All posts by Helen King

By | October 14, 2024

A cash conundrum: money funds or bank deposits?

Today, corporate treasurers and cash management professionals face unprecedented challenges in the wake of high-profile banking crises and easing regimes embarked upon by the Federal Reserve and other developed market central banks. The pressure to optimise liquidity, yield and...

By | June 27, 2024

Implementing sustainable investment policy: a checklist for treasurers

Treasurers understand the importance of SLY (security, liquidity and then yield) when considering what to do with their surplus cash. However, there is increasing pressure to add ESG considerations into investment decisions and treasurers need to work out how...

By | December 11, 2023

2023 – the year in review

This time last year, we noted the disruption and uncertainty markets faced throughout 2022, as a decade-long, low-interest rate policy regime ended abruptly and fears of a recession loomed. Fast forward, and 2023 has been no less ‘interesting’ a...

By | November 3, 2023

The ‘how and why to’ guide to investment manager selection: it looks like a duck, but does it quack?

How does one select a money market fund manager? Is it who offers the best rates, a manager linked to a relationship bank, a manager NOT linked to a relationship bank or the one with the easiest onboarding process?...

By | October 13, 2023

Webinar: Navigating counterparty challenges – dynamic credit risk management

In today’s dynamic financial landscape, being well prepared and adaptable is essential for safeguarding your organisation’s financial stability This webinar is essential viewing for treasurers, financial professionals, and anyone interested in staying ahead in the world of credit risk management....

By | September 26, 2023

Bank credit: expert analysis is crucial to mitigate risk

Bank collapses in March 2023 brought the importance of credit analysis into sharp focus. Here, learn the fundamentals of bank credit analysis, which – when combined with investment guidelines – will offer a best-practice approach to mitigating credit risk...

By | July 7, 2023

Understanding liquidity and credit risk in a financial crisis

Recent turmoil in the banking sector, with the collapse of several banks in the US and Europe, has shone a spotlight on two key areas of risk for treasurers – liquidity and credit risk. Why?  Investments in short-term credit...

By | February 22, 2023

‘Treasurers have important role in journey to net zero’

If any treasurer required evidence that environmental, social and governance issues should be firmly on their agenda, it came at the recent ACT Treasury Forum, hosted in alliance with HSBC.