Understanding Carry Trades and How They Can Be Used: A Guide for CFOs and Treasurers
Understanding the intricacies of various financial strategies is paramount for CFOs and treasurers. One such strategy is the carry trade, a concept that can significantly impact corporate finances and investment portfolios. Why carry trades matter today Interest rate differentials have been relatively subdued since mid-2023 following a period of significant tightening by central banks globally. […]
How Connected Cash Can Help Stop Grey Rhinos in Their Tracks
If cash is the lifeblood of a business, then treasury sits at its heart – and the treasurer is the one with their finger on the pulse. But today’s treasury leaders have myriad challenges to contend with and must upskill their teams and upgrade their technology in order to keep the corporate entity’s ‘blood’ flowing […]
How CFOs Can Mitigate Risk Amid Global Economic Uncertainty
If there is any certainty, it is uncertainty. And uncertainty is seemingly the theme for 2024 thus far. With the sad collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore Harbour on March 26, supply chain disruptions are once again in the news alongside continued discussion as to whether inflation is under control and if […]
Risky Business
Outlook on Corporate Credit Quality Following a year of economic growth concerns, sticky core inflation, increasing interest rates, and a rash of bank failures, treasurers have been acting as corporate risk firefighters, mitigating the impact of tumultuous events on their organisations’ bottom lines. The past 18 months have seen the global economy enter an environment […]
Why Investors Need Climate Change Probabilities Not ‘Certainties’
Current climate-change scenarios, while effective for policy development, are of little use to investors, and could even be increasing jeopardy. TMI talks to a climate risk scientist from the EDHEC Risk Climate Institute about the issue, and a possible solution. The precision with which financial projections based on climate-change scenarios have been presented is dangerous, […]
Testing the Future: FX Scenario Modelling for All
Effective control of foreign transaction fee budgets means FX scenario modelling. Danny Ross, Managing Director, Argentex, a global payment and currency risk management specialist, tells TMI why. Every business setting cost pricing or managing its budget with foreign transaction fees should at least consider implementing FX scenario modelling into its financial strategy. But according to […]
