The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its Global Financial Stability Report last week, pointing to rising corporate debt in the U.S. and the growing stockpiles of cash upon which enterprises are sitting. Reports in the Financial Times on Friday (April 12) said a combination of...
Financial analysts are fairly optimistic about Europe, but the latest Europe Working Capital Survey released by REL Consultancy, part of the Hackett Group, found the EU’s top 1,000 nonfinancial companies saw their cash conversion cycles slip as they hold onto more net working capital. The...
This week’s Data Digest is all about businesses and their banks. With new analysis streaming in from the U.S., U.K., Europe, China and India, it becomes clear that corporates have mixed feelings about their current cash positions. Take Europe, for example. While alternative small business...
