Finance and Treasury
PwC's Treasury blog provides insight on complex market transactions, efficient processes and systems, integrated financial risk management and regulatory compliance and control.
January 24, 2020
This is the second blog in our series following our recent client payment event, highlighting key developments around how corporates connect to banks, have visibility of their payments and the formats used.
January 16, 2020
In this blog series, we’re taking a closer look at some of the opportunities and challenges payment trends are creating for corporate treasurers.
September 18, 2019
Understanding the maturity of a treasury function and how it can best support the business with Alice Powell.
June 07, 2019
PwC’s Chris Raftopoulos explores the uncertainties treasurers are facing around LIBOR reform and the possible mitigation actions.
April 05, 2019
With cyber crime becoming more sophisticated, and the cyber threat landscape continually evolving, the SWIFT Customer Security Programme (CSP) is expanding.
March 05, 2019
Have you started to consider how data analytics can better help solve your everyday treasury problems, leaving you freer to work on more interesting challenges and opportunities?
November 02, 2018
The rules are important, but the increasing innovation and motivation of attackers makes it imperative to adapt our approach to security – and play a different game.
October 04, 2018
We have developed a data analytics tool which we call “BankLab”, which, coupled with the extensive cash management expertise of our team, provides you with a number of benefits.
September 11, 2018
The FCA, FSB, ISDA and the Sterling Risk Free Reference rate (RFR) Working Group issued successive communications which collectively urge action and further clarify how firms should manage the transition from LIBOR to alternative RFRs by end-2021. PwC provides analysis.
March 08, 2018
By Yvonne Welsh As has been widely reported in the Treasury Press the UK Financial Conduct Authority has decided to no longer compel panel banks...
October 14, 2015
By Nick James, Director in Commodity Management at PwC Achieving maximum operating profitability and the ability to make sound long term strategic decisions might sound...
November 28, 2014
By Zoe Ambache Follow @ZoeAmbache I am a believer in “Treasuryanity”, what I mean is that I believe that organisations should invest in efforts to...
May 22, 2012
Confidence remains a major brake to financial market stability in Europe. Whilst Q1 2012 data suggests that markets have stabilised, much of this stability is...
February 06, 2012
Black swans turn grey is a thought provoking paper looking at how the landscape of risk is changing from a past environment where boards believed...
December 08, 2011
Our latest report from our Economics team had been published and outlines four potential outcomes of the Eurozone crisis in 2012 , in a report...
August 09, 2011
Despite measures to contain it, the Greek debt crisis has caused uncertainty which threatens to dampen eurozone growth in the second half of 2011, according...
June 28, 2010
The Chancellor announced in the Emergency Budget a review of the proposed new tax regime that would have limited the tax relief on pension contributions,...
June 21, 2010
The FASB has published significantly different proposals from the IASB on financial instrument accounting. In its proposed Accounting Standards Update, ‘Accounting for Financial Instruments and...
January 20, 2010
The current economic conditions are placing a significant strain on scheme sponsors. Cash demands on employers are numerous, including those from banks, shareholders, liquidity requirements,...
September 21, 2009
In March 2009, the IASB issued an amendment to IFRS 7: Financial Instruments: Disclosures, which will be effective for financial periods after 1 January 2009....
August 11, 2009
A couple of months ago the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) announced that part of its response to the credit crunch would be to accelerate...
July 28, 2009
Treasury market update April 2009 This spring the PwC Treasury team spoke in depth with a number of Treasurers, asking their opinions about a range...
July 15, 2009
Treasury market update April 2009 This spring the PwC Treasury team spoke in depth with a number of Treasurers, asking their opinions about a range...
June 15, 2009
Treasury market update April 2009 This spring the PwC Treasury team spoke in depth with a number of Treasurers, asking their opinions about a range...
May 15, 2009
In the first of my pension blogs, I want to address the three major issues facing companies managing a pension scheme today - cash, risk...
