Chinese New Year celebrations unfortunately are being overshadowed this year by virus fears, but let’s not let fear get in the way of embracing the start of the Year of the Rat on January 25 and what it stands for. The rat is the first of the 12 animal cycles, so it represents renewal and new beginnings. This seems very appropriate for the start of a new decade. 2020 is the Year of the Metal Rat so it is a…

On February 4th, we are facilitating a knowledge exchange meeting for a small group of treasurers at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, TX. We will be meeting in the post-game interview room. If those walls could talk. This is a unique opportunity to get invaluable feedback from peers on what you’re working on to both spur innovation and validate best practice. Since every NeuGroup meeting starts with a projects and priorities discussion, you can learn what peers are working on and…

Expanding our reach further, we were recently able to bring the NeuGroup Process and facilitation experience to the CFOs of the SoftBank Vision Fund I. We believe it’s a one-of-a-kind peer group and my thanks to Navneet Govil for having the vision to bring NeuGroup to help facilitate its first Finance summit, FinConnect 2019. It was great to personally moderate sessions on Aligning Finance with Global Expansion Strategy and Digital Transformation in Finance, but even better to allow the CFOs…

Today marks the official relocation of NeuGroup HQ back to NYC from Katonah. It’s been 17 years since we’ve operated from Manhattan and it is great to be back! A big city is called for to realize the full potential of our vision to connect every financial professional who wants to share and learn and build upwards with new additions to our team. We are now just a few blocks from all the major banks in midtown, so if you’re in our…

Anne Friberg really ups the ante on activities with #neugroupfxmpg2. No axe to grind, but to toss. Content-wise it’s a tech transformation with advanced eFX platforms, policy and process, plus remaining pain points to overcome. Thanks to Bloomberg LP for your insight and support of knowledge exchange encouraging our members’ success. Mark Lewis, Alison Fletcher, Demetri Papacostas and team we appreciate your efforts. Robert Swartwood and team, Caroline Litchfield and all of Merck Treasury, our connection with you and your…

By Ted Howard iTreasurer Is Now NeuGroup Insights With this issue, NeuGroup is bringing all of our content under a new banner— NeuGroup Insights. This better reflects all the distilled knowledge from all our groups, all our members, every exchange and the relevant solutions we learn about across our entire network. Today, NeuGroup facilitates more than 40 intensive, interactive peer group meetings annually, each dedicated to professional knowledge exchange, and a global network of 500 leading practitioners, now including CFOs,…