ACTS

Association of Corporate Treasurers (Singapore)

Collaboration

ACTS x ING x Sustainalytics: Sustainable Finance

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Dear Members,

In collaboration with:

ING will be sharing its insights on Sustainable Finance and recent developments in this exciting and rapidly growing space and what it could mean for your debt financing. We also have a speaker from leading ESG rating advisory firm Sustainalytics join us to expand on corporate ESG management and disclosure and what external stakeholders look out for in terms of financially material ESG topics at companies.

The two presentations are followed by a lively discussion.

Date and Time:

Tuesday, 23 July 2020: 10.00am to 10.45am (SGT)

Participation method:

Skype for Business (a link will be shared following registration)

Number of participants:

We will limit the number of participants to 20 (first come first serve). In case of over subscription, we may organize another session.

Registration and questions:

Invitation has been sent to your email. Please contact ACTS Secretariat if you did not get yours.

-Secretariat

ACTS x SAP – Exploring Cashflow and Liquidity for COVID-19 Resilience

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Dear Members,

We would like to invite you to join our panel of experts at The CFO Perspective live webcast, jointly organized with SAP Concur as we discuss the strategies and recommendations to achieve these in a 60-minute thought leadership panel discussion on Tuesday, 7 July 2020 at 1:30pm – 2:30pm SGT.  The session will include live Q&A so you can ask the questions most important to your business.

To help us tailor the webcast to your interests, we are conducting a short survey (3mins) to understand your current key business concerns and how your company has optimized cash flow to minimize the impact of economic disruption.

Sign up now. Even if you can’t join live, register now and we can send you the recorded webinar to watch at your convenience.

Explore the issues and actions your company can take to manage cash pressures during these unprecedented times.

Cash is king. In these uncertain times, it is vital to know how potential disruptions to operations can affect your company’s cashflow and liquidity.

Whether you’re facing unforeseen challenges or unexpected opportunities at the moment, you are likely to need to consider the following:

  • Manage cash flows and liquidity with a mind to grow easily and effectively when the economy reopens
  • Reclaim VAT to generate cash and reduce operational expenditure
  • Increase controls around approval of supplier and customer payments, monitor cash inflows and outflows
  • Use AI and machine learning to optimize cash flow and working capital
  • Leverage data analytics to take advantage of favorable terms in negotiations and payment strategies
  • Pay on time, but don’t pay early, and if necessary, consider renegotiating payment terms
  • Get upfront visibility and control of large purchases
  • Maximize credit benefits, get the right spend on to PO, non-po, credit and cash to maximize your rebates and use of the credit available

Our panelists include a well-regarded PwC consultant, finance experts and SAP Concur finance specialist:


Saurabh Jain
Partner, Management Consulting
PwC


Andy Watson
SVP & General Manager
SAP Concur Asia Pacific Japan & Greater China, SAP Concur


Brendon Silver
CEO
VAT IT


Dennis Chia
CFO
Starhub Ltd

-Secretariat

ACTS x Deloitte: COVID-19: Recover and Thrive for Corporate Treasury

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Dear members,

In this webinar in collaboration with Deloitte, we will explore how corporate treasury could thrive on and recover gradually along this journey by looking at relationships between internal and external stakeholders, changes in working capital strategies, funding sources as well as treasury operations in order to meet the evolving business needs.

Thriving in Volatile Times

The COVID-19 outbreak has caused huge disruptions in people’s lives and created significant challenges to organisations. Many companies’ operations have been negatively impacted by COVID-19; cash and liquidity have deteriorated faster than expected.

Treasury has been on the front line of organisations, facing different challenges such as variance in cash flow forecasting, disruption in financial supply chain, volatility in currency exposures, changes in counterparty risk management, negotiation for emergency funding solutions, long term business continuity plan etc. The economic impact of this crisis is still uncertain and recovery will take months or years depending on the industry. Changes in consumer spending and market demand will also reshape the economic landscape locally and globally.

Deloitte Treasury Advisory will be doing a short presentation followed by an exclusive industry panel with treasurers from Isuzu Motors, Paypal and Rio Tinto sharing their experience and vision in thriving on during this crisis.

For more info and registration please click here!

-Secretariat

ACTS x Bloomberg: Staying ahead of the IBOR transition curve [On-Demand Replay]

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Dear Members,

 

To watch the replay, please sign up below and you will receive our on-demand playback link.

Spotlight on IBOR for corporate treasurers

The IBOR transition deadline is drawing closer for corporations. In order to effectively guide their organization’s transition while minimizing risk, corporate treasurers must equip themselves with the right knowledge and solutions.

We invite you to join a special webinar covering the latest updates on IBOR transition for corporates, with presentations by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Steering Committee for SOR Transition to SORA (SC-STS). In partnership with the Association of Corporate Treasurers (Singapore), the session will also feature a panel bringing together treasury managers to discuss challenges, roadmaps, timelines and impacts of the transition to risk-free rates—for both corporate treasuries and Singapore as a whole.

Link to the replay here!

 

-Secretariat

ACTS x SAP – Recover Your Business: Improving Strategic Cash Flow and Liquidity to Ensure a Safe and Successful Relaunch of Economic Activity

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Dear Members,

Association of Corporate Treasurers Singapore (ACTS) is partnering SAP Concur to host a webinar to help organizations better understand how to maximize their ability to bridge the cash flow gap.

The CFO Perspective Live Webcast Series:

Recover Your Business:
Improving Strategic Cash Flow and Liquidity to Ensure a Safe and Successful Relaunch of Economic Activity

With economic disruption, predicting cash flow is more important than ever and also more difficult. The time to plan your reboot of your business is now – as restrictions ease and lockdowns are lifted.

Over the past five years, the Asia-Pacific region has shown a slight deterioration in overall Net Working Capital (NWC) performance, according to PwC. In this rapidly evolving COVID-19 environment, every extra dollar tied up is becoming even more costly and there is an increasing urgency for businesses, to optimise their working capital.

Join us for a live webinar to learn how to:

  • Manage cash flows and liquidity with a mind to grow easily and effectively when the economy reopens
  • Reclaim VAT to generate cash and reduce operational expenditure
  • Increase stringency around approval of supplier and customer payments, monitor cash inflows and outflows
  • Use AI and machine learning to optimize cash flow and working capital
  • Leverage data analytics to take advantage of favorable terms in negotiations and payment strategies
  • Get upfront visibility and control of large purchases

Register here!

 

-Secretariat

ACTS x DBS x SCF Community: Faster SCF onboarding – Why speed matters in a crisis

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Dear Members,

 

ACTS is delighted to be partnering with the Supply Chain Finance Community and DBS on the SCF Community webinar series, which aims to help corporations support their supply chains through the global pandemic.

Faster supplier finance onboarding – why speed matters in a crisis

This time, our topic is onboarding your suppliers, and how that process can be improved to offer funding to more suppliers, faster.

We’re lucky to have three great speakers sharing their insight from the perspectives of buyers, suppliers and finance providers. Between them, they will be examining how and why successful SCF programmes get more suppliers involved.

Among the topics we’ll be covering are:

  • Top tier vs ‘long tail’: how many suppliers should you aim to onboard, and when?
  • What deters smaller companies?
  • How can we keep onboarding simple?
  • Automation: How the best onboarding processes do the work for you.

We will have access to unique insights gained from research programmes at Windesheim University and Technical University of Munich, as well as the bank perspective from DBS.

Just click here to register, and we’ll see you online on the 25th!

 

-Secretariat