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Coronavirus Concerns See Equity Markets Suffer As Investors Head for Safe Havens

27-02-2020 | treasuryXL | XE | Coronavirus took the headlines again with the World Health Organisation warning that the world should prepare for a pandemic. The WHO stated it was too early to call the outbreak a pandemic but countries should be “in a phase of preparedness”. As with before, the Dollar and Swiss Franc […]

4 top Questions and Answers about Cash Management

| 25-2-2020 | by Kendra Keydeniers | Cash Management is one of the three primary disciplines of Corporate Treasury. (Risk Management and Corporate Finance are the other two.) Cash management is often described as monetary logistics management. This analogy works quite well. It is the discipline of Treasury that is devoted to the management of planned expenditures, so it is […]

Do Androids dream of Electric Spreadsheets? A Beginner’s Guide to AI in Treasury – Part I

| 24-02-2020 | treasuryXL | Cashforce | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick, adapted to the movie Blade Runner in 1984 (yes, it’s that old), ponders the question whether technology can replace humanity in every aspect of life. Whether advanced technology could attain a comprehensive cognitive interpretation of dreaming is a philosophical conundrum that […]

Central bank digital currencies: towards a global approach

| 21-2-2020 | Carlo de Meijer | treasuryXL In one of my earlier blogs, I mentioned that Facebook’s efforts to launch its Libra cryptocurrency triggered intense debates over who would control money in the future. It has also forced Central Banks to think about and explore their own digital currency. According to recent research, at […]

Huge number of countries with an array of recession forecasts

20-02-2020 | treasuryXL | XE | Widespread weakness continues to weigh on a huge number of countries with an array of recession forecasts in the wake of global weakness due to pandemic, trade wars and trade deleveraging. Hong Kong having slipped into recession last year seems as if this is likely to be repeated in […]

Looking for a Treasury & Trade Finance Business Partner

19-02-2020 | Treasurer Search | treasuryXL Our partner Treasurer Search is looking for a Treasury & Trade Finance Business Partner for a multi-billion $ global market leader in various complex technological project industries. The Treasury & Trade Finance Business Partner will claim her role in the teams that land complex technological & infrastructure deals in the […]

Corporate Governance and Treasury | Embrace the Corporate Treasury Policy

| 18-02-2020 | François de Witte | treasuryXL | Corporate Governance Corporate Governance is a mechanism through which boards and directors can direct, monitor and supervise the conduct and operation of the corporation and its management in a way that ensures appropriate levels of authority, accountability, stewardship, leadership, direction and control. The ultimate responsibility for Treasury management […]

Top 5 most common pain points in Treasury

14-02-2020 | treasuryXL | Michael Ringeling The purpose of Treasury is to manage a company’s funding, liquidity and to mitigate its financial and other risk. Made up of three sub-disciplines, Treasury’s overall objective is to safeguard the company’s holdings and to follow the long-term strategy set forth by Corporate Finance (and strategy). Cash Management, on […]

Inflation Data for EURUSD

13-02-2020 | treasuryXL | XE | Markets have once again turned risk averse overnight, with the Chinese city of Hubei the latest outbreak focus. With a European tech conference cancelled, as well as fears in South Korea and Japan. The medium and long-term impacts are still non quantified. Currency markets do not like uncertainty. And […]

Financing a Livable World

11-2-2020 | by Aastha Tomar If Greta Thunberg doesn’t inspire us, breathing some Delhi air may. While these might have been in news recently, more of this discussion is on social media rather than real action. Sustainability has thus mostly been associated with activist connotation and, less with real, on-ground impact. As we evaluate on-ground actions, investments […]