Treasury Matters

Financial insight from industry thought leader Joergen Jensen

A new powerhouse in corporate Treasury Systems?

Reval has just acquired FXpress. Is this the birth of a new powerhouse in the corporate treasury systems space?
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Banks are unprepared for the Payment Service Directive

A survey done by Accenture and Finextra finds that the new Payment Service Directive (PSD), that will take effect in November, will cost each bank between 1 and 20 million – which is not very much in my view.
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Transparency in derivatives please

The first Credit Default Swaps have now been cleared on a Central Counterparty (CCP).
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Will SEPA ever get off the Ground?

“Usually when you make designs by committee you end up with the lowest common denominator.”
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Cheques are a dying breed

Why keep them artificially alive?
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Is your data at risk?

Companies spend billions securing their data electronically; they employ advanced techniques and sophisticated software to guard against spying eyes and have audited processes to secure unauthorised access. Yet this is all to no avail.
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2009 budget destroys value

Two things caught my eye: A vehicle scrappage scheme and investments in green technology.
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Inflation, deflation or stagflation

Will rampant inflation return as governments worldwide spend like never before?
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Less cash to pay dividend

An interesting study conducted by the Georgia Tech Financial Analysis Lab suggests that we still haven’t seen the worst of the crisis.
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Don’t reject outsourcing!

Here we go again. Outsourcing is being blamed for all evils – or at least all unemployment.
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