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Currency Volatility Costs Highest In Three Years

Currency Volatility Costs Highest In Three Years

Data from FiREapps suggest North American multinationals are struggling to adapt to global currency shifts.

By Katie Kuehner-Hebert | September 23, 2015

Growth Companies

Euro Pain

As the euro plummets and the dollar soars, U.S. exporters and multinationals try to limit the damage to revenues and earnings.

By Edward Teach | April 30, 2015

SAP Being Boosted by Weak Euro

Global Business

SAP Being Boosted by Weak Euro

The software giant does hedge its foreign cash flows, but the euro's drop could still give 2015 sales and earnings a double-digit percentage boost.

By Katie Kuehner-Hebert | March 20, 2015

S&P Downgrades Greece’s Rating Amid Liquidity Concerns

Global Business

S&P Downgrades Greece’s Rating Amid Liquidity Concerns

The Greek government's "limited cash buffers and approaching debt redemptions to preferred creditors constrain its negotiating flexibility," said S&P.

By Matthew Heller | February 9, 2015

A Dashboard for the Euro Crisis

A Dashboard for the Euro Crisis

A treasurer describes the key indicators that can alert the finance department to any new market instability arising from the situation in Europe.

By Patrick Guido | March 26, 2013

Euro-Zone Growth Flounders

Euro-Zone Growth Flounders

Standard &spamp; Poor&spamp;rsquo;s cuts its euro-zone GDP forecast and says corporate defaults will continue to rise.

By Andrew Sawers | November 15, 2012

Euro Zone 2013: Zero Growth, More Defaults

Euro Zone 2013: Zero Growth, More Defaults

Standard &spamp; Poor’s cuts its euro-zone GDP forecast for this year and next, and says robust high-yield issuance won’t stop corporate defaults from rising.

By Andrew Sawers | September 26, 2012

Euro Slide Sparks M&A Interest

Euro Slide Sparks M&A Interest

The weakening currency makes European assets more attractive.

By Andrew Sawers | August 1, 2012

How to Break Up the Euro

How to Break Up the Euro

A prize-winning analysis shows how one or more countries might go about exiting the euro zone and what the fallout could be.

By Andrew Sawers | July 11, 2012

Euro Faces Depreciation or Destruction: FX Bankers

Euro Faces Depreciation or Destruction: FX Bankers

Currency analysts think that in order to survive, the euro zone will have to break up or see the euro’s value weaken significantly.

By Andrew Sawers | July 11, 2012

NYSE’s London Arm Digs up First Win

Capital Markets

NYSE’s London Arm Digs up First Win

English Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel switches its U.K. share listing from the London Stock Exchange.

By Andrew Sawers | June 27, 2012

The Euro and the Euros: a Football Story

The Euro and the Euros: a Football Story

Spain, Italy, and Ireland have been dubbed “the Group of Debt.”

By Andrew Sawers | June 13, 2012

Cheap European Assets Spark U.S. Interest in M&A

Cheap European Assets Spark U.S. Interest in M&A

The euro’s slide may continue if a Greek exit takes place. But even if the currency isn’t cheap yet, European M&spamp;A assets are – and U.S. corporations are starting to take a look.

By Andrew Sawers | June 13, 2012

Treasurers Face $46 Trillion Financing Cliff

Treasurers Face $46 Trillion Financing Cliff

A massive amount of global corporate debt matures in the next four years, and it&spamp;rsquo;s causing treasurers to refocus their efforts on securing access to credit.

By Andrew Sawers | June 8, 2012

Managing Euro Exit Risk

Risk Management

Managing Euro Exit Risk

What treasurers need to address before the departure of a eurozone member draws any nearer.

By Vincent Ryan | November 30, 2011