The Treasury Manager of a chain of department stores wants to develop a medium-term forecast. Management plans to open two new stores, and anticipates same-store sales to increase by 15%. Which of the following items can be predicted with the highest degree of certainty?
Answer(s): C
MCA, Inc. upgraded the Treasury workstation that had been in place for two years and used data from that 24-month period to develop a new short-term forecast. A trend factor was applied to controlled disbursements of 97% on a month-by-month basis and the variance to actual disbursements is less than 1%. Which of the following model validation techniques was utilized?
Answer(s): A
The Cash Manager of ABC Logistics, Inc. sets a daily cash position by noon. All departments have been given an 11 a.m. cut-off for presenting wire requests and 2 p.m. for ACH requests. A wire request came in at 3:30 p.m. to make an insurance premium payment, in order to receive a discount. What liquidity reserve requirement is impacted?
A publicly held U.S. company has reported at the beginning of the year that it expects to increase shareholder value by 5%. The current expectations are for interest rates to remain steady with a decline in fourth quarter. Treasury policy requires that investments be 90 days or less and investment grade. How should the company invest excess cash to support this goal?
ABC Company, a publicly held U.S. multinational, owns several manufacturing plants in Latin America as well as several ships to transport its products globally. 60% of its sales are from its euro-based subsidiaries. The company uses various derivative instruments to mitigate exposure to fluctuations in fuel prices and FX rates. The hedging deals are long-term and placed with many counterparties. ABC Company is also a net borrower and has a syndicated credit facility in place.Which of the following actions to mitigate counterparty risk would MOST benefit the company?
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