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Send us Fan Mail W ant to know the secret to reduced cost of hedging? 🎙Thanks to forward points optimisation you can secure financial gains. In this week’s episode of #CurrencyCast, Agustin Mackinlay guides you through the best way to leverage forward points to achieve financial gains and improve your pricing strategy. The episode tackles: Get rid of silos between the treasury and commercial funct...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙Tune into the future of finance technology and manage currencies efficiently in a world of complex regulations and constant change. In this week’s episode of #CurrencyCast, Agustin Mackinlay sits down with Alistair Cotton, from Integrated Finance, to talk about fintech and currency management. The episode touches on: Relying on the right institutions in a regulatory framework  Ov...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙Free yourself from the stress of handling monster spreadsheets with sensitive information that could break at any time. In this week’s episode of #CurrencyCast, Agustin Mackinlay explains the key person risk and why you should eliminate it. The episode goes over: The faulty process that creates key person risk Key person risk and spreadsheet risk, two sides of the same coin How t...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Keep your firm’s FX risk exposure under control. In this week’s episode of #CurrencyCast, Agustin Mackinlay uncovers the secret to hedging intercompany loans while avoiding the high cost of carry. He explains the shortcomings in the context of headquarters loaning to a subsidiary whose currency trades at a forward discount to that of the group. You will learn: Why hedging interc...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙What can you do to avoid human biases affecting your work? In this week’s episode of CurrencyCast, Agustin explains how behavioural biases could affect currency management and decision-making in finance.  He goes over: The main biases in currency management How those biases affect decision-making Tips to avoid the biases It’s an FX masterclass in under 5 minutes! Once you overcom...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙Treasurers and CFOs are facing many challenges when managing currencies in inflationary economies, volatile FX markets, and recession. This week’s episode of #CurrencyCast features a special guest, François Masquelier. Agustin Mackinlay sat with him to discuss: FX risk and scenarios of 2023 Achieving better cashflow visibility Automation technology and the role of AI in currency...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 When managing foreign currencies there is a currency risk that CFOs and Treasurers may not be seeing, the underlying credit risk. In this week’s episode of #CurrencyCast, Agustin Mackinlay explains the secrets to mitigating this hidden risk. He discusses: benefits of embracing currencies taking full ownership of currency risk how to mitigate the underlying FX risk It’s an FX mas...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 It’s a multicurrency world out there! This week’s episode of #CurrencyCast shines a light on the benefits of introducing multiple currencies to your FX strategy. Agustin Mackinlay shares in detail how this is a great way to improve your profit margins. He explains: the benefits of working with different currencies the role of technology in accessing more currencies the key to ha...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 #CurrencyCast season four is here!  In our first episode of the season, Agustin Mackinlay helps treasurers and CFOs prepare for the year ahead with actionable tips on handling the challenges —and opportunities— of 2023. He discusses: 🔹 Priorities for finance leaders 🔹 Managing exposure to currency risk 🔹 The right approach to currency management It’s an FX masterclass in unde...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️Are you ready to implement Treasury tech? In the last CurrencyCast: Experts Edition of the year we discussed with Victor Carcouet, Implementation Manager, the nitty gritty of currency management software implementation. He talks about: Automation for CFOs: opportunity or threat? Why API readiness is the cornerstone of end-to-end automation. The Treasury tech implementation proce...

Send us Fan Mail How do you achieve data driven insights? CFOs could obtain quality insights and create data-driven reports if they had an easy way to visualise the complex data related to the currency transactions. In this week’s episode of CurrencyCast, Agustin Mackinlay explains why finance leaders should focus on automating their reporting and analytics. He shares how automation: Improves anal...

Send us Fan Mail Could automation replace Treasurers? Finance teams need to embrace automation to adapt to the future of Finance but this doesn’t mean their jobs are at risk. In this week's CurrencyCast episode Agustin Mackinlay dives into the implications of automating currency management He touches on: The two type of Treasurers Intervention levels with currency management automation Growth...

