While 90 percent of Asian treasury professionals recently polled in Hong Kong and Singapore indicated that they were dissatisfied with their ability to forecast their cash positions, making liquidity and funding risk a top concern, only 7.5 percent identified operational risk an area worth their attention, reports Reval, a leading global provider of comprehensive and integrated Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for Treasury and Risk Management (TRM).

“Cash flow forecasting, the treasurer´s tool to understand current liquidity levels and identify the timing of future liquidity pitfalls, has always been and will continue to be one of the most important tasks in managing liquidity risk and financing business growth,” explains Tony Singleton, APAC Managing Director at Reval. “But while risk awareness has certainly increased across Asia, many of the region’s treasurers are still using error-prone spreadsheets for forecasting, leaving treasury potentially exposed to inaccurate global cash positions and forecasts.”

With only 10 percent of respondents saying that they are fully satisfied with their forecasting processes and quality of data, the fact that operational risk is not an issue suggests that auditors, board risk committees and CFOs feel comfortable running their business on spreadsheets. “Four years after the global financial crisis, I would encourage CFOs to consider how such a disconnect puts their overall business at risk,” Singleton says.

The survey, conducted at a recent event hosted by Reval on Treasury and Risk Management, gleaned insight from 80 finance and treasury executives from companies across multiple industries in Singapore and Hong Kong.

About Reval

Reval is a leading, global Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of comprehensive and integrated Treasury and Risk Management (TRM) solutions. Our cloud-based software and related offerings enable enterprises to better manage cash, liquidity and financial risk, and includes specialized capabilities to account for and report on complex financial instruments and hedging activities. Using Reval, companies can optimize treasury and risk management activities across the enterprise for greater operational efficiency, security, control and compliance. Founded in 1999, Reval is headquartered in New York with regional centers across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.reval.com or contact info@reval.com.