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		<title>Senate Banking Committee Releases Regulatory Reform Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeanine Arnett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris Dodd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial regulatory overhaul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeanine Arnett]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) unveiled his bill to systematically reform the financial regulatory structure of our nation’s capital markets. The Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009 attempts to “restore responsibility and accountability in our financial system to give Americans confidence that there is a system in place that works for and protects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patterson On Remittance For Wires</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Starkey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Payments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anita Patterson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CHIPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fedwire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remittance data]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1067</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Anita Patterson, the director of treasury services for Cox Enterprises and a board member at AFP, leads the November issue of AFP&#8217;s Payments newsletter with an article about remittance data for wires. In the fourth quarter of 2010, the Federal Reserve Banks and CHIPS will introduce a new section into wire transfer formats to allow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debt Workouts Have Tax Implications</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afponlineblogs/~3/xixtAa9j7E4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Working Capital Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keno Chan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Maiorano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1064</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the December issue of Exchange, Ron Maiorano and Keno Chan of KPMG raise an important point: Although restructuring debt is a viable &#8212; even critical &#8212; option, companies who do may face unexpected tax consequences.
For example, if a debtor and creditor negotiate a change in the terms of a $100 loan agreement, such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Corporate Finance</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afponlineblogs/~3/61r-Z5nyB1Q/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/11/09/this-week-in-corporate-finance-32/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kalish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AFP General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1060</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Global Capital Markets
IBM and liquor maker Diageo Plc led $13.7 billion of investment-grade bond offerings this week, the slowest period in two months. Companies have borrowed at least $1.1 trillion in bonds this year, compared with $722 billion in the corresponding period of 2008 and $1.04 trillion in 2007, the biggest year for bond sales. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Corporate Finance</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afponlineblogs/~3/nBfWPGkRCnk/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/11/06/this-week-in-corporate-finance-31/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kalish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance and Capital Structure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1056</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Global Capital Markets
Bank of America and Goldman Sachs led lenders in arranging $2.26 billion of leveraged buyout financing in October, the most this year and more than eight times the amount raised in the first quarter.
GMAC sold $2.9 billion of three-year notes guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Oct. 28. The sale exhausted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Finance Haves and Have Nots</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Working Capital Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Lynn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate bond sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit facilities]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1054</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This article drives home a stark reality: Big firms have gobs of cash, they can easily issue bonds, and they enjoy access to credit. And the little guys? No, no and no.
But should borrowing be the first step for firms? Not necessarily. &#8220;If you have long-term usages, you should use long-term money,&#8221; says Bruce Lynn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Risk Management Includes Political Risk</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afponlineblogs/~3/_fvRzD-USrc/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/11/05/risk-management-includes-political-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regulations & Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Kalish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial regulatory overhaul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political risk]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1052</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My colleague, Brian Kalish, has a typically thoughtful article in the November issue of Risk. &#8220;One of the new risks associated with our recent financial crises is political risk,&#8221; writes Kalish, AFP&#8217;s Director, Finance Practice Lead. &#8220;While political risk has always existed, the focus has tended to be at the macro-level and outside of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cash and Risk Management in Asia</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afponlineblogs/~3/W6TPhc5V_I0/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/11/02/cash-and-risk-management-in-asia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cash and Liquidity Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cash management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HSBC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jess Villarina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liquidity management]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The challenge for today&#8217;s North American corporate treasury doing business along the Pacific Rim is working with a multitude of local banks and losing some transparency, according to one banking executive. Jess Villarina, senior regional sales representative – Asia Pacific, HSBC, says, “Right now, companies are worried about the sovereignty of some local banks in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-Payments for Corporate Treasury</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afponlineblogs/~3/fYGbW897oks/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/10/29/e-payments-for-corporate-treasury/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Payments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electronic payments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[in-person seminar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Krawczyk]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1047</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you take every expense into account when performing a cost analysis? That’s the key step when deciding which electronic payments process to implement, says corporate treasury consultant Mark Krawcyk, CTP. Overlooking expenses leads corporate treasury professionals to underestimate the true savings they can realize on e-payments. “For example, in your cost analysis you may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treasury Management by Walking Around</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afponlineblogs/~3/q-bT_Fi4nnU/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2009/10/27/treasury-management-by-walking-around/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Apfel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury Operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Jeffery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John J. Tus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resilient treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[treasury management]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1045</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How often do you leave your office and check in with your treasury and finance staff? How often do you break bread with them?
John J. Tus, vice president and treasurer with Honeywell, says he spends 90 percent of his time meeting with staff. But he insists he isn&#8217;t micro-managing.
&#8220;I&#8217;m finding out what they&#8217;re doing, their [...]]]></description>
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