Corporate Cashflow Magazine articles from April 1996

Corporate Cashflow Magazine archives from April 1996

Two vendor info networks boost electronic business. (ConnectUs database from Thomas Publishing Co. and GE Information Services)(Trends: Cash Management)
April 1, 1996... Moving "electronic commerce" from buzzword to operational reality is a formidable challenge. Barriers to the computer-to-computer exchange of purchase orders, invoices and payments have so far prevented firms from developing completely...

'Commissionaires' facilitate European treasury operations.
April 1, 1996... U.S. companies eager to expand in Europe increasingly are turning to independent third-party "commissioners" to handle customer orders and expedite delivery. This trend, which started in the late 1980s, has picked up momentum since 1992. ...

Problems stall use of electronic account analysis reporting.
April 1, 1996... Bank account analysis reports delivered in a computer-readable digital format instead of hard-copy printouts were heralded as an operational breakthrough when they first appeared, but performance has fallen short of expectations, many treasury...

Environmental peril likely in E. Europe acquisitions.(Trends: Risk Management)
April 1, 1996... Even though checking for environmental exposures before completing a merger or acquisition is now routine due diligence for many corporations, this issue still falls by the wayside sometimes -- a potentially dangerous oversight, particularly...

Demand for total benefits outsourcing outruns supply.(Trends: Investments & Benefits)
April 1, 1996... Total benefits outsourcing through a single vendor or a linked vendor network can help plan sponsors simplify their benefit operations, reduce costs, improve services and, in some cases, diminish fiduciary liability -- they can find a vendor...

Credit pros tap Internet for wealth of credit information.(Trends: Credit & Accounts Receivable)
April 1, 1996... Traditionally, credit pros rely on subscriptions to Dun & Bradstreet or TRW for commercial credit information. This information doesn't come cheap. After wages and benefits, the next largest credit department expense typically is the cost of...

Loans can restore liquidity: insurance captives offer buoyant risk financing. (includes related articles on Bermuda and Vermont captives, captive cash flow sample and captive operations techniques)(Cover Story)
April 1, 1996... Captive insurance companies originally were created to compensate for shortcomings in the traditional insurance market, particularly during cyclical "hard" markets when prices would skyrocket and availability would crumble. For the past...

Unintended consequences: why litigation reform strikes out with D&O underwriters. (directors' and officers' liability insurance)
April 1, 1996... Congress gave directors and officers of public companies an early Christmas present when it overrode President Clinton's veto of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Oddly, directors' and officers' liability insurance...

Dawn of electronic commerce: treasury managers' guide to profitable Internet uses.
April 1, 1996... "The most important sources of information for competitive advantage and strategic decision-making come not from internal data but from the outside world." The early 1990s were filled with the mantra of `re-engineering'--more often a...

Don't get pinched by the shakeout: how bank consolidation could squeeze the corporate cash manager.
April 1, 1996... To the treasury manager, the ideal cash management bank could provide services with consistent procedures and formats throughout the United States and, eventually, the world. Over the next five to seven years, interstate bank mergers and...

Beyond bank reports: sharpen cash forecasts by using operations data.
April 1, 1996... Quiz: Name the one place where you can find data to flag trends and changes in various working capital elements, such as stale inventory, slow accounts receivable collections or changes in sales or revenues. A. The boardroom B. The president's...

Booming Euro-MTN market source of funds for elite issuers. (European medium-term notes)(includes related article on EMTN market features)(Capital Ideas)
April 1, 1996... Now that medium-term notes (MTNs) have become engraved in the American financial lexicon (see "Flexible MTNs now fit any debt mold," Corporate Cashflow, February 1996, pp. 16-19), get ready for yet another acronym -- EMTNs, shorthand for...

Medicare reform: shaky alternatives to higher payroll tax burden.(Washington Watch)
April 1, 1996... Now that both Republican and Democrats want a balanced budget after seven years, the major sticking point is Medicare. How that issue is decided, probably after the presidential election, could profoundly affect corporate treasury management....

Segregated account no protection against default. (trading account)(Viewpoint)
April 1, 1996... Of all the fears and negative publicity surrounding commodity futures and derivative investments, the most common pitfall -- and the easiest to avoid but one that is often overlooked by almost everyone --is the counterparty risk inherent in a...