by Brian Weeks | Feb 8, 2024 | Replays, Webinars
All excellent companies are intentional in optimizing working capital. Technology can be an important tool in working capital initiatives, whether through driving up efficiency in the cash conversion cycle (CCC) or by offering supply chain finance (SCF). This webinar will cover SCF and CCC automation solutions, explaining what they do, the factors driving their adoption, different SCF models, and the leading practices for implementing these types of solutions. This includes a discussion of working capital councils, eliminating competing KPIs, and improving supplier participation.
by Brian Weeks | Jan 11, 2024 | Replays, Webinars
Many treasury departments cope with high levels of complexity surrounding their bank data and payments. As companies grow, this complexity can quickly become too difficult to manage with portals and manual processes. This webinar will discuss how treasury aggregators (TA) address complexity by automating time-consuming tasks and supporting efficient and controlled operations. Additional topics will include the role of a treasury aggregator within the larger treasury technology landscape, factors affecting the future of treasury aggregators, and leading practices for successfully implementing a TA.
by Brian Weeks | Dec 22, 2023 | Replays, Webinars
In this webinar in the Short-Term Investing Series, Federated Hermes and Strategic Treasurer will discuss the Federal Reserve’s recent actions and the implications this has on short-term investing. After holding rates steady again in December, and with the Fed now telegraphing an expectation of moving to three rate decreases in 2024, it is important to act wisely. Join the dialogue the day after the Fed’s January policy meeting to hear key factors that can be used to calibrate actions and decisions for investors in pursuing attractive returns in this environment.
by Brian Weeks | Dec 18, 2023 | Replays, Webinars
Treasury has a heavy focus on ensuring the organization has adequate liquidity. Accounts receivable (AR) plays a vital role in ensuring cash is collected quickly and consistently. The abilities of the order-to-collect team to 1) make better credit management decisions, 2) speed up collection activities, and 3) process payments more accurately and efficiently drive better results for both AR and treasury. This webinar discusses how the AR function can and must help deliver on the overall financial commitments that are needed to reach the working capital and liquidity targets of the organization.
by Brian Weeks | Dec 8, 2023 | Replays, Webinars
The Liquidity Risk Survey was first run in 2011, probing treasury and finance practitioners on their views surrounding managing liquidity, investing, borrowing, and various risks. This webinar will cover highlights from the survey’s most recent iteration. With a total of 11 years of longitudinal data, the webinar will consider shifts over time in areas such as counterparty exposure monitoring, investment vehicle use, ESG programs, the relative prioritization of safety, liquidity, and yield, and more.
