There can be no doubt that today, corporate treasurers around the globe have major challenges: slow economic growth, fallout from Basel III, foreign exchange volatility and financial crisis regulatory overhang. Treasurers doing business in the U.S. face all these, as well as several issues unique to the U.S. market:
- Rising domestic interest rates
- New money fund regulations
- Collateral scarcity
- Reduced market liquidity
- Corporate tax rate imbalances
- Strong dollar
- Eventual unwind of the Federal Reserve’s swollen balance sheet
Read more to learn about how we see U.S. treasurers responding to these challenges in several ways:
• Expanding staff; doing more with more
• Optimizing technology
• Focusing on cash forecasting
• Updating policies and centralizing control