Corporate Cashflow Magazine articles from January 1991

Corporate Cashflow Magazine archives from January 1991

Bank moves to export back-office processing makes treasurers wary. (Cash Management)
January 1, 1991... Bank moves to export back-office processing make treasurers wary Outsourcing is causing a quiet revolution in corporate banking services. While the trend for banks to farm out back-office processing to third parties may be theoretically...

Choice of banks tops treasury agenda for Europe 1992. (Cash Management)
January 1, 1991... Choice of banks tops treasury agenda for Europe 1992 The coming of Europe 1992--when financial and trade barriers within the European Economic Community will be removed--officially entered phase one of its implementation last July. It promises...

Employer follow-up programs reduce workers' comp costs. (Risk Management)
January 1, 1991... Employer follow-up programs reduce workers' comp costs As the number and size of worker's compensation claims continue to grow, risk managers are getting tired of waiting for state legislatures to solve the problem and coming up with inventive...

Barter financing leverages capacity in cashless deals.
January 1, 1991... Barter financing leverages capacity in cashless deals When access to most forms of traditional capital is drying up, any new source of financing is welcome. To raise capital without diluting the stake at present shareholders, adding debt to the...

Cash balance pension hybrid provides best of both worlds.
January 1, 1991... Cash balance pension hybrid provides best of both worlds While firms debate the merits of defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans, consultants are pushing a plan that incorporates features of both. Some call it a cash balance...

Managed care plan cuts $20 million from utility's health bills. (Southern California Edison)
January 1, 1991... Managed care plan cuts $20 m illion from utility's health bills A comprehensive managed health care plan started in 1989 by Southern California Edison is expected to save at least $150 million in projected corporate health care costs by 1992. ...

Turning the tables: how to walk away with bank credit.
January 1, 1991... Turning the Tables: How to walk away with bank credit Banks will lend you money only if you can prove you don't need it. While this old saying contains an element of truth, it still is possible to negotiate useful bank financing. Success...

Deleveraging: relief from a big-debt hangover. (includes related article)
January 1, 1991... Deleveraging: relief from a big-debt hangover They sang a new song at this year's High Finance Ball. With apologies to Cole Porter, investors serenaded the leading balance sheets with, "It's delightful, it's delicious, it's deleveraged."...

Stop counterfeits. (check validation systems)
January 1, 1991... Stop counterfeits When checks you never wrote start showing up among your disbursements, you have a problem, one that more and more treasury managers are facing due to a recent spin-off of the PC age--fraud by computer-created counterfeit...

Making EDI work: how three companies did it.
January 1, 1991... Making EDI work: How three companies did it Money always complicates things. For several years, the use of non-financial EDI has been on the rise, saving companies considerable effort and expense in ordering, invoicing and exchanging...

Generating capital gains: a preferred solution. (Basis Points) (column)
January 1, 1991... Generating capital gains: a preferred solution Those of us who live on the West Coast but make our livings tied to the East Coast capital markets must pay a price. My payment is collected daily at 4:00 a.m., when my alarm intrudes on my...

Clash of the titans imperils treasury operations. (Treasury Technology.)
January 1, 1991... Clash of the Titans imperils treasury operations Since the IBM PC first was introduced in the early 1980s, an estimated 250,000 IBM or IBM compatible machines have been installed for use in treasury departments of U.S. corporations, according to...

Getting a loan when you bank says no. (Capital Ideas) (column)
January 1, 1991... Getting a loan when your bank says no Many small and medium-sized companies find themselves shut out of today's commercial bank lending market as banks tighten restrictions in the face of an impending recession. Those businesses still can...

Budget accord goes easy on business - this year. (Washington Watch) (column)
January 1, 1991... Budget accord goes easy on business--this year Many corporations think they dodged a bullet. While damage to U.S. business interests from the 1991 budget accord may be minor, corporate treasury officials still will need to make some changes in...

Lyon constructs a hedge portfolio. (William Lyon Co.) (Artful Hedging)
January 1, 1991... Lyon constructs a hedge portfolio Interest rate volatility can affect more than a company's borrowing costs or investment yields. In many industries, including real estate, manufacturing and financial services, interest rate fluctuations also...