Capital MarketsESG
July 15, 2021

Taking Smaller ESG Steps, Bypassing the Green Bond Road (for Now)

Options in the ESG financing field range from CP to credit facilities, money-market funds and time deposits. Not quite ready to issue ESG bonds? Nearly half the assistant treasurers (ATs) in the projects and priorities session of a recent meeting of NeuGroup for Large-Cap Assistant Treasurers cited ESG as a top priority. However, most said their companies were not quite ready to issue an ESG-based bond and expressed interest in various ESG alternatives. Issuing an ESG bond requires significant legwork and…
CryptoRisk Management
July 1, 2021

In Creeps Crypto

While most companies aren’t directly involved in crypto yet, members expect questions and are looking for answers. In a twist providing insight into an increasingly important issue, assistant treasurers at a recent NeuGroup meeting pointed to a discussion about cryptocurrencies as one of their takeaways while saying digital currencies have not yet had an impact on their treasury departments.   Members of NeuGroup for Large-Cap Assistant Treasurers agreed that corporate higher-ups would almost certainly inquire soon about digital currencies and assets—one…
June 28, 2021

Real Talk About Real Treasury Use Cases for DLT and Blockchain

About this meeting Steer clear of a technical, utopian, or crypto asset-driven focus on distributed-ledger technology (DLT), and join a conversation with NeuGroup members and Standard Chartered product experts to talk about what real companies are doing with blockchain and DLT to improve their business, their bottom line, and even make new businesses or products possible. Registration link Standard Chartered experts will discuss frontline client solutions, blockchain product execution, and blockchain industry partnerships: What has been successful and why? What…
Capital MarketsRisk Management
June 17, 2021

How to Float the Interest Rate Boat When Fixed Rates Are So Low

Treasury teams making the case for floating-rate debt see commercial paper as a flexible tool to gain exposure. One of corporate treasury’s perennial challenges is determining the best ratio of fixed- to floating-rate debt, and that conundrum has been heightened by factors including record low interest rates and the significant debt companies took on last year. An assistant treasurer in a recent NeuGroup Assistant Treasurers’ Leadership Group (ATLG) meeting noted that efficient-frontier analysis suggests companies should hold a minimum 30% to…
June 1, 2021

RCF Renewals in the Post COVID

About this meeting Early on in the pandemic, companies were determined to bolster their balance sheets by tapping revolvers or looking for loans. What’s the thinking now? How has your bank group performed during the COVID-19 crisis? In the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic, the value of bank loan facilities put in place by corporates tanked by more than 50% to about $200 billion. In the first quarter this year, it topped $500 billion, above the level reached a year…