Treasury Talks podcast series

This was a new category in 2020 to respond specifically to the challenges faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We wanted to recognise the Herculean efforts that have been demonstrated as you respond to the demands of the new normal. There have been some extraordinary demonstrations of best practice that we feel deserve special recognition, this year including one company which switched its entire p...

How is technology supporting the evolving role of the treasurer? And how can treasurers tap into everything from AI and data analytics to AML solutions as they take on a more strategic position within their organisations? In a recent virtual roundtable held by Treasury Today and the Bottomline TreasuryXpress team, industry experts discussed the latest developments in this podcast.

In the first of a series of three podcasts, Standard Chartered’s Steve Pairman, Head of Cash Product, UK and Marion Reuter, Regional Head of Transaction Banking Sales, Europe discuss the transformational role of digitisation and the key aspects treasury teams need to get right.

Overall Winner – Hetero Labs Limited, Dr. Vamsi Krishna Bandi, in partnership with Standard Chartered. This is awarded by our judges to recognise a project or solution that demonstrates something particularly special, outside of our defined categories. It could be something not seen previously or, as is the case this year, an innovative response to the specific challenges posed by the global COVID...

This category looks across the range of the E, the S and the G. We focus on sustainable projects including the finance related to the mitigation of and/or adaptation to climate change/CO2 emissions as well as investment strategies which incorporate ESG/CSR factors and solutions which relate to the achievement of sustainability-linked KPIs.

Efficient working capital is a key challenge for corporates of all shapes and sizes. This is all about improving key performance indicators of DPO, DSO, DIO, DWC and the cash conversion cycle. Overall Winner – PTT Exploration & Production Public Co. Ltd., Anutra Bunnag, in partnership with Bank of America. Highly Commended Winner – Sanofi S.A., Jackson Xu, in partnership with Citi. Highly Comm...

What does responsible investment mean to treasurers? Which factors are driving change in this area? And what sort of terminology should treasurers be aware of? Joshua Kendall, Head of Responsible Investment Research and Stewardship at Insight Investment, shares his views in the first of a series of three podcasts.

Technology is a key component in many of the submissions we receive and this 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/ERP integration and much more. Winner – Alibaba.com, Issac Chen, in partnership with J. P. Morgan. Highly Commended – Dairy Farm, Leslie Chan and May Lee, in partnership...

Payables are key to any business. How do companies negotiate improved payment terms with their suppliers? We have seen an increase in the use of shared service centres and payment factories in recent years, and Payment-on-Behalf-of structures are a lot more common now. We also look at how companies manage their accounts receivables, including reconciliation. As with payments, we are now seeing Col...

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. It feels like corporates have never had more risks to manage, making this an ever- increasing critical responsibility for the treasury function.

Here we look at liquidity solutions such as cash pooling structures. Some are single country/single currency, whilst some corporates have implemented multi-country/multi-currency and even cross-currency arrangements which “follow the sun”, and one which goes ‘against the sun’ yet still respects value dating across time-zones.

Cyber-security continues to be a major issue for companies of all shapes and sizes with most household names having been victims of cyber-crime past, present and future. We look here at how an organisation is mitigating the threat of a cyber-attack.

This category looks at foreign exchange and solutions that have responded to the ever-evolving challenges this area poses to corporate finance professionals. From technology to new processes, 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.

SWIFT’s global payments innovation (gpi) is arguably its most successful initiative for decades. With the gpi for corporates offering gathering pace, is it all it can be? In this Treasury Today podcast we’ll be exploring the latest developments with Eric Bayle, Director – Head of Global Transaction Banking, UK, Societe Generale, and Marc Delbaere, Global Head of Corporates and Trade, SWIFT.

Earlier this year, we attended the Treasury & Finance in Africa Conference, run by Eurofinance, where we were able to catch up with Bohani Hlungwane, Regional Head of Trade and Working Capital at Absa Group to discuss the African Continental Free Trade Area and what it means for treasurers already in the region, and those looking to enter it.

The Women in Treasury US Forum 2020 featured a vibrant and insightful virtual panel discussion with four leading industry speakers, providing a lively debate of some of the key topics highlighted by the respondents of our Women in Treasury Global Study 2020, in association with State Street Global Advisors.

We are delighted to launch our Adam Smith Awards 2021 – A Winner’s 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 25th January and close on 12th April 2021.

The Women in Treasury EMEA Forum 2020 featured a vibrant and insightful virtual panel discussion with four leading industry speakers, providing a lively debate of some of the key topics highlighted by the respondents of our Women in Treasury Global Study 2020, in association with State Street Global Advisors.

In this Episode, we explore the new categories we have added this year. A full list of categories can be found online at treasurytoday.com. Nominations are now open and will close on 12th April 2021.

In this, our first edition of the Treasury Talks podcast created in partnership with the Singapore Association of Corporate Treasurers, we hear from some of the country’s leading treasury professions who talk about the treasurers changing role and highlight the skills you need to be a successful treasurer today.

In our second instalment of the Treasury Talks podcast series, we revisit the global financial crisis of 2007/2008 and hear from Roman Kozhan, Professor of Finance at Warwick Business School on why the crisis happened. Then, Jim Colby, Assistant Treasurer at Honeywell and Fred Schacknies, ‎SVP & Treasurer at ‎Hilton Worldwide detail their experiences during the crisis, document the impact it h...

Treasury Talks sits down with Royston Da Costa, Assistant Group Treasurer at Ferguson to talk about the technological revolution in treasury. Royston candidly shares his views on the impact that technology is having on his treasury department and what technology he wants to see develop and come into treasury departments in the near-future.

In this special Women in Treasury podcast in our Treasury Talks series, we are joined by Meg Coates, Joint Publisher & Head of Operations at Treasury Today, Frances Hinden, VP Treasury Operations at Shell, and Yeng Butler, Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Cash Business at State Street Global Advisors, as they discuss the Women in Treasury 2018 Annual Global Study results.

In recent years, the focus on sustainability has been growing in popularity across the globe. With treasurers facing increasing pressure to imbed sustainability principles to support and drive their corporate’s strategy, the sustainability agenda sees no sign of abating. In the latest podcast with Treasury Today, we caught up with two pioneers leading the sustainability charge - HSBC and the Repub...

Managing over 30,000 FX spot, forward, and swap transactions worth over US$1trn a year, Shell’s existing FX management system was in desperate need of an upgrade. In the latest podcast with Treasury Today, Shell explains how a successful partnership with Bloomberg has resulted in a best-of-breed FX solution which helps manage its FX transactions.