Western banks under threat from Chinese dragons
American banks are still the most valuable in the world, but Chinese competitors are hot on their tail, according to a new ranking of the world’s financial institutions.
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On the priority agenda for Treasurers in the Basel III era: formal professional technical training
Asset-liability management (ALM) is the core discipline in banking, and one that must be mastered by every bank, irrespective of its business model, product suite or customer franchise. The lack of training options fails to reflect this, says Professor Moorad Choudhry.
$2 billion investment in payment technologies strengthens the old guard
Venture Capitalists invested $2 billion in emerging payment technologies between January 2013 and July 2014 – but for card companies, this is a good thing.
The cryptoconomy will not be at the expense of traditional finance
The finance world has long eyed cryptocurrencies with suspicion, but these will not flourish by directly challenging traditional banking and payment functions, according to experts.
Four essential features of a risk management system
Currency volatilities and plummeting oil prices are just some of the market forces that have recently brought risk management to the fore in many organisations.
Grexit possible but unlikely, says Moody’s
Credit rating agency Moody’s has said that political turmoil and early elections in Greece have raised the chance that the country could leave the Eurozone – but this remains a low risk.
Mid-sized corporate issuers most at risk in 2015
This year, the biggest headaches for corporate issuers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa will be geopolitical risks, fears over deflation and weaker growth prospects, says the latest report from Fitch Ratings.
German exec pay catching up with UK
The UK and the US may be famous for over-inflated CEO pay packages, but now it seems that the pay of top-level German managers is outflanking the Brits.
The Tory triple threat to the City of London
Anti-EU and anti-immigrant rhetoric will hurt Britain, concludes a new report commissioned by Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.
The Big Three: Treasury technology trends for 2015
The role of the treasurer is changing faster than ever before – and the technology that they use will have to keep up. Here are our three major predictions for treasury technology in 2015.
