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The flow InCorporate Treasury Podcast series is designed for and with corporate treasurers. We are offering treasurers a stage from which to share their stories with the community and learn from peers. What are the latest achievements they have attained with their teams? Which projects are the most challenging ones and how are treasury departments finding solutions and building shared learning? The flow InCorporate Treasury Podcast covers the entire range of treasury skills and competencies – from managing cash and FX risks to making use of innovative technologies and implementing ESG strategies. Tune in and be part of it!

Episodes

  1. Why global pharmaceutical corporate Merck is switching to the ISO 20022 standard

    DEC 1

    Why global pharmaceutical corporate Merck is switching to the ISO 20022 standard

    The milestone of November 2026 is now firmly on the horizon for corporates to adjust postal address information in their payment instructions and move their payments to ISO 20022. This podcast hears how Merck has been preparing for migration, with Uwe Reinemer, Head of Treasury Technology & Digitalisaton, in conversation with Deutsche Bank’s Kerstin Schoenwitz. She is responsible for managing ISO 20022, Corporate-to-Bank Standardisation & Global Formats. Key takeaways: ISO 20022 is the future of payments, and not just for banks. If corporates fail to implement this messaging standard into their systems, this could disrupt processing of their payments.Migration is not just another IT product – but a strategic development. The better data that comes with this delivers significant efficiencies in all aspects of payments and reconciliation. External migration and internal migration are very different.Proactive planning and enterprise collaboration are vital. If you have started migrating, keep testing and adjusting. And if you have not – get going now!Tune into this new episode of the flow InCorporateTreasury Podcast to learn more. Specialist terms used .camt. Cash management messages within the ISO 20022 standard. See definitions here .pain. Payment initiation messages within the ISO 20022 standard XML. Markup language that can be read by computers and machines ERP. Enterprise resource planning (system) TMS. Treasury management system STP. Straight-through processing UETR. Unique end-to-end transaction reference (used for payment tracking) For an accessible transcript of the podcast click here.

    20 min
  2. Revamping treasury reporting at MANN+HUMMEL

    MAR 11

    Revamping treasury reporting at MANN+HUMMEL

    Getting access to high-quality and consistent data is key for steering a treasury department. Only if you have a well-structured reporting landscape, you can achieve transparency on liquidity, cash and FX risks and make informed decisions on financing, investing, and hedging. This is why “improving treasury reporting has been in the back of mind since I joined MANN+HUMMEL five years ago”, says Dominik Paschinger, Vice President Group Treasury & Risk Management. MANN+HUMMEL is a family-owned German filtration company which generated a turnover of €4.7bn across its 80 locations globally in 2023. According to Paschinger the current reporting structure based on excel sheets is not ideal: “The process is very manual, and we have access to a lot of data which we never use for reporting purposes.” Last year, his team then finally had the capacities to put a revamp of the reporting structure on the agenda. “We set down with entire treasury team to develop a target structure for the treasury function in 2030 which we called ‘Shaping a future-proof treasury',” he explains. And one key element of this vision was to define how the treasury reporting should look like. So how does this vision look like and how far has his team come since then? What kind of information will his team and MANN+HUMMEL’s top management be able to source from these newly built dashboards? And what role does artificial intelligence (AI) play? Tune into the podcast and get Paschinger’s insights here:

    19 min
  3. How cross-border cash concentration can be achieved in Brazil

    07/10/2024

    How cross-border cash concentration can be achieved in Brazil

    Over the last few years, Brazil has re-established its attractiveness to foreign investors. According to the World Investment Report 2023, FDI inflows into Brazil increased to US$86bn in 2022 compared to US$50.6bn one year earlier (+69.9%) which was the second-highest value ever recorded and the fifth worldwide. Yet, for companies doing business in Brazil there are several challenges when it comes to financing local operations. Jeremy Hamon, Head of Group Finance, CFO, Primetals Technologies Treasury explains, “Brazil is peculiar because of its cross-border currency regulation preventing cash concentration partially with stamp duty for offshore deposits and a high withholding tax on interest income when doing intercompany financing.” Moreover, adds Hamon, the Brazilian real is a non-transferrable currency which makes hedging for long-term maintenance contracts an “expensive challenge”. Primetals Technologies designs and builds plants for the metals industry and its Brazilian affiliate is a specialist in steel castors maintenance – which means it has long-term contracts with its customers. In the light of all these challenges, how has Primetals still managed to set up an automated intercompany cross-border loan for its Brazilian affiliate? This comes close to a cash pooling structure with an FX component and therefore fulfills the requirements from the central treasury organisation. Tune into the new flow InCorporate Treasury podcast and learn more.

    20 min

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The flow InCorporate Treasury Podcast series is designed for and with corporate treasurers. We are offering treasurers a stage from which to share their stories with the community and learn from peers. What are the latest achievements they have attained with their teams? Which projects are the most challenging ones and how are treasury departments finding solutions and building shared learning? The flow InCorporate Treasury Podcast covers the entire range of treasury skills and competencies – from managing cash and FX risks to making use of innovative technologies and implementing ESG strategies. Tune in and be part of it!

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