Cash Management and Treasury Specialist Owner of Lion Cash Flow
An honest and innovative cash manager/treasurer with proven expertise in public and corporate financing, investor and bank relationships, financial analysis, cash management, foreign exchange, import and export. Solid background in development and implementation of strategies aimed at business efficiency and transparency. Comprehensive understanding of optimizing work flow processes to deliver improvements whilst collaborating with multiple departments within a company.
Graphs with no time line – why and how
| 7-8-2017 | Lionel Pavey | A key role within the Treasury function is providing forecasts to the directors and management. Graphs are a frequently used tool of course. When constructing graphs it is normal to put time on the horizontal x axis and read the prices from left to right – from old to […]
Moving Averages – how to calculate them
| 1-8-2017 | Lionel Pavey | In the second article in this series we will be looking at different types of moving averages. Moving averages are used to determine the current trend of a price. They filter out the extremes within a range of data and present a smoother picture. They are almost exclusively calculated using the […]
Forecasting the future by looking at the past
| 25-7-2017 | Lionel Pavey | A key role within the Treasury function is providing forecasts to the directors and management. The most obvious would be the cash flow forecast, but others would include foreign exchange prices, interest rates, commodities and energy. A forecasts is a tool that helps with planning for the uncertainty in the future, […]
Blockchain innovation conference 2017- an inspiring event
| 26-6-2017 | Lionel Pavey | I had the distinct pleasure of attending this conference in an editorial role for TreasuryXL. More than 50 speakers and 400 attendees ensured that there were many lively discussions and thought provoking statements made during the day. So, what is Blockchain? We keep reading about it, and I […]
Payment threat trends
| 12-6-2017 | Lionel Pavey | In the article ‘payment threat trends’ on FinExtra.com you can read that the European Payments Council provides an insight into the latest developments on threats affecting payments, including cybercrime. You can also download the document, which is divided in two sections. One analyses threats including denial of service attacks, […]
The end of the Euro as we know it – when the party ends?
| 4-5-2017 | Lionel Pavey | The papers are full of stories about the level of Government debt within the Eurozone (Italy has a debt to GDP ratio of more than 130%), probable new bailouts for Greece, lack of suitable bonds to purchase for Quantitive Easing, Brexit, the rise of populist rightwing politics etc. Well […]