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Market practice harmonisation

June 4, 2007

Clive Triance, head of securities and fund services and direct custody and clearing, Europe, Middle East and Africa, at Citi, tells Heather McKenzie how the EU clearing and settlement landscape is moving towards better processing, increased efficiency and general market transparency.

Exhumed from the GSTPA’s ashes

December 5, 2005

Almost three years after the Global Straight Through Processing Association was binned, Swift is seeking to resurrect its vision. Will it be any better the second time around?

A function best left to the experts

August 2, 2004

Multinationals are more likely than ever to outsource their treasury operations to banks because of the growing regulation, cost and complexity of treasury management. Michael Imeson reports.

The magnetism of money-market funds

February 3, 2004

Treasurers’ use of money-market funds has grown in the US and, more recently but to a lesser extent, in Europe. William Essex looks at the latest innovations that are attracting treasurers to these products.

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