Corporate Cashflow Magazine articles from January 1990

Corporate Cashflow Magazine archives from January 1990

Postal slowdown forces rethinking of collection practices.
January 1, 1990... Postal slowdown forces rethinking of collection practices The U.S. Postal Service recently proposed major changes in its delivery standards which would slow most lockbox collections and re-open basic questions about how many lockboxes a...

Plain-vanilla issuers to gain when 144a liquifies private debt. (SEC Rule 144a)
January 1, 1990... Plain-vanilla issuers to gain when 144a liquifies private debt Traditionally illiquid private placements are about to undergo a fundamental change that could mean a strong secondary market for buyers and lower costs for some issuers. When...

Cashing in on current assets. (asset-based financing)
January 1, 1990... Cashing in on current assets In an age that has made "LBO" a household term, financial executives hardly need to be reminded that the assets of their companies have strategic value, and that it is naive and perhaps even dangerous not to...

Cashing in on corporate real estate. (includes related article on managing real estate)
January 1, 1990... Cashing in on corporate real estate In the 1990s, successful CEOs and CFOs will focus on shareholder value, cash flow and corporate profitability. Effectively managing corporate real estate will be vital to their success. Activist...

The right benchmark: trail to peak pension investment performance.
January 1, 1990... The right benchmark: trail to peak pension investment performance Why does so much effort go into creating, analyzing and maintaining investment benchmarks? Why do important financial organizations like Standard & Poors, Dow Jones, Shearson...

Timing cash flow: will finality changes delay funds availability?
January 1, 1990... Timing cash flow: Will finality changes delay funds availability? In the wake of several recent failures of financial institutions, the Federal Reserve Board is taking steps to define more clearly how risk will be allocated within the payment...

The 'gourmet' bites into medium-term notes.
January 1, 1990... The `gourmet' bites into medium-term notes Alan and I met at one of those trendy "California Cuisine" restaurants. "Lee, we feel interest rates are falling," Alan explained, between sips of his lime mineral water, "and management wants me to...

Zero-coupons spur convertible comeback.
January 1, 1990... Zero-coupons spur convertible comeback The market for new issues of convertible bonds is staging a comeback, spurred in part by Merrill Lynch's aggressive marketing of a type of "zero convertible" called liquid yield option notes (LYONs). ...

Congress loads agenda with pension reforms.
January 1, 1990... Congress loads agenda with pension reforms There was a time when you could determine a Washington lawmaker's attitude toward taxes and business by his party affiliation. As a rule, any Republican was pro-business and in favor of tax cuts. A...