Entries by treasuryXL

Unilever’s decision – the Ides of March?

| 22-03-2018 | treasuryXL | On 15th March 2018, Unilever announced its decision to domicile its headquarters exclusively in the Netherlands. This will lead to Unilever having a single legal base for the first time. Traditionally, Unilever had 2 holding companies – Unilever NV, registered and domiciled in Rotterdam the Netherlands, and Unilever PLC, registered […]

Basisbeginselen Beursgang – Treasury for Non-Treasurers

| 21-03-2018 | Pieter de Kiewit | Met het huidige nieuws rond beursgangen (IPOs = initial public offering) heb ik gezocht op het steekwoord beursgang op treasuryXL en vond geen resultaten. Wellicht omdat de treasury beroepsgroep communiceert in het Engels. Voor Non-Treasurers ga ik bij deze kort in op de basisbeginselen van een beursgang en […]

How To Optimize Your Cash Management – upcoming event

| 19-03-2018 | treasuryXL | TIS Treasury Intelligence Solutions | Treasury Intelligence Solutions GmbH (TIS)- a partner of treasuryXL, are organising a very engaging event that is being held in Amsterdam on Tuesday 27th March 2018, for corporate treasury. We have been kindly invited to attend and shall report back to you later, with our thoughts […]

Smart contracts – oxymoron or the future for business?

| 16-03-2018 | treasuryXL | On Tuesday 13th March 2018, RTL Z – a television channel – broadcast a “Cryptoshow” to explain how the Blockchain works and what it could mean for the future. They attempted to make the technology and information as simple as possible to show what uses the Blockchain could have in […]

Term sheets – glossary of terms

| 15-03-2018 | treasuryXL | Whenever entering into transactions with banks, both parties need to know and understand what they are trading. A relatively simple transaction like a FX spot has few terms – you buy one currency against selling another currency at an agreed rate and an agreed settlement date. The only other major […]

Hoe banken hun ondernemersrisico uitbesteden.

| 14-03-2018 | Frank Wijn |   Als oud-bankier ben ik vanaf 2008 bezig om mooie ondernemingen bij te staan in hun contacten met de bank, hen uit te leggen wat bankafspraken daadwerkelijk inhouden, bezig om ondernemers te behoeden voor “foute afspraken” en hun bankafspraken (waaronder financieringen) te optimaliseren.     Mijn werkwijze is simpel […]

IPOs – how to bring your company to the market

| 13-03-2018 | Lionel Pavey | In the last week, 3 Dutch companies have announced that they will be floating on the stock exchange via Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). Alfen – an energy storage company; B & S – a cosmetics wholesaler; and NIBC – fifth largest Dutch bank in terms of assets. In America, […]

MiFID II regulering van de georganiseerde handel

| 12-03-2018 | Michiel van den Broek |   De Europese MiFID regels hebben als hoofddoelstellingen om de Europese financiële markten efficiënter en transparanter te maken en om de bescherming van beleggers te vergroten. De MiFID II regels trachten zoveel mogelijk handelsvormen te reguleren. Deze regulering heeft betrekking op de dienstverlening en beleggingsactiviteiten van beleggingsondernemingen […]

Corporate governance – it is all about the rules

| 08-03-2018 | treasuryXL | Corporate governance is the rules and processes by which a company is controlled and directed. It is a balancing mechanism between different stakeholders – directors, shareholders, management, government, external financiers etc. The treasury function performs highly skilled and complex tasks to ensure continued and harmonious execution of all cash related […]

From dull numbers to smart data: A new era of cash visibility is dawning

| 06-03-2018 | TIPCO | Sponsored content | Building on information that is now more readily available than ever before, advances in technology help create new insights for corporate treasurers.      For the last decade or so, many treasury departments have focused on getting their hands on the data required for establishing daily, or at […]