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Blockchain regulation in the securities industry: Still many unanswered questions!

| 24-3-2017 | Carlo de Meijer | One of the obstacles for massive adoption of blockchain technology is the lack of clarity from regulators. Regulators world-wide have long time taken a wait-and-see attitude towards blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) (see my Blog “Blockchain and Regulation: do no stiffle …. April 4, 2016). But that […]

3 tips for a successful accounting- and ERP-system roll-out

| 23-3-2017 | Christian van Ledden | Sponsored content |   Cloud based accounting- and ERP-systems, i.e. SAP S4-HANA are receiving a lot of attention these days. The result? – Increasingly more companies are considering cloud solutions in their effort to consolidate IT processes and systems. According to a study by Panorama Consulting, in 2015 […]

Managing treasury risk: Operational Risk (Part VII)

| 21-3-2017 | Lionel Pavey |   There are lots of discussions concerning risk, but let us start by trying to define what we mean by risk. In my last article on how to manage treasury risk I will write something about operational risk. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) defines this as “the risk […]

Reach your potential customers via treasuryXL

| 20-3-2017 | treasuryXL | Already one year treasuryXL is online and we are proud to say that we have seen our  website grow from an unknown newcomer to a well-established information platform for treasurers, bankers, financial professionals, CFO teams, educators and everyone who likes treasury. Our expert team has grown from a few members […]

Waarom ongevraagde biedingen waardevol zijn

| 17-3-2017 | Victor Macrae |   Unilever en Akzo Nobel hebben een resoluut ‘nee’ uitgesproken tegen de ongevraagde biedingen van buitenlandse opkopers. Publiek en overheid hebben verontwaardigd gereageerd over verkwanseling van het Nederlandse erfgoed. Maar de ongewenste avances hebben een groot voordeel: de door de acquisitiekandidaten voor de toekomst geplande strategie wordt nu versneld […]

Toename SCF om werkkapitaal te financieren

| 14-3-2017 | Jan de Kroon | Rond de Creditexpo verschijnen er tal van artikelen over de voor en nadelen van uiteenlopende ontwikkelingen rond het thema Supply chain financering (SCF). Zo publiceerde PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) recent in verkorte vorm de uitkomsten van een gehouden onderzoek naar Reversed Factoring als alternatief voor werkkapitaalfinanciering van banken. Het zal […]

Managing treasury risk: Liquidity Risk (VI)

|13-3-2017 | Lionel Pavey | There are lots of discussions concerning risk, but let us start by trying to define what we mean by risk. In today’s article I will focus on liquidity risk. Many companies have very significant credit needs and this needs to be formally addressed with a credit analysis procedure in place. […]

Blockchain and derivatives: Re-imagining the industry

| 10-3-2017 | Carlo de Meijer | Since the first meetings organised by the Technology Advisory Committee of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on January 26 and February 23, 2016, on “Blockchain and the Potential Application of Distributed Ledger Technology to the Derivatives Market”, we have seen a lot of activity in this area. […]