Analysis

Real-time payments—and receivables—are a reality, already benefiting some treasurers' supply chain and reconciliation processes.

Acquisitions, FX market dynamics, cash repatriation, and rising interest rates are making debt more expensive for U.S. companies.

According to a recent study, more than half of HR workers have witnessed compliance activities by their colleagues that created unnecessary risk.

In addition to potentially embarrassing companies that report gargantuan wage gaps, advocates for disclosure say that pay transparency will embolden employees to demand higher wages.

U.S.-led trade war would likely lead to significant drop in dollar.

How S&P Global Ratings gauges companies' environmental and climate risks and opportunities, and what the trends reveal.

"A trade war is probably more dangerous for investors at this time than at any other time in recent history," GMO's Ben Inker writes.

Companies are leery about their longer-term prospects, which means many will continue to hoard cash or distribute to shareholders, rather than making capital investments.