Treasury Talks podcast series

Many corporates are exploring alternative sources of funding, diversifying and/or refinancing their funding sources. With an increase in M&A activity, we have seen many different types of funding submitted, whether a single transaction, or as part of a company’s overall debt strategy. Overall Winner – Liam Ó Caoimh, VP Treasury, The Adecco Group. Highly Commended Winner – Mustafa Koçar, CFO an...

This is a new category for 2022 which looks at sustainability and how corporate treasury can play it’s part in addressing ESG issues, climate change and CO2 emissions. Overall Winner – Alex Ashby, Head of Treasury, Tesco. Highly Commended Winner – Page Group. Their partner Karl Adams, ICD speaks about their winner collaboration and solution. Highly Commended Winner – David Hanhart, Senior Director...

This is the tenth year of our Women in Treasury EMEA Forum and our four experts discussed their career journeys and shared insights on how they have shaped their own leadership style. They also spoke about the efficacy of quotas and some of the enduring challenges for women in treasury including the stigma of maternity leave in the US, and concerns about returning to work after a break.

This is a new category for 2022 which looks at how company’s have implemented a treasury related solution, or is in the process of being implemented, in a single country or up to 4 countries and the challenges they have faced. Overall Winner – Greenlight Planet Kenya Ltd. Their partner Ferndinand Zaumu, Citi speaks about their winner collaboration and solution. Highly Commended Winner – Franca Aeb...

This is a new category for 2022 which looks at how companies address the emerging digital solutions. Overall Winner – Malcolm Grant, Chief of Treasury and Theresa de Gouveia, Senior Project Officer, International Organization for Migration. Highly Commended Winner – Alexander Van den Heuvel, Group Cash Manager, Richard Erven, Dealer Front Office and Ernst Janssen, Digital Treasury Manager, Royal D...

Standard Chartered’s Head of Client Analytics Oksana Pidkuyko explains how companies can navigate today’s heightened risks by developing hedging strategies that turn volatility into a friend rather than a foe.

This is a new category for 2022 which looks at how companies manage/forecast its cash, working capital and how it makes and receives payments whether in a single or multi-purpose solution. Overall Winner – Magnus Attoff, Head of Digital Transformation & Risk Management, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson with Raymond Pereira, Citi. Highly Commended Winner – Marc Parenteau, VP Treasury North Ameri...

This category looks at foreign exchange and could be the use of technology, a new process, change to a hedging strategy or a new FX requirement as a result of entering a new market or dealing with a new currency and/or client/supplier. Overall Winner – Karen Kong, Treasurer, Broadcom inc with Jason Li, J.P. Morgan. Highly Commended Winner – Jennifer Chisholm, Business Program Manager and Tasha Wes...

Treasury Today’s women in treasury initiative continues to go from strength to strength with the platform recognised in the 2021 Global Diversity List and now this year with our physical forums returning. We were excited to partner with Coupa on this special podcast episode to speak about the issues around gender equality and to discuss inclusion across the board. We also hear from Yang Xu, Global...

Our Woman of the Year category recognises a leading corporate treasury woman who demonstrates real innovation and professional achievement. Typifying the essence of Treasury Today’s Women in Treasury initiative, this award goes to those who, alongside their career journey, also dedicate themselves to inspire others, giving back and using their privilege and access to help other professionals along...

Trading internationally can be challenging and the past 12 months or so have really shone the light on supply chains. The buyer/seller relationship has never been more important and we have seen a number of innovative solutions emerge from distributor finance, pre-shipment finance and receivables discounting to forfaiting, factoring and payables finance. Overall Winner – Alan Chitty, Director of G...

Technology is a key component in many of the submissions we receive and is always a hotly contested category. We see projects ranging from the use of APIs and RPA to full-blown treasury technology transformation involving TMS and ERP integration and much more. Overall Winner – Nike. Their partner J.P. Morgan speaks about their winner collaboration and solution. Highly Commended Winner – Kellogg’s....

Our most prestigious and always fiercely-contested category. Here we recognise a corporate treasury team that has made an outstanding contribution to its organisation over the past 12-18 months. Overall Winner – AstraZeneca, Jonathan Slade, Group Treasurer. Highly Commended Winner – Prudential Financial, Nandini Mongia, Senior Vice President & Treasurer.

As real-time payments become a norm in Southeast Asia, corporate treasurers are revamping their financial processes to stay competitive.

As risk continues to be top of every treasurer’s agenda; our winners provide their solutions relating to all aspects of risk which arise in the corporate treasury arena. From foreign exchange risk, counterparty risk, commodity risk and interest rate risk to cyber risk, reputational risk and supply chain risk, all are covered here. It feels like corporates have never had more risks to manage, makin...

Here we recognise how these winners have optimised and/or diversified their short, medium and long-term investment portfolio whilst addressing the trade-off between yield, liquidity, cash preservation and counterparty risk. Looking at alternative investment vehicles and how they have overcome the challenges of low/negative interest rates and new regulations in the world of liquidity/money market f...

This is awarded to a company which is that little bit different, doesn’t quite fit one of the other categories and is recognised by our judges as a result of the specific field in which the company operates, the particular solution it has implemented or simply because it stands out as being different. This year’s Judges’ Choice award goes to the first company to allow investors to buy and trade sh...

Here we recognise an individual corporate treasurer who has made a real difference to their organisation. The person has demonstrated real innovation, achievement, leadership qualities, and someone who is a real inspiration to others. Our winner in 2022 has built a ‘best-in-class’ treasury function at his organisation during a career spanning over a decade of contribution across a broad range of t...

Employers offering full remote working have the competitive edge in today’s struggle for talent. Candidates with tech and AI skills are most in demand but movement across senior treasury positions is still slow. Mike Richards from The Treasury Recruitment Company talks to Sarah Rundell.

In this final episode we explain the criteria for entry, some tips to help you prepare your nominations and what our judges look for when making their decisions. Nominate now: https://treasurytoday.com/adam-smith-awards-asia

By combining banking, technology and innovation, SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation, investment and ventures arm, is creating new business models that are solving treasury’s most pressing challenges.

In this episode, Sophie Jackson, Publisher & Head of Strategic Content, explains the new and exciting award categories we have added this year. A full list of our categories and descriptions is on our website here: treasurytoday.com/adam-smith-awards-asia/categories

The Ukraine crisis, inflation and rising interest rates are all affecting the investment landscape. At the same time, money market fund reform is once again on the horizon in the US and Europe.  We hear from industry experts Whitbread Group, HSBC Asset Management and BlackRock to find out more about the factors shaping today’s MMF landscape and the possible impact of future reform.

This category incorporates any relationship (internal as well as external) managed by the treasury function, such as investor relations, employee relations, ratings agencies and procurement, in addition to the core bank and service provider relationships. Economic turmoil and the coronavirus pandemic have certainly focused minds on the value of relationships. Overll Winner – Hologic. Their partner...

We are delighted to begin our Adam Smith Awards Asia 2022 – A Winners’ Guide podcast series. In this first episode, Sophie Jackson, Publisher & Head of Strategic Content, explains what the Adam Smith Awards Asia are, why you should consider nominating and the key dates for your diary.  Nominations are now open and will close on September 5th.