Autumn 2011
Treasury Pulse

Treasury Technology

An Integrated Approach to Treasury and Liquidity Management
The recent years of restricted access to bank-supplied credit lines — even for corporates that are fundamentally sound — have put the optimisation of internal operating cash and risk management at the top of their agenda. In response, Deutsche Bank has developed the Treasury platform — an integrated liquidity management module on Autobahn, the bank's award-winning electronic distribution service. [more]

Shared Service Centres

Payment and Collection Factories:
a Fast Track to Enhanced Efficiency

Payment/collection factories, a subset of the shared service centre model, offer corporates a significant opportunity to reduce costs and enhance efficiency. This article takes a closer look at this popular alternative to disparate and disjointed financial processes. [more]

Industry Event Recap

Five Trends in Corporate Treasury Management
A recent roundtable event for EMEA Finance brought together the heads of EMEA cash and trade from several global bank providers. Here's a recap of five trends they discussed, including the broadening role of the corporate treasurer and the rationalisation of treasury departments. [more]

Regional Trade Finance Report

Trade Finance in MENA:
Going from Strength to Strength

Despite the ongoing political uncertainty, the future of trade finance and cash management-related services in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region looks bright. This is reflected in the strong growth of corporates in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and United Arab Emirates and the resilience of intra-regional trade flows — not to mention the increase in trade flows between MENA and Asia. This surge in trade activity, which shows no sign of abating, is fuelling the corporate demand for sophisticated cash management and trade finance solutions to enhance supply chain efficiency. [more]
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