Entries by treasuryXL

Commercial Paper – alternative short term funding

| 03-05-2018 | treasuryXL | Instead of just relying on banks to provide short term funding, large corporations are also able to access the European Commercial Paper market (ECP). This is an alternative market that can assist in meeting short term funding requirements. This provides a good alternative to products previously mentioned – such as […]

Brexit – the impact on your business

| 02-05-2018 | Lionel Pavey |   As the negotiations between the EU and the UK get ever more complicated, there is a strong possibility that rather than a hard or soft Brexit there will be no agreement whatsoever. For businesses that either export to the UK or import from, this could have a fundamental […]

Make room for the treasury controller!

| 01-05-2018 | Pieter de Kiewit | Lately we have received an increasing number of calls from companies asking about treasury controllers. For various reasons this is understandable, but they are not the easiest to find and there is appears to be quite a wide variety. Let’s elaborate. Over the last few years, many corporates […]

Hyperledger blockchain projects: from incubation to production-ready status

| 26-04-2018 | Carlo de Meijer | Last year I wrote a blog on the Hyperledger project and what that could mean for blockchain acceptance (see my blog: Hyperledger Project: collaboration pays off, 9 April 2017). We are now almost a year later and I am wondering if they are meeting my expectations. “2017 was a […]

Rising bond yields – winners and losers

| 25-04-2018 | treasuryXL | It is the talk of the town – US 10 year Government bond yields are rising and testing the perceived psychological level of 3 per cent. At the same time the whole yield curve is flattening – the spreads are diminishing. There are growing concerns about rising inflation, along with […]

Static Data – unsexy, but imperative to workflows

| 23-04-2018 | treasuryXL | We live in the world of Big Data – we are told that there is so much potential that can be unleashed by embracing Big Data. This can lead to business efficiency, increased revenue, reduced expenditure, earlier identification of fraud etc. But for all this to reach fruition, we need […]

The Bank of England – a fintech company?

| 20-04-2018 | treasuryXL | The Old Lady has a long history – the second oldest central bank, who has always kept the market in check. Whilst the financial Big Bang of 1986 changed the landscape in the Square Mile, her power and influence are still very evident. On Wednesday, she surprised the banking market […]

Letter of Credit – financing international trade

| 19-04-2018 | treasuryXL |   When a buyer and seller agree to enter into a transaction that is cross border, one of the most used instruments to facilitate this transaction is a documentary letter of credit (LC). This is an international recognised and accepted method that is governed by the rules and regulations of […]

Data analysis – pros and cons

| 18-04-2018 | Lionel Pavey |   With the advent of computing and ever more powerful processing capabilities, we are living in a time where there is more and more data available within a company. Advocates of data mining speak of the advantages that can be obtained by analysing all the data and discovering trends […]