TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT: Blogger and contributing writer Karen Kroll supplies the Business Finance community with reporting and commentary examining cash management and treasury-related topics. Karen earned a BS in Business Administration from Valparaiso University and an MBA in finance from the University of Washington.
Specialist software firms continue to make a strong case for selective investments. Survivors of the tech freeze will be around for some time to come as the economy thaws.
If your firm has been waiting to globalize its finance department, you should not hold out any longer. At least that's the conclusion of several recently conducted surveys.
Capital marketing execs expect the number of companies going public to increase this year, particularly among technology, energy, and bio-tech firms. The companies will likely be larger than in past years, with an average deal size of $400 million.
Companies are keeping their focus on cash management as they navigate the economic downturn and credit crunch. According to an Aberdeen Group study, more than eighty percent of the finance execs who participated reported that their firm's focus on cash management had increased over the past 12 months.
In an effort to determine just how the recession and stubborn credit environment has impacted treasury operations at organizations around the country, Business Finance magazine conducted an online survey of its readers. We broke down our findings into these easy-to-process charts.
Many treasury pros' lists of New Year resolutions for 2010 will include an inspection tour of their anti-fraud fortifications. The outlook on the payments front is good, but even low-risk payment processes may need a bit of shoring up.
Moves by the British government last week to break up some of the biggest financial institutions in the country are bound to increase pressure on Congress to do the same for giant U.S. banks.
