Entries by treasuryXL

treasuryXL: summer holiday reading material

| 10-08-2016 | treasuryXL | Time flies, it is August already. And, for most people, August means holiday time and taking time to read. Have you got your summer holiday reading list sorted yet? The perfect moment to provide you with some summer holiday reading material. These are the top 5 best read articles of treasuryXL from the start. […]

How to cope with the interconnectivity trap?

| 09-08-2016 | Hans de Vries |   Electronic Banking has been here for more than thirty years now. And it certainly had a big impact on the way the corporates and banks communicate. Nevertheless, ever since the introduction Treasurers have been struggling to incorporate this feature into their IT ERP environment. This struggle has […]

Who is our treasury