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		<title>What if the Euro Collapses?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2010/06/what-if-the-euro-collapses/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2010/06/what-if-the-euro-collapses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s the question one senior corporate treasury executive asked at the recent AFP Global Corporate Treasurers Forum.
&#8220;We continue to engage in the same financial transactions based on tried-and-true hedge mechanisms. But should we question it,&#8221; he asked. &#8220;We need to look at the soundness of the hedging approach more broadly. What would happen if the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gensler Touts Derivatives Reform at AFP Event</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2010/05/gensler-touts-derivatives-reform-at-afp-event/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2010/05/gensler-touts-derivatives-reform-at-afp-event/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 18:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulations & Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FAS 133]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial regulatory overhaul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial regulatory reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Gensler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Corporate Treasurers Forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OTC derivatives]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the Senate nears a vote on financial regulatory reform, possibly later this week, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler touted over-the-counter derivatives reform at AFP’s Global Corporate Treasurers Forum today in Washington, DC.
Speaking before an audience of AFP members, Gensler said OTC derivatives reform must be:
• Comprehensive, regulating all financial firms that handle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFP Treasury Management Forum: Time Well Spent</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2010/03/afp-treasury-management-forum-time-well-spent/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2010/03/afp-treasury-management-forum-time-well-spent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Software & Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Working Capital Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Merrill Lynch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BNY Mellon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coca Cola Enterprises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Costco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Custom House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Peters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[globalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICBC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J.P. Morgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Himes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McCormick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SWIFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Towers Watson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury Management Forum]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[working capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zappos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs_lab.afponline.org/?p=1376</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Busy corporate treasury and finance professionals may find it hard to get out of the office for a conference these days, but one event that is definitely worth the trip is the AFP Treasury Management Forum, April 21-23, in Washington, DC.

Take a look at the companies speaking at the Forum:

 AOL
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
BNY Mellon
Citi
Coca [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Centralized Companies Manage Working Capital</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2010/03/how-centralized-companies-manage-working-capital/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2010/03/how-centralized-companies-manage-working-capital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury Operations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[centralized treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Polansky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shared service center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury Management Forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working capital]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For companies with a centralized treasury structure or a shared service center (SSC), identifying and benchmarking key performance indicators is critical. Corporate treasury professionals confronting this challenge can get valuable advice from their peers at the AFP Treasury Management Forum, April 21-23, in Washington, DC.
Robert Polansky, Director, Treasury Operations for General Mills, will lead a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CFOs, Treasurers to Discuss New Financial Environment</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2010/03/cfos-treasurers-to-discuss-new-financial-environment/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2010/03/cfos-treasurers-to-discuss-new-financial-environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Treasury Operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dub Newman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Container Terminals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Corporate Treasurers Forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Kaitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McCormick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ratner Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chief financial officers and treasurers will convene in Washington in May to discuss how to operate in today&#8217;s financial environment.
The Association for Financial Professional&#8217;s Sixth Annual Global Corporate Treasurers Forum will take place at the Four Seasons Hotel, May 16-18, with Bank of America Merrill Lynch as the exclusive sponsor.
&#8220;AFP members have played a critical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/05/tip-of-the-day-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/05/tip-of-the-day-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Payments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Lowe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When making payments to China, be absolutely sure you have the proper to documentation to do so, said Bill Lowe, SVP and Treasurer of LiveNation, Inc. &#8220;If you&#8217;re trying to bring money to fund your business or a shareholder loan, it&#8217;s especially important because that money has to come back out eventually,&#8221; he said. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A with Geoffrey Bell</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/05/qa-with-geoffrey-bell/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/05/qa-with-geoffrey-bell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=216</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a question-and-answer period, Bell said the size of banks will be reduced. &#8220;It&#8217;s too difficult to manage&#8221; a trillion-dollar financial institute. &#8220;You&#8217;ll bank more and more with the locals.&#8221;
Asked about the economic impact of the swine flu pandemic, noting that the Mexican economy is in dire condition, Bell said, &#8220;Mexico has been very hurt. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A diametrically opposed economic environment</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/05/a-diametrically-opposed-economic-environment/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/05/a-diametrically-opposed-economic-environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bell ended with the following thoughts: &#8220;I see a slow period of growth but with some increase in interest rates. What are the implications of all of this?
&#8220;The world is diametrically opposite what it was a few years ago. We had a period of rapid growth. Housing prices were going up. And it was very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bell predicts slow growth</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/05/bell-predicts-slow-growth/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/05/bell-predicts-slow-growth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leverage will be greatly reduced around the world, Bell said. &#8220;What does that mean? This reinforces the fact that we’ll have a period of slow growth ahead of us. This will have an effect on emerging markets like China. But I am confident that some of these developing countries will come out of the recession [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Noted Economist: &#8216;Things are getting better&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/05/noted-economist-things-are-getting-better/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/05/noted-economist-things-are-getting-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[President Obama’s stimulus package]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ninety Days in Office
An influential international economist praised President Obama’s first 100 days as a “great success” and sounded an optimistic note that the global economy was improving.
Speaking at the 2009 AFP Payments and Retail Treasury Forum in New York City, Geoffrey Bell, president of Geoffrey Bell &#38; Company and Executive Secretary of the international [...]]]></description>
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