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FXpress and Kyriba form cash, treasury and risk alliance

24 June 2009

Cash and treasury firm Kyriba has teamed with risk management provider FXpress to offer joint solutions.

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FXpress, a provider of risk, exposure, and compliance management solutions, and Kyriba, a provider of SaaS cash and treasury management solutions, have announced they are forming an alliance.

With this joint solution, financial managers of domestic and multinational organizations will achieve total visibility on their cash flows enterprise-wide and facilitate a complete, consolidated view...


Poll

Will Russia’s recent ban on grain exports result in a significant rise in private risk insurance claims from grain traders unable to fulfil their contracts?

Yes – there will be more claims. The government’s actions allow traders, with PRI cover, to make claims through contract frustration.
8%
No - the majority of Russia’s wheat production, some 70%-80%, is used for domestic consumption so the contracts represent only a small portion of the total wheat market, limiting the amount of potential claims.
23%
No - traders had a week’s notice before the ban allowing them to secure alternative supplies to fulfil contracts stated as optional origin.
23%
Maybe - but claims are likely to be limited to traders dealing in soft wheat whose contracts demand they source wheat only from Russia.
46%

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From a Brazilian perspective a lot of work still needs to be done in getting foreign lenders more comfortable to finance the second-tier players again.

Ian Henderson, Texel Capital - Brazil: Agri-sector bounces back - Trade Finance July/August 2010