Blogs by Treasury Professionals

The latest updates from our chief executive.

Striving for healthy markets – APF and non-bank lending1 Mar 2010
Paul Fisher (Executive Director Financial Markets, Bank of England) delivered the ACT Winter Paper to a packed audience at the May Fair Theatre. For those of you who missed this fantastic opportuni...
Alternative funding – a new normal or back to same old?1 Feb 2010
Larger companies have turned to public debt markets and could make more use of private placement markets. Stock markets have risen above their pre Lehmans level, bank profits are rising – well th...
Improving corporate treasury in 2010 1 Jan 2010
It is at this time of year that we all need to think about giving thanks for small mercies in 2009 and resolutions for the coming year. Firstly some thanks Quantitative Easing seems to be working ...
International developments keeping the ACT busy1 Dec 2009
The ACT's first Middle East Deals of the Year Awards Dinner held in Dubai was attended by 130 professionals from the GCC. Qatar Telecom won the Deal of the Year Award and Etihad Airways was awarded Tr...
Growing awareness of ACT qualifications around the world1 Nov 2009
The ACT is involved in many committees run by the UK and other regulatory authorities - sometimes we observe and sometimes we are deeply involved in the issues at hand. The lobbying effort to cou...

hold the press…down5 Mar 2010
The welcome stabilising of the recent financial and economic crisis does not seem to have raised the level of economic awareness and literacy in our press and news media. A recent press article tha...
Heat and Noise27 Nov 2009
I make no apologies for returning to an issue I have commented on before – both in these blogs and in the editorials of The Treasurer. The reaction to the announcement by Dubai World of a standstill...
The importance of ethics12 Oct 2009
An ethical code with a disciplinary procedure is important for any professional body. Responding to the downturn, the ACT remodelled its facilities this year so that more training courses could be run...
Bank of England underpinning corporate bond market6 Oct 2009
The bulk of the Bank of England’s activity in its Asset Purchase Facility has been in buying gilts. Some commentators have said the corporate asset purchase has been too small to be significant. But...
Living in interesting times28 Sep 2009
Monday, 07:25 It is a fine autumn morning. I am writing this while waiting on the sea front at Brighton for my 7:30 rendezvous with a Labour Party representative who will give me my security pass f...