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Members share and learn their ESG and D&I experiences, showing a proclivity for the subject.   As social justice and environmental issues dominate headlines across the world with increasing frequency, many businesses have altered their strategies to embrace the movement toward a longer-term and more selfless approach.  NeuGroup members found that one of the factors driving the recent acceleration of these initiatives is the higher priority the Millennial and Gen Z generations place on these issues.NeuGroup for High Potentials (HiPo), comprised of our member companies’ most promising treasury professionals (typically those just below the level that typically participate in the core NeuGroup Peer Groups), recently met to share…

The latest in our look at fintech solutions for corporate finance and treasury. With everything going digital at a faster pace due to Covid-19, NeuGroup is connecting members with fintech solutions offering digital approaches to perennial challenges. By Treasurers, for TreasurersLast week’s example was a virtual interactive session looking at bond issuance via digital platforms, focusing on one solution backed by several NeuGroup member alumni. It is neatly differentiated from others in that it is created for corporate issuers and…

Though the fall meeting cycle is wrapping up, the NeuGroup Process continues. When the Covid-19 Pandemic upended the way businesses across the globe functioned, NeuGroup reacted quickly, utilizing digital meeting technology to keep the meeting cycle going. And even though the fully virtual 2020 H2 meeting cycle is nearly complete, that doesn’t mean members are waiting until the spring to resume sharing and learning with their peers. Through Virtual Interactive Sessions, peer groups are still connecting with one another and…

Team collaboration apps allow NeuGroup members to safely share and learn from a distance during the pandemic. Most forward-looking treasury professionals (like our NeuGroup members) have been using web-based team communication tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams and others for years. But the onset of Covid has expanded their use within corporate suites—and these days dining room tables—creating a unique test laboratory to explore how they might be incorporated even more into daily use. In addition to Slack and Teams, NeuGroup…

The European Treasury Peer Group uses digital meeting technology and a “speed dating” format to recreate networking opportunities in a meeting sponsored by Standard Chartered. NeuGroup’s European Treasury Peer Group met virtually this week for their second half meeting, and ended with a type of session new to this group: digital speed networking. After all the members had opportunities to communicate and speak with one another on curated topics that directly affect their current priorities, they had the opportunity to…

The NeuGroup for MNC CFOs for greater China meets in person for the first time in 2020. The first NeuGroup to meet again in real life took place last week in Shanghai. “It did feel like the old days,” as one member noted. Since COVID-19 has been effectively contained in China, members in Shanghai wanted to return to a “normal” meeting. Going around the table with projects and priorities sharing, indeed, felt like old times. A unique group As NeuGroup…

Alumni Zoom-ins to ‘20 Years of Tech20’ celebration tell the story of peer helping hands. By Joseph Neu. One truly special aspect of last week’s Tech20 Treasurers’ Peer Group 20th Annual Meeting, sponsored by MUFG, was the Alumni cameo Zoom-ins. Former members stopped by to share their favorite Tech20 memory, yet what came through most memorably is how the group helped them while they were members in treasury roles. With the success they were able to show as treasurers, they…

Members Share and Learn on Common High-Priority Issues in Perfect-Fit Meeting Agenda. At the start of last week’s meeting of NeuGroup’s Assistant Treasurers’ Leadership Group, members began by sharing their current highest priority projects with one another to see where everyone stands. And thanks to the member-led planning team, the many common threads that emerged among this conversation each had their own session in the meeting agenda, allowing time for members to share and learn in the NeuGroup Process. The…

NeuGroup kicked off the Tech20 Treasurers’ Peer Group 20th Annual Meeting last night with a comedy roast of two beloved members who are retiring from the group. Two beloved members of Tech20 are retiring from the group and were featured with jokes in a virtual comedy show to help kick off the 20th Annual Meeting of the Tech20 Treasurers’ Peer Group, sponsored by MUFG. The opening night also featured some special-guest alumni cameos that will continue throughout the meeting, which…

NeuGroup for Capital Markets recently embarked on its second meeting with discussions on ESG, the debt market, liquidity and more. The fastest-growing NeuGroup ever, the NeuGroup for Capital Markets, had its second-ever meeting via Zoom just over a week ago, with treasury professionals on debt capital markets teams sharing and learning with one another, sponsored by Deutsche Bank. After the first day of meetings, members had time to unwind and bond with one another in a virtual trivia contest, competing as teams…