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Treasury Is Becoming More Strategic — And Treasurers Know It

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New research from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) released Monday (May 22) found 80 percent of corporate treasurers agree the role has become more strategic in the last three years. The same amount of survey respondents also said the role of the treasury department will continue to devolve and become even more strategic.

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CFOs Failing Their Boards In Fraud, Risk Management

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Corporate treasury is now more strategic for the enterprise, meaning chief financial officers and treasurers must be close-knit with their organizations’ boards of directors. More than a third (36 percent) of survey respondents said fraud monitoring and risk mitigation are the areas in which CFOs are most falling short.

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Treasurers Understand — But Aren’t Living Up To — Rising CFO Expectations

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A new report from treasury management technology firm Kyriba and CFO Research Services offered CFOs a chance to lay out their wish lists for their treasurer peers, with chief financial officers pushing the treasury function to embrace a more prominent role.

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Tracking Treasurers’ Progress In Handling Greater Corporate Responsibilities

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In their Strategic Role of Treasury Survey , the AFP and Marsh & McLennan identified the forces pressing companies to shift the treasury department into a more strategic position. Other worries include supply chain disruptions, counterparty risk, loss or reputation and both commodity and personal risk.

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Corporate Treasurers, Treading Carefully Amid Regulatory Landmines

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The world of corporate treasury management has of late had to focus especially hard on the management portion of the job description. The reference work, says the company, helps inform treasury and risk professionals about technology and workflow, with an eye on trading, risk controls and compliance.

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Payments Acceleration Shifts The Risks For Buyers And Suppliers

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Research from Atradius released in 2016 found that risks down the supply chain are 75 percent higher than they were pre-financial crisis. The risk for us is if the customer is not happy with the product and wants to return it, but if the supplier has gone bankrupt, we have to accept the return and give the money back,” he explained.