Send us Fan Mail Are you up-to-date with your digital knowledge? In this week’s CurrencyCast episode, we discuss how Treasurers can leverage APIs to improve currency management. Agustin Mackinlay explains: The Pull-based and Push-based connectivity The benefits of using APIs to automate your currency hedging The role of APIs for an optimised currency management strategy It’s an FX masterclass in u...

Send us Fan Mail Looking to protect your firm from cash flow and currency volatility? In this week’s episode of CurrencyCast, we look at layered hedging, the FX hedging strategy used to tackle shifting interest rate differentials and less-than-stellar cash flow visibility.  Agustin Mackinlay explains How this program works What business models does it work best for The secret to achieving a smooth...

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Send us Fan Mail In this episode of CurrencyCast , we explore the link between pricing and creating an effective cash flow hedging strategy. We show you a simple PEG framework (Pricing, Exposure, and Goals) that will allow you to:  Correctly define your FX goals Understand what type of exposure data you need to collect and process Select The best hedging program for your business. It’s an FX maste...

Send us Fan Mail When it comes to foreign exchange risk management, the most minor mistakes can end up costing your business. Even with the most solid strategy in place, wrong processes can trip treasurers up and create errors, frictions and a dent in your finances. But how can you avoid these high-priced problems? In this episode of CurrencyCast, Currency Management Expert, Nadia Corbett, joins A...

Send us Fan Mail Do you struggle with having a perfect match between your currency hedging position and the cash settlement of the underlying commercial exposure? We’ll let you in on a secret: most treasurers and finance teams do.  But how can you simplify this time-consuming and resource-intensive task? In this episode of #CurrencyCast, we’ll reveal why this is an important issue for treasurers,...

Send us Fan Mail Managing cash and liquidity is one of the core responsibilities of any treasurer or CFO. But is there a way to improve this process through more effective currency management? The answer is yes, you can.  In this episode of CurrencyCast, we look at the five key touch points between cash and FX risk management (from netting to forecasting) and how you can utilise currency managemen...

Send us Fan Mail In the first episode of our third season, Agustin Mackinlay explains why you need to stop using spreadsheets to manage currencies. He breaks down the dangers and pitfalls of spreadsheet risk and how it can slowly erode your FX risk management processes.  He’ll walk us through: What is spreadsheet risk Where this type of risk can arise in the currency management process How to mana...

Send us Fan Mail When it comes to FX hedging, what do you prioritise, hedging to protect your company's cash flows or to minimise P&L impact? And how do you know if you've chosen the right path?  In the fourth episode of our CurrencyCast: CFO Edition miniseries, we explore how senior finance professionals can establish the right approach when it comes to hedging and provide a step-by...

Send us Fan Mail How do you ensure that your treasury team's processes are optimised for efficiency? With demands on the corporate treasurer growing, so are expectations to do more with less, and many are struggling to keep up.  But where do you start in facilitating a more effective treasury? In the third episode of CurrencyCast: CFO Edition, we look at five improvements senior finance profe...

Send us Fan Mail When managing FX risk, CFOs could learn a lot from the world of asset management, where a revolution —led by indexing— has led to huge gains for investors.  But how can you apply this to your business's FX risk strategy? In the second episode of CurrencyCast: CFO Edition, we take a closer look at the key tools and processes used by the most successful companies in asset manag...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ As a CFO, you're aware of the advantages of FX hedging for treasury, but do you know about the macro-level benefits to your business and its value? In the first episode of our CurrencyCast: CFO Edition miniseries, we look at five ways effective currency management can positively impact your entire business, from reducing cash flow variability to increasing capital efficien...

Send us Fan Mail Since the pandemic, the role of the treasurer has become even more fundamental to business operations and health. However, with this increased importance comes increased expectations and pressure to perform. But how can a treasurer step up to this challenge and move from a number cruncher to a key business player with C-level influence? In this episode of CurrencyCast, Agustin Mac...