Perfect Timing for Procuring Cash Management

Now banks want to return to basic and increase the fee based business the want to do with they corporates. This means that for procuring and setting up new bank account and cash management structures – now is the time to do it. Treasurers all over experience this situation. Just remember to share the fee based business (your “wallet”) to those banks who commit their balance sheet to you.

A Bucket of Junk

A bucket of junk is always a bucket of junk. In the eyes of the regulatory bodies a bucket with a little junk is still a bucket of junk but if it is filled to the rim with junk it could be rated as almost investment grade. If that's not a folly, what is?

Basel II has created a collateralized attitude to risk management.