


May 24, 2013
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This Month in International Treasurer:

Is Your Firm Ready for King Dollar?
Risk Management

Is Your Firm Ready for King Dollar?

Several factors suggest that the USD is going to finally enter a cycle of structural strength.

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  • Make Your Dream Come True with SEPA

    The due date for SEPA migration is less than a year away but many companies remain ill-prepared. A shift in mindset should end the complacency – A special supplement sponsored by Deutsche Bank.

  • Will Supervised Stress-Testing Eventually Come for Corporates?

    It’s not as if we want to give regulators the idea but eventually, they, along with auditors and the rating agencies, are likely to call for corporates to subject themselves to stress-testing and disc

  • Dodd-Frank: Gather Your Legal Team

    Determining how your company will be classified, selecting the appropriate board committee for the end-user exception and keeping ahead of Dodd-Frank is not for the faint of heart.

  • Derivative Exchanges Offer New Tools to Hedge Credit Risks

    There is an air of inevitability that at least some of the business in credit default swaps will migrate to exchanges as new regulations make the OTC variety more cumbersome and costly to deal with.

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Data Points:

Are You an Activist Target?


Although activist-investor campaigns against cash-rich companies have been in the news of late, most respondents to a NeuGroup Tech20 Treasurers' Peer Group pre-meeting survey found the risk of being a target remote. Still, the risk is there and treasurers should be prepared to help the company respond. And while low-information activists may just cause trouble, others can provide useful advice on how to help your company. By engaging effectively with an activist investor, companies might be able to turn a potential negative situation into a positive one. Transocean, which recently was forced to add Carl Icahn to its board, will certainly be a company to watch in this regard.
 
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