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Work Examples
A few recent examples of features published in the treasury
and technology press can be seen here, with other
work examples further down the page. Freelance and ghost written material
is available upon request.
Treasury and Technology Press Examples
Indesit
Interview: Scanning the Horizon for Risk
gtnews - 2012 |
Mustafa Kilic, head of regional treasury, and group risk and insurance
manager at the home appliances manufacturer Indesit, spoke to Neil
Ainger at gtnews recently about why he is constantly scanning the
horizon for risk, the need for better, more comprehensive risk assessments,
and the lessons he has learned during his 20-year career. Full
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IT2
Treasury Solutions Sold to Wall Street Systems
gtnews - 2013
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IT2 Treasury Solutions (IT2), which is owned by private investor
CapMan Technology, has been sold to Wall Street Systems for an undisclosed
sum that gtnews understands is likely to be in region of £60-75m.
Full
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TradeTech
Europe Report: Day 2 - Running to Stand Still
bobsguide - 2013 |
In among all the thousands of runners registering for this weekend's
London Marathon, the second full day of the TradeTech Europe 2013
show got underway on Thursday 18 April at London's Excel Arena,
writes Neil Ainger, with the arguments about high frequency trading
(HFT) still dominating. There was also much discussion about emerging
markets, data centres, and if latency is still as central as ever
to a trading venue's appeal, or if firms are merely now running
to stand still. Full
Story Here
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SEPA
Compliance Gap Highlighted by gtnews Payments Survey
gtnews - 2013 |
According to the latest gtnews
Payments Survey, there are still a significant number of corporates
that have yet to begin a migration programme for the single euro payments
area (SEPA) ahead of the 1 February 2014 migration deadline, with
37% of the 284 corporate treasury readers questioned in October and
November of last year, admitting that they do not yet have SEPA services
in place. News
promo link | Full
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Show Report: London FP&A Club Hears About How to Improve Forecasting
gtnews - 2013 |
It's awful. Why did no-one see it coming? This was the British
Monarch's response to the credit crunch when briefed about the full
long-term impacts of the financial crash on 5 November 2008. It
was cited by Steve Morlidge during his speech on business forecasting
at the third London financial planning and analysis (FP&A) Club,
held last night at the Montcalm Hotel in the City of London, as
a key example of being wise after the fact: what seems obvious afterwards
isn't always spotted as a problem at the time. The FP&A professionals
gathered at the networking event listened attentively to how they
could improve their own forecasting and to plans for a forthcoming
FP&A certification.
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The
Tech Year in Review and Numbers (see online for links in story)
bobsguide - 2013 |
As 2013 draws to a close, minds naturally
turn towards the most significant technology and finance events of
the year and the standout stories and numbers of the year, such as
the prevalence of cyber-security attacks and countermeasures, discussions
about if big data is a big deal and if the cloud is going to rain
on your parade as an internal IT manager decimating staff or be a
true external support network. In this spirit of yuletide reflection,
bobsguide's Neil Ainger looks back on some of the big stories, trends
and figures of the past 12 months.
As the geese start getting fat, the lords-a-leaping, and partridges
take to living in a pear tree - if the old English carol is to be
believed - then it can mean only one thing: the end of the year
is upon us and Christmas is around the corner. It is an appropriate
time, therefore, to reflect upon the big stories and numbers of
2013. Full
Story Here.
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The
Year in Review and Numbers
gtnews - 2012
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As 2012 draws to a close, minds naturally
turn towards the most significant treasury and finance events of the
year and its standout stories and numbers, such as the on-going eurozone
crisis and the growth in cash reserves. In this spirit of yuletide
reflection, gtnews looks back on some of the stories and figures of
the past 12 months. Full
story here with live links.
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Other Work Examples
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Bloomberg Tech Summit Predicts a Fall in IT Spending for 2012
Banking Technology - Dec 2011 / Jan 2012
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Tiffany Interview: International Growth & Coping with the
Consequences
gtnews - June 2012
When Michael Connolly, VP & Treasurer at Tiffany & Co,
first joined the jeweller in 1989 it only had three locations outside
of the US. It now has 247 stores in 22 countries and revenues of
$3.7bn. As Connolly explained to gtnews, that places a burden on
treasury in terms of managing currency exposures, not to mention
managing diamond and precious metal suppliers from around the world.
Full
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TMS Buyer's Guide
gtnews - 2013
The acquisition of IT2 by Wallstreet Systems is the standout
deal so far in a gathering consolidation trend evident in the treasury
management system (TMS) technology sector. This 42-page guide examines
the consequences of consolidation for treasuries; alongside features
on the long shelf-life of Excel spreadsheets; a TMS implementation
article; one examining the cloud computing options; and a vox pop
expert panel of corporate treasurers who share their experiences
of installing or updating a TMS. Full
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gtnews Awards 2012 and Global Treasury Briefing
gtnews - 2012
Click on the highlighted text to see the gtnews
Awards 2012 Winners Book: Case Studies & gtnews
Global Treasury Briefing (GTB) title introduced by Neil Ainger.
