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FX trends: searching for simplicity
To combat the overwhelming complexities of the fragmentation and customisation currently involved in trade, market players are looking for ways to simplify their FX processes. Rapid developments in technology and an availability of expert managed services providers are making this possible.
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Working capital: consistency is critical
What’s the biggest issue when it comes to working capital? It’s consistency, according to Gavin Swindell, Managing Director at REL Consulting.
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The missing links pt 2
Last week’s Insight looked at how one major bank will update its traditional supply chain finance (SCF) offer, alongside a more modern take on institutional funding. This week we consider a couple of SCF offers that take banks right out of the equation.
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Whatever happened to the Corporate Funding Association?
The concept of an innovative credit source offering diversification of funding for cash poor and risk adverse corporates should have been welcomed with open arms. But the Corporate Funding Association has suffered many obstacles on its implementation path. What impact has the delay in execution had on the initiative and what should the industry now expect from the project?
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The missing links
In many countries, the presence of supply chain finance is barely felt. Perhaps now is a good time to take a closer look at how it has developed in recent years.
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Is regulating alternative currencies really necessary?
In October the European Central Bank (ECB) published the first investigation by a regulatory authority into the so-called ‘virtual currency’ phenomenon.
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Five reasons why the cloud is your new best friend
Last week, Cisco Systems, the world's largest manufacturer of computer networking gear, announced its intention to acquire San Francisco-based cloud networking company Meraki for $1.2 billion. The practice of storing software applications in remote web-accessed data centres has become a worldwide phenomenon – and corporates are embracing the trend.
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Crossing the cultural divide: just lip service?
Against a backdrop of low interest rates and stagnant economic growth, multinational corporations (MNCs) in Europe and the US have increasingly been focusing on expanding their businesses in the more active emerging markets. But while expansion both into and out of Asia looks attractive, companies operating in the region and beyond must contend with a number of different challenges, not least that of language.
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LIBOR consultation on discontinuance of some rates – corporates using LIBOR should respond
The British Bankers Association has announced a short consultation on the proposed timescale for a phased discontinuation of certain LIBOR currencies and maturities in line with the sixth recommendation of the Wheatley Review.
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Stalling Germany may trigger euro downtrend
The euro hit a two month low against the dollar last week after new data pointing to a downturn in Germany reignited fears of a potential Eurozone break-up. But will the dark clouds now gathering over the German economy trigger a sustained downtrend for the seemingly gravity-defying currency?
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