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Tax Reform Not Enough To Convince Corporates To Spend, AFP Finds

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” However, the latest analysis from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) suggests businesses are reluctant to let go of that cash. The AFP’s newest Corporate Cash Indicators report , released this week, found trade dispute concerns to be among the largest factors hampering U.S.

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Treasurers Understand — But Aren’t Living Up To — Rising CFO Expectations

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Separate analysis from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), also released last year, further emphasized the shifting role of treasury, with 80 percent of treasurers surveyed agreeing that the position is playing a more strategic role than it did three years ago — and will continue to do so moving forward.

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Treasurers Choose Service Over Regulatory Ties When Picking A Bank

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New research from Asset Benchmark Research suggests ties with regulators and even reputation are not the number one priority for corporate treasurers looking for a cash management provider. Only 13 percent said they decreased the number of cash management solution providers with which they were working.

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Treasury Is Becoming More Strategic — And Treasurers Know It

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New research from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) released Monday (May 22) found 80 percent of corporate treasurers agree the role has become more strategic in the last three years. Cash management and forecasting are also top areas of focus, cited by 64 percent of respondents as top priorities for the next three years. “As

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Corporate America Hinges On Presidential Election

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Small businesses are anxious, and there is evidence that large corporates’ cash management and investment strategies are also being shaped by political uncertainty. Small business employment, cash reserves and FinTech investment plans are all being shaped by this year’s presidential election. .

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Tracking Treasurers’ Progress In Handling Greater Corporate Responsibilities

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In their Strategic Role of Treasury Survey , the AFP and Marsh & McLennan identified the forces pressing companies to shift the treasury department into a more strategic position. As corporates and the treasurers themselves examine the issue, a new report from Marsh & McLennan Cos.,

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Amid Market Changes, Treasurers Lean On Their Banks

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New research finds that nearly all corporate treasurers agree that their relationship with financial institutions is a key factor in determining which bank to work with and where to invest short-term cash. The findings were detailed in the latest 2016 AFP Liquidity Survey , underwritten by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA).

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