Treasury Talks podcast series

We are delighted to continue our Adam Smith Awards 2022 – A Winners’ Guide podcast series. In this second short episode our Publisher and Head of Operations, Meg Coates, talks through the new and enhanced categories for this year and hear from some of last year’s individual category winners. Nominations are now open and will close on 11th April. Find out more: https://treasurytoday.com/adam-smith-...

Risk continues to be top of every treasurer’s agenda. 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, making this an ever- increasing critical responsibility for the treasury function.

LAST EPISODE IN THE SERIES: This new category for 2021 addresses the emergence of digitisation. We have heard much about the fintech revolution, open banking, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, robotics, APIs, blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies. We look at companies which have moved beyond the ‘proof of concept’ stage and are now using one or more of these emerging fint...

This category is extended to include short, medium and long-term investments to showcase how organisations have optimised and/or diversified their investment portfolio, particularly important in a low/negative interest rate environment. We look at how they have addressed the trade-off between yield, liquidity, cash preservation and counterparty risk or perhaps considered ESG factors when investing...

Any company that has implemented a treasury solution, or is in the process of being implemented, in the Middle East and/or UAE qualified, including Shariah compliant/Islamic banking solutions. This could be a single country solution or span several countries across the region. Overall Winner – International Company for Water and Power Projects ACWA Power, Abdul Majid Syed, VP Financial Reporting,...

Standard Chartered’s Simon Derrick and Robert Newell discuss the key types of sustainable finance that treasurers should be aware of, the workload and risks to consider when embarking on sustainable finance initiatives, and the extent to which developments vary between different markets.

This new category recognises the challenges specifically posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We wanted to showcase the Herculean efforts that have been demonstrated as corporates respond to the demands of the new normal. There have been some extraordinary demonstrations of best practice that we feel deserve special recognition. Overall Winner – Balagopal Kunduvara, Divisional VP, Financial Services, S...

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 – Bridgestone, Julle Pederse...

This category recognises unique talent that is rising up the corporate treasury ranks. The individual may have excelled in a professional qualification and whose trajectory is impressive, with a bright and impactful professional future ahead of them. Perhaps a future Group Treasurer, Finance Director or CFO is identified here. Overall Winner – Mithun Gole, Vice President – Corporate Finance &...

In this new category we showcase any treasury solution across our broad range of mainstream categories that has been implemented, or is in the process of being implemented in the Americas. This could be a US or Canada only solution or perhaps involve Central America, Latin America or the Caribbean. Overall Winner – Marathon Petroleum Co, Kevin Kachur, Treasury Operations Supervisor and Jon Martin,...

We are delighted to launch our Adam Smith Awards 2022 – A Winners’ Guide podcast series. In this first short episode I will explain what the Adam Smith Awards are, why you should consider nominating and the key dates for your diaries. Nominations open on 31st January and will close on 11th April.

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 Asia’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...

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. Highly Commended Winner – NTT Data, Meredith Vance, Senior Vice President Treasurer

Treasury teams should explore cash segmentation strategies to balance their liquidity and working capital needs alongside investing for higher returns and diversification.  BlackRock’s James Morek and Brett Davis explain .

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 – HCSC Blue Cross Blue Shield, David Deranek, CTP – Director, Enterprise Treasury Operations and Julie Qualiato, CTP – Senio...

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. Overall Winner - Elanco Animal Health,...

In the 14 years the Adam Smith Awards programme has been running, we have presented just one previous Lifetime Achievement Award. This award, recognised by Treasury Today Group, is therefore a pretty rare occurrence. This year we are recognising someone who has made a huge contribution to one of the largest companies in the world. Very many congratulations on this most prestigious accolade. Overal...

Any solution which demonstrates how the company manages or forecasts its cash is recognised here. At the heart of treasury sits cash management and “Cash is King” is a frequently used phrase. This is therefore a consistently popular category amongst our nominees. Overall Winner – Dana Inc., Michael Lenaerts, Senior Manager of Finance, in partnership with J.P. Morgan. Highly Commended Winner – Cook...

This new category recognises the challenges specifically posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We wanted to showcase the Herculean efforts that have been demonstrated in response to the demands of the new normal. There have been some extraordinary examples of best practice that we feel deserve special recognition this year. Overall Winner – Avis Budget Group, David Calabria, Treasurer and SVP of Corpora...

Enno Dykmann, Treasurer of Alliander, and Geeta Sharma, Director, Portfolio Manager at BlackRock’s International Cash Business, discuss how treasurers can invest cash in a sustainable way, and how asset managers are incorporating ESG considerations into their processes.

In this year’s EMEA Forum, four experts discussed their career journeys and shared their insights on how to make the right decisions, take risks and switch between different disciplines. They also spoke about the importance of mentorship and sponsorship, and what hybrid working means for gender equality.

ASA 2021 Harnessing the Power of Technology - ICD version

Any company that has implemented a treasury solution, or is in the process of being implemented, in Africa qualified for this award. This might be a single country solution or perhaps span several countries across the Continent. Over Winner – MultiChoice Group Ltd, Jan Beukes, Group Treasurer, in partnership with Citi and Finastra. Highly Commended Winner – Microsoft Corporation, Rahul Daswani, Gr...

Overall Winner – Phung Ngo-Burns, Chief Accounting Officer & Treasurer, NexTier Completion Solutions. Highly Commended Winner – Nandini Mongia, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Prudential Financial, Inc. 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...

Overall Winner – NexTier Completion Solutions, Bernie Liu, Treasury Manager, in partnership with Citi. Highly Commended – Royal Palace Furniture, Suman Ghosh, CFO. This is another new category in 2021 to not only encompass cards but to recognise the emerging cash replacement solutions such as e-cash, digital currencies (crypto-currency/bitcoin) and e-wallets. Winning solutions, including virtual c...