Entries by treasuryXL

Managing treasury risk: Credit Risk (Part V)

| 23-2-2017 | Lionel Pavey |   There are lots of discussions concerning risk, but let us start by trying to define what we mean by risk. In my fifth article I will focus on credit risk. Many companies have very significant credit needs and this needs to be formally addressed with a credit analysis […]

What’s FinTech and how does it change the financial world?

| 22-2-2017 | Arnoud Doornbos | FinTech is a term that is becoming popular in the financial world. Only one third of the financial experts know what this means  and understands  what consequences it has for their business. How this innovation is currently changing the ecosystem of money, is still relatively unknown. FinTech is a […]

Uniform Herstelkader Rentederivaten MKB

| 21-2-2017 | Simon Knappstein |   Op 19 december van vorig jaar is het definitieve herstelkader rentederivaten gepubliceerd door de Derivatencommissie. Dit is een update van de versie die al in juli van 2016 werd gepubliceerd. De update is inhoudelijk onveranderd maar bevat een aantal toelichtingen en bijlagen om de werking van het herstelkader […]

Flex Treasurer: The life of an interim treasurer

| 16-2-2017 | Patrick Kunz |   An interim treasurer is just like a normal treasurer. The difference is that he has a flexible contract and changes “jobs” more often. Assignments can be to replace the existing treasurer due to leave or sickness. This means that he gets to take an operational role and be part […]

Treasury and regulations: A changing environment

| 15-2-2017 | Theo Paardekoper | Companies need to comply to their regulatory framework in their industry. For the treasury department  a regulatory framework is applicable which is basically linked to the financial industry and not linked to the industry of the company. Because regulations in the financial industry are changing it is important for […]

Managing treasury risk: Commodity Risk (Part IV)

| 14-2-2017 | Lionel Pavey | There are lots of discussions concerning risk, but let us start by trying to define what we mean by risk. In my fourth article I will write about commodity risk, what the strategies around commodities are and how to build a commodity risk framework. More information about my first […]

Payment fraud – how companies can protect themselves

|13-2-2017 | Joerg Wiemer | sponsored content | Information about the opportunities and risks of digitalization is widely spread. In general, risks occur when there is a chance of losing a competitive advantage or falling behind.  However, one of the biggest risks is without doubt cybercrime. Attacks on IT systems worldwide increased yet again by […]

To be or not to be a treasurer

|10-2-2017 | Jan de Kroon |   Recent berichtten de (social) media over een Treasury initiatief van enkele hogescholen onder regie van de Hogeschool Utrecht. Het initiatief behelst een praktische minor Treasury Management waarin de masterstudenten aan de hand van praktische casuïstiek en tooling worden voorbereid op een mogelijk treasury carrière. Het interview met de […]

How about these Fintechs?!

| 9-2-2017 | Pieter de Kiewit | treasuryXL In August 2016 our expert Pieter de Kiewit wrote an article about Fintechs and we thought it might be interesting to publish it on treasuryXL. Since then Fintechs have become a major subject in the financial world. What has changed since the article was written? Are the […]

The Five Cash Management Initiatives Treasurers Should Consider

|8-2-2017 | Jan Meulendijks | iTreasurer |   In October 2014 iTreasurer published an article ‘The Five Cash Management Initiatives Treasurers Should Consider‘ about how treasurers keep focus on ways to keep cash management in their organisation efficient and cost effective.  As this is always an important issue and also relevant in 2017, we asked […]