Corporate Cashflow Magazine articles from December 1991

Corporate Cashflow Magazine archives from December 1991

Computer networks grasp savings thru off-exchange trades.
December 1, 1991... Computer networks grasp savings thru off-exchange trades Computer technology has created an electronic securities market that never sleeps and does not depend on the exchanges or the standard over-the-counter market. Buyers and sellers never...

Customized index funds now reflect investment styles.
December 1, 1991... Customized index funds now reflect investment styles Passive investing through index funds, a strategy popularized in the 1980s by low fees and bull markets, now can be done from a broad menu of index options. Pension assets invested in...

Planning can ease post-recession D&O increase blues. (directors and officers liability insurance market)
December 1, 1991... Planning can ease post-recession D&O increase blues As the recession squeezes corporate revenue and increases the number of bankruptcies, sometimes putting under the leveraged buyouts of the 1980s, litigation against officers and directors is...

Loan syndication grows for smaller, less risky markets.
December 1, 1991... Loan syndication grows for smaller, less risky credits Once the salvation of highly leveraged companies in the merger-mad 1980s, broadly syndicated loans (BSLs) are moving toward a less volatile market and attracting more conservative...

Wells push for all-fee payments could start trend. (Wells Fargo Bank)
December 1, 1991... Wells push for all-free payments could start trend Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, wants all corporate customers to pay for cash management services with fees instead of compensating balances. Although the trend away from balances and toward...

Hospital treasury gets clearer reports from software.
December 1, 1991... Hospital treasury gets clearer reports from software Customized spreadsheet-based software designed to generate reports from a centralized treasury department to corporate subsidiaries and affiliates is nothing new. However, one cash management...

Washington attacks credit crunch: will corporate borrowers benefit? (Cover Story)
December 1, 1991... Washington attacks credit crunch: will corporate borrowers benefit? Treasury managers who want to borrow more from banks than banks will lend them picked up vocal support this fall from President Bush, who blamed tightfisted bankers and the...

How smaller companies can get bank loans. (Cover Story)
December 1, 1991... How smaller companies can get bank loans As today's credit squeeze threatens to stifle business growth, the search is on, especially among middle-market companies, for banks that will lend. However, only part of the problem is finding a bank...

Electronic windows open access to varied banking information.
December 1, 1991... Electronic windows open access to varied banking information Banks are developing ways of allowing corporate treasury managers to access the information they need, when they need it. The primary technology for doing this is called electronic...

Integrated systems key to managing complex treasuries. (include related articles)
December 1, 1991... Integrated systems key to managing complex treasuries Competition and the globaliztion of markets put continued pressure on treasury to streamline operations and increase profitability. Treasury is aided by systems, initially developed to...

Cashing in on tri-party repos. (repurchase agreements)
December 1, 1991... Cashing in on tri-party repos To earn good investment returns on surplus corporate cash, treasury managers use an array of competing instruments. But one of the most liquid, most flexible investments - the repo - often is overlooked. ...

Escape from tax traps: tax-advantaged investments.
December 1, 1991... Escape from tax traps: Tax-advantaged investments In today's competitive environment, the corporate treasury staff needs to be aware of the full array of short-term investments that could provide their corporation with the best after-tax rate...

The investment columnist opens his mail. (Basis Points) (Column)
December 1, 1991... The investment columnist opens his mail We get letters. Gary in Los Angeles writes, "Your January and February |Basis Points' columns featured strategies to offset capital losses. Both were extremely helpful. My company has carried capital...

Specter of PGBC rate hikes haunts pension arena. (Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.)(Washington Watch) (Column)
December 1, 1991... Specter of PBGC rate hikes haunts pension arena Brace yourself for a stiff increase in insurance premiums for pension benefits now that a U.S. District Court has ruled the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. will have to stand in line with other...

Pension funds bring new cash to private placements. (Capital Ideas) (Column)
December 1, 1991... Pension funds bring new cash to private placements In the face of tight credit availability from traditional lending sources, treasury managers in need of financing may wish to tap the private placement market. It's not for everyone, but it's...

Tax payments: the cash we are not managing. (Viewpoint) (Column)
December 1, 1991... Tax payments: the cash we are not managing Cash managers like to deal in big numbers. Big numbers in mean big numbers out. The boss seems to like that. The stockholders seem to like that. Big numbers are fun. Here's a big number: $1.1...