TREASURY ALLIANCE GROUP PUBLICATIONS

Treasury Alliance Partners author articles and presentations on cash, payments, risk, structures and technology.  A selection of their work is described on the right; copies can be downloaded in Adobe pdf format.

CASH

1. Global Cash Management Banking in Risky Times by Susan Hillman deals with bank relationship management and how companies are allocating their banking business in risky times. 81K pdf.
2. International Services Pricing – Demystified is a copy of a presentation by Dan Blumen at the 2009 Windy City Summit. The presentation was designed to help corporate negotiate a minefield of terms, service descriptions, regulations and banking customs to acquire banking services outside of the US. 137K pdf.
3. The Request for Proposal Process: A Treasurer's Guide outlines the RFP process, its essential elements and the project administration requirements. It's designed to provide the corporate treasury professional with a guide to successfully initiating, managing and completing an RFP. 366K pdf. View a recording of a Webinar on this topic and download a copy of the slide presentation.
4. Surviving a Cash Crunch contains slides from the Webinar delivered on November 13, 2008. 186K pdf.
5. Bank Selection and Relationship Management is a recent presentation by Mark Webster and Dan Blumen. 488K pdf.
6. The Weakest Link: What to Do When Auctions Fail? This is a reprint of a recent article on Auction Rate Securities appearing in International Treasurer. 64K pdf.
7. Pain in the ARS was delivered in the May 23, 2008 Webinar. 321K pdf.
8. Cash Management in China is an article written by Dan Blumen and Susan Hillman for the Asia Treasurer's Handbook (produced by the Association of Corporate Treasurers ) that covers the key issues associated with management cash in China. 48K pdf.
9. Customer Information Programs and the USA Patriot Act provides the regulatory and institutional background surrounding the increased complexity of opening a bank account in the US following implementation of the USA Patriot Act. 26K pdf.
10. Integrating Treasury and Financial Reporting deals with the differences between treasury and accounting data and the need to integrate the two. 205K pdf.
11. Cash Pooling White Paper outlines the approaches and benefits of cash pooling. 125K pdf.
12. Managing Treasury and Tax in Brazil offers logical tax and treasury strategies that make sense in the regulatory environment of Brazil. 50K pdf.
13. The Best Way to Find the Best Bank may not always be through an RFP. Published in International Treasurer. 50K pdf.
14. Five Steps to Excellence in Cash Forecasting outlines five key steps that can ensure excellence in cash forecasting. 19K pdf.

PAYMENTS

1. Check Conversion 101: ARC, BOC and POP. This presentation was made in the accompany the April 11, 2008 Webinar. 616K pdf.
2. Download Enterprising Payments (651K pdf) and listen to the audio of the presentation (3,748K wma).
3. Check Truncation versus Conversion deals with the differences between Check 21 and ARC. 769K pdf.
4. Download Check Truncation vs. Conversion (1,259K pdf) and listen to the audio of the presentation (3,168 wma).
5. Payments as a Broken Market looks at payments from a strategic perspective and the challenges this presents to corporations and banks. 383K pdf.
6. Innovative Payments Techniques examines trends and key issues in payments. 1467K pdf.
7. Check 21 - A Corporate Perspective explains Check 21, its impact on the banking system and the issues it presents to corporations. 450K pdf.

RISK

1. Disaster Recovery. This is a presentation was given in the August 15, 2008 Webinar. 147K pdf.
2. Assessing Risk in Latin America. This article, by Susan Hillman and published in Latin Finance, discusses the environment in a number of Latin countries and a general approach to risk management for the region. 52K pdf.
3. Control, Risk and Fraud contains the slides used by Mark Webster and Dan Blumen in their February 26 webinar. 438K pdf.
4. Fraud is a presentation given to the NEOTMA Idea Exchange covering trends and best practices in fraud for treasury professionals. 796K pdf.
5. The Patriot Act is a presentation given to the Tampa Bay AFP on the Act and its implications. 441K pdf.
6. Five Step Program to Risk Management Health outlines five simple steps that can provide a solid foundation for the overall corporate risk management process. 46K pdf.
7. Global Treasury Risks - and how to avoid them is a presentation given by Dan Blumen at TMANE 2007. 314K pdf.
8. Payments Risk Management is a presentation given by Mark Webster at the International Payments Institute. 146K pdf.

STRUCTURES

1. Centralizing Latin Treasuries published in Latin Finance, covers the key issues in treasury centralization in Latin America . 169K pdf.
2. Implementing a Regional Treasury Structure describes the reasons, issues and practical steps in implementing a regional treasury. 399K pdf.
3. Euro-Centralization Handbook published in International Treasurer offers an approach for the review (or the creation) of the optimal liquidity structure in Europe . 54K pdf.
4. Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance reviews compliance issues beyond Section 404 and the implications for Treasury. 62K pdf.
5. Back to Basics - The Effect of Transfer Pricing describes the need for Treasury to be involved in transfer pricing strategies. 1,717K pdf.

1. A Strategic Approach to Treasury Technology is a brief paper that describes how taking a strategic approach to technology can improve the effectiveness of your treasury.
2. Strategic Approach to Corporate Treasury Technology contains slides from the Webinar delivered on April 4, 2008. 191K pdf.
3. Treasury Dashboard is an example of an online flash report that can be used to provide treasury stakeholders with key metrics. 47K pdf.
4. Treasury Automation helps readers assess automation requirements in view of current options. 80K pdf.
5. Cashflow Forecasting: Old Problem - New Solution is a White Paper that outlines the benefits applying Business Intelligence tools to the forecasting challenge. 133K pdf.
6. Treasury Systems Benchmark Report summarizes key findings on systems and staffing at multinational companies. 306K pdf.