Corporate Cashflow Magazine articles from June 1990

Corporate Cashflow Magazine archives from June 1990

IPO window opens a crack, pushed by institutional investors. (initial public offerings)
June 1, 1990... IPO window opens a crack, pushed by institutional investors The market for initial public offerings, at long last, is making a comeback. But no thanks to individual investors, once the backbone of the new-issue market. "They still won't...

Are your receivables a house of cards? Creditors' guide to pre-bankruptcy tactics.
June 1, 1990... Are your receivables a house of cards? Creditors' guide to pre-bankruptcy tactics The bankruptcy of a customer is always bad news for a trade creditor. Unfortunately, the bad news is getting worse. Bankruptcy still usually means...

Credit: a well-designed strategic plan puts one credit department on track for success. (credit department at Air Products and Chemicals Inc.)
June 1, 1990... CREDIT A well-designed strategic plan puts one credit department on track for success The familiar saying "If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there" fits many situations, including credit department...

Under new capital rules: bank moves to pump up ROE put pressure on prices. (return on equity)
June 1, 1990... Under new capital rules: Bank moves to pump up ROE put pressure on prices Not so long ago, relationships between corporations and their banks were nearly sacred, enduring covenants that could withstand adversity on either side. Such...

How to handle repos for best short-term returns. (security repurchase agreement)
June 1, 1990... How to handle repos for best short-term returns Attention to collateral coverage, safekeeping can ensure that repo investments don't boomerang If you actively invest corporate cash in the money markets and don't understand how repos...

The 1980s in Cashflow (Corporate Cashflow)
June 1, 1990... The 1980s in CASHFLOW CORPORATE CASHFLOW, now 10 years old, spanned the financially frenetic 1980s. Printed below are a few brief samples of what treasury managers were reading in CASHFLOW through the 1980s. Unless identified, the authors were...

Catching the wave. (Cashflow's start-up)
June 1, 1990... CASHFLOW's start-up Catching the wave Corporate treasury managers found something new in their mail late in the spring of 1980. Against a subdued color photograph of a sober figure contemplating the cooling towers of the Three Mile...

Muni package facilitates leveraged investing tactics. (municipal bond package) (profile of Residual Interest Bonds and Select Auction Variable Rate Securities)
June 1, 1990... Muni package facilitates leveraged investing tactics Today, Betty was giving some in-house training to the corporate services group about a new investment instrument that corporate treasury managers might find attractive. "Ladies and...

Proxy fights flourish as buyouts wane.
June 1, 1990... Proxy fights flourish as buyouts wane With the collapse of junk-bond financing, old-fashioned proxy battles for corporate control suddenly are back in vogue with a vengeance. "It's not only the number of proxy fights; it's the size of the...

Will pensions overshadow the S&L fiasco? (savings and loan)
June 1, 1990... Will pensions overshadow the S&L fiasco? Still appalled by last year's multibillion-dollar bailout of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. (FSLIC), lawmakers are listening closely to warnings that a similar debacle could befall the...