Magnus Lind

News featuring Magnus Lind

Some of the treasury-related articles written by or featuring Magnus Lind are listed below. Click on the title to view the full version.

Title	Publication	Date	Description
Old Sins Behind Financial Crisis	Dagens Industri	May 2009	Sweden Business Daily ("Dagens Industri", www.di.se), interviewed Magnus Lind (in Swedish) about corporate treasurers' and European Treasurers' Peer Group (ETPG)'s role in shaping the future banking landscape, with European Central Bank (ECB), among others.
Should You Decentralise Your Funding Strategy?	GTNews	Feb 2009	Question from Magnus Lind's blog post, Decentralized Funding Strategy, republished by GTNews.
Basel II and Corporate Treasury	GTNews	Feb 2009	Guest Editorial from JCTM Nov 2008, How does Basel II affect Corporate Treasury?, republished by GTNews, see below for introduction.
Treasury KPIs	GTNews	Dec 2008	JCTM paper from Sep 2007 about Treasury KPIs, authored by Kenneth Andersson, Peter Bergström, and Magnus Lind, republished in GTNews.
Treasury Consolidations	GTNews	Nov 2008	Paper from JCTM, Lessons Learned from Treasury Consolidations, republished by GTNews, see below for introduction.
How does Basel II affect Corporate Treasury?	Journal of Corporate Treasury Management	Nov 2008	In this JCTM Guest Editorial discusses the impact of Basel II on Corporate Treasury, and the financial industry in general. Basel II created an atmosphere of survival of those who conform, which still lead to the current financial crisis. Magnus argues that we need less regulation and social engineering of the banking sector and rather let the banks survive according to Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest.
Lessons Learned from Treasury Consolidations	Journal of Corporate Treasury Management	Apr 2008	This paper shares experiences and the lessons learned from treasury consolidations executed in different organisations. It shows that there are shortcuts and tricks available to simplify consolidation, making it faster, cheaper and more effective.
Bank Relationship Strategy and Management	Journal of Corporate Treasury Management	Jan 2008	One of treasury’s most important roles is to develop and nurture its relationships with the core banks facilitating the corporation’s financial needs. Research by NFS has found that bank relationships have been further centralised over the last couple of years, and the evaluation criteria and interaction with them have developed substantially.
The Role of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Corporate Treasury	Journal of Corporate Treasury Management	Sep 2007	Together with co-authors Peter Bergström and Kenneth Andersson, the background and consequences of treasury’s new role and the essentials of developing and implementing relevant KPIs for corporate treasury are discussed.
Unlocking the Value in Disjointed Paper Processes	Financial Times	May 2006	Technology is enabling corporate treasurers to emerge from the backroom to play a more strategic role in organisations. Geoff Nairn of Financial Times interviews Magnus Lind.
Regulation: Curbing Growth	The Treasurer	Dec 2003	Five years before the current financial crisis, Magnus Lind argued that a little less regulation (e.g. Basel II) and more instability is a low price to pay for a healthier financial society.
Treasury Location Report: Danger in Concentrating on Cost	Corporate Finance	July 2003	Magnus Lind interviewed by Corporate Finance about Treasury Centres, where he advocates the centralization of treasury but warns against regarding cost as an issue of overriding importance.
Full Speed Ahead	Banking Technology	Jan 2003	Magnus Lind looks at how outsourcing IT support enables forward-thinking banks to focus on delivering more sophisticated banking services to their corporate customers.
New Areas of Outsourcing to Improve the Bottom Line	GTNews	Jul 2002	Comprehensive outsourcing services - covering both IT and business issues - enable treasurers to achieve much higher performance levels. Article by Magnus Lind of NFS that had been running the Treasury Support Center™ service over three years by then.