Corporate Cashflow Magazine articles from August 1994

Corporate Cashflow Magazine archives from August 1994

Firms add domestic partner benefits for competitive edge. (Investments & Benefits)
August 1, 1994... In the struggle to compete for a better image, better talent and, ultimately, better market share, companies are turning to health care in a way currently overshadowed by congressional reform: domestic partner benefits. Susan Leahy of Blue...

Same-day sweeps undercut controlled disbursement. (Cash Management)
August 1, 1994... High-tech bank sweep accounts may be the cash investor's salvation in the downsized treasury. Because these new accounts are swept at the end of the day, virtually all of the available excess funds earn competitive rates of interest--for that...

What financial derivatives bring to pension portfolios. (Cover Story)
August 1, 1994... Derivative-based alternative investment strategies prove to be a mine field for some investment managers. To fund managers, they are a tactical financial management tool. To critics, financial derivatives have grown so rapidly they are becoming...

Treasury technology: improvements below the surface.
August 1, 1994... To the casual observer, the treasury management system of today looks the same as it has for the past few years. It runs on a desktop personal computer (PC). It handles the same treasury functions it did five years ago: bank information...

Shedding the old shell: the re-engineered treasury.
August 1, 1994... Like it or not, the re-engineered treasury department is coming, compelled by market competition, corporate-wide streamlining, technology and changes in our business culture. This fundamental change in the way treasuries define their role and...

Why digitization means dollars: the corporate stake in bank imaging.
August 1, 1994... Is image processing, long hailed as the next landmark in banking technology, just a back-office tool for banks, or will it change, in fundamental ways, the corporate services banks offer? Cost-conscious banks and their vendors have moved slowly,...

How RJRT uses imaging in disbursing/accounting. (R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.)
August 1, 1994... R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. uses image technology as a processing platform for its state-of-the-art disbursing/accounting (D/A) system. The imaging efforts have reduced operating costs by more than $600,000 a year. These savings will yield a 60%...

Liquidity moves that win the game: structuring a working capital loan portfolio.
August 1, 1994... In today's relatively low interest rate environment, corporate cash managers who are responsible for the working capital portfolio for their organizations have significant opportunities available to them. As the economic recovery revives...

Tracking debt, investments: treasur-ring. (Interview)
August 1, 1994... What are the most popular treasury systems for use in cash management and long-term debt portfolio tracking and monitoring? Tim Roberts, assistant treasurer, and Diane Heinauer, senior financial analyst, from the Salt River Project, Phoenix,...

Lending push by investment bankers to bring better prices. (Capital Ideas) (Column)
August 1, 1994... As commercial lending starts to boom again, a new group of lenders is entering the competition, trumpeting "one-stop shopping" for treasury managers seeking across-the-board financing. A few years after several major banks entered the field of...

Coalition plan could cut hazardous waste clean-up costs, litigation. (Washington Watch) (Column)
August 1, 1994... Everyone knows that cleaning up hazardous waste sites erodes balance sheets. The effects are so toxic that many corporate treasury managers try hard to make their insurers pay, while many insurers balk if pollution liability is not explicitly...

Planning, teamwork, get the job done. (Stepping Up) (Column)
August 1, 1994... Michael Keane, 38, was recently elected vice president and treasurer of Western Atlas Inc., Beverly Hills, CA, the $2-billion oil field information services and industrial automation systems business that formerly was part of Litton Industries...