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Sibos 2013 Daily Show Reports, BAML CIO Interview & SWIFT
CIO & World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risk Report 2014
bobsguide - 2013, 2014
Click on the highlighted text for links to the bobsguide
Sibos 2013 Daily Show Reports, Interviews & News, BAML
CIO Interview and SWIFT
CIO & World
Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risk Report 2014.
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Vox Pop: Stopping the Rogues
Banking Technology - October 2011
The nefarious rogue trading activities of Kweku Adoboli have cost
UBS $2.3bn so far and brought to mind the actions of previous rogues
such as Jérôme Kerviel at Société Générale
and Nick Leeson at Barings. How to prevent repeat occurrences was
much discussed at Sibos 2011 and subsequently, finds Neil Ainger.
Full
Story Here + News
Link Here
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Interview: The Future of Payments
Banking Technology - October 2011
With the rollout of NFC technology, Visa's P2P mobile payment
offering and what's been billed as the first contactless Olympic
Games, Neil Ainger caught up with Visa Europe's svp of innovation,
new product and channel development, Sandra Alzetta, to discuss
the future of payments.
Full Story Here
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Hands Up to Join the Social Club
Banking Technology - September 2011
Humans have always been social creatures and now we've got Facebook,
Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google+ and other social networking tools
the way that financial institutions do business, organise themselves,
talk to their customers and vice versa is set to change, writes Neil
Ainger. Full
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Virtual Reality at Your Fingertips
Banking Technology - May 2011
Virtualisation has been hidden from many users as it's happened at
the server level in the data centre but this could be changing, writes
Neil Ainger, as desktop virtualisation comes to banks, and users notice
their hard drive is no longer next to them but instead in a Virtual
Desktop Infrastructure. Full
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Mobile Tech in FS: Special Report -
One World, One Love, One Banking Device?
Banking Technology - March 2011
Neil Ainger investigates how the mobile phone is taking over the delivery
of financial services from customer-facing retail bank applications,
to payments, including contactless ones, to services for the 'unbanked',
remittances and corporate banking end uses, highlighting the opportunities,
and the integration and standardisation challenges that still remain
in the way of this transformative technology. Full
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Data Centres: Special Report - Start
Your Engines
Banking Technology - January 2011
If financial services truly is a data business, as many have asserted,
then where you keep that data is a key consideration. The data centre
should be the engine that drives your business. Neil Ainger introduces
this special report on data centres, examining the various merits
of co-location and proximity hosting, the pros and cons of outsourcing
versus self-builds, the best technologies to maximise efficiency and
other key trends, such as the impact of carbon tax schemes on the
sector and regulation. Full
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Feature: The Dark Side
Financial Sector Technology (FSTech) - May-June 2008
A 'dark pool of liquidity' might sound like a Texan oilman's dream
of striking it rich while drilling but in the financial services
sector it refers to undisclosed trades. Neil Ainger looks at the
rising popularity of these hidden pools in the US and wonders if
they are set to take off in Europe after the arrival of the EU's
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) last year and
of various new execution venues that offer 'dark' services. Full
Story Here
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Sibos 2007 Preview & Lazaro Campos
Profile - Gaining Momentum with SWIFT Action
Financial Sector Technology (FSTech) - July-Aug 2007
Some of the world's senior financial professionals will be gathering
at the Sibos 2007 show in Boston, USA, on 1-5 October to discuss the
pressing issues facing the industry, including the Single Euro Payments
Areas (SEPA), how to serve corporates better and how to enhance standards-based
interoperability and efficiency. Neil Ainger previews the event and
profiles SWIFT CEO Lazaro Campos. Full
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Profile: Shifting World Trade
Financial Sector Technology (FSTech) - Nov-Dec 2008
Neal Livingston is the global head of client access for the transaction
banking division of Standard Chartered bank and as such is ideally
placed to witness the major changes going on in cash products, securities
servicing and trade finance, where the aim is increasingly to try
and integrate the physical and financial supply chains. With his bank's
principal markets being in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, he is
also well placed to comment on the shift in economic power from West
to East. Neil Ainger caught up with him at the recent Sibos 2008 show
in Vienna, Austria. Full
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FST Awards Report - A Golden Awards
Night
Financial Sector Technology (FSTech) - March 2010
The FST Awards celebrated its tenth anniversary on 25 March at the
Lancaster London Hotel in Bayswater. The milestone was marked by some
indoor fireworks, flames, bright lights, confetti and the usual gong
giving; all rounded off by a casino, disco and much partying late
into the night. Neil Ainger looks back on an enjoyable evening Full
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