The Big Bluff

Too many financial professionals grossly underestimate the vagaries of the stock market, to the detriment of investors.

How do corporate treasurers manage risk in challenging economic times?

A highly anticipated and well-attended session at EuroFinance's annual flagship conference in Vienna brought together leading corporate treasury executives to discuss how to manage risk in challenging economic times.

How the regulatory wave in banking will hit treasurers

Bank regulation has come a long way. The perceived lesson of the financial crisis, namely that banks’ insufficient capital buffers were one catalyst, has spawned a wave of rules, ratcheting up the amount of equity banks must hold against their loans. While these new rules have undoubtedly shored up global financial stability, recent developments have also demonstrated that they raise a host of challenges for corporate treasurers.

Swiss banks try to raise homegrown fintech startups to global stage

There are 160 fintech startups in Switzerland—a number that is growing steadily. But Swiss startups, finance focused or otherwise, have historically struggled with international growth, lacking a real incentive to think beyond their borders.

Room to improve: Better banks need better innovation

Facing low interest rates, deleveraging, recurring scandals and increasing capital requirements, banks have struggled in recent years.

Crunch time for the ECB: Should it go for growth or push for safety?

Something is very wrong in Europe; unemployment floats near all time highs in the history of the single currency and the euro zone’s economic growth remains meagre at best.

Central Banks feel the heat

Central banks - particularly the Fed and the ECB - have been garnering unprecedented headline attention as investors and policy makers look to monetary stimulus to repair the damage to the global economy.

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