Starting a new chapter (TT Nov08 p28-29)

When gaining access to all the funding a corporate could possibly need was about as taxing as a stroll in the park, the raison d’être of both treasurers and relationship
bankers was in some doubt. But with financial markets in seizure, the true worth of the relationship between treasurers and their banking partners has been thrown into sharp relief. Treasurers in financial and risk management functions play a critical part in working with bankers to ensure that their corporations, and therefore the wider economy, are able to function.