Entries by treasuryXL

Foreign currency hedging, a protection of cash flow

| 25-10-2017 | Rob Beemster | Currency volatility is a well-known uncertain component of international business. In the pre-euro era one could suffer severely by currency movements of its European neighbours. Corporations, dealing within euro countries, have diminished the currency exposure. A historical overview of the euro versus the us dollar Looking back over the […]

GDPR and its effect on your business

| 24-10-2017 | treasuryXL | As if the finance industry is not already facing enough challenges swimming though the sea of regulatory acronyms – BASEL iii, EMIR, MIFID ii, SOX, KYC etc. – a new directive is due to come into force on the 25th May 2018, namely GDPR. GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is […]

Will the ECB taper off its Quantitative Easing programme?

| 23-10-2017 | Lionel Pavey | On the 26th October the ECB will have their next meeting. One of the main topics will be regarding the current QE programme and a possible announcement over its extension into 2018. Currently the ECB has, after 2 ½ years of QE, purchased more than EUR 2 trillion of […]

Voorlichtingsavond PGO Treasury Management & Corporate Finance

| 20-10-2017 | Robert Dekker | Op donderdag 9 november 2017 vindt de voorlichtingsavond voor de Postgraduate opleidingen, waaronder de opleiding Treasury Management & Corporate Finance, van de School of Business and Economics van de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam plaats. Deze voorlichtingsavond is bedoeld voor geïnteresseerden die per 1 februari 2018 willen instromen. Dat kan, omdat wij de opleiding […]

Introduction core team Treasurer Development

| 19-10-2017 | treasuryXL  | Treasurer Development | Earlier we informed you about the Treasurer Development initiative. The members of the core team of Treasurer Development aim to contribute to raising the professional level of corporate treasury and increase acceptance and recognition of corporate treasury. Starting point for them is the treasurer as a person.   In […]

Alternative Payment Providers

| 18-10-2017 | treasuryXL | The Paypers | Traditionally, banks provided the infrastructure to enable payments to take place. Nowadays, there are many different third party online payment services that compete directly with the bank models. We came across an interesting article detailing the rise of a mobile payment platform with a large customer base […]

Cybersecurity & corporate treasury – not your favourite, but beware!

| 17-10-2017 | Pieter de Kiewit | We all have these topics we know are important but never get the highest priority. Until it is too late. Cybersecurity is one of them. Do you want to be the treasurer named in the newspapers? Finding examples and input on-line is not hard. Only this morning these […]

IBM: International Blockchain Model of the future?

| 16-10-2017 | Carlo de Meijer | According to a recent Juniper Research study “Blockchain Enterprise Survey”, IBM is seen as the number one provider of blockchain to business, well ahead of its competitors. These results are based on a survey of 400 business users from organisations actively considering, or in the process of deploying […]

Werkkapitaalbeheersing bij professionele servicesorganisaties: de olie voor uw (economische) motor!

| 13-10-2017 | CFO Netwerk | Waarom aandacht voor werkkapitaalbeheersing? Professionele services organisaties zoals advocaten, accountants maar ook andere tijd schrijvende organisaties kenmerken zich door een uiterst loyale cliënt opstelling. Loyaal in de zin dat de cliënt vraag centraal staat en dat deze vraag zo spoedig mogelijk beantwoord dient te worden. Als het probleem van de […]

Entering the Financial Markets Data environment – Review Screen Market Event

| 12-10-2017 | Pieter de Kiewit | Last Tuesday Screen Consultants organized her annual event for the 25th time. An excellent opportunity to put the topic of financial market data on the treasuryXL agenda trough layman’s eyes. There are a few obvious reasons why a corporate treasurer should pay attention to market data: “Using old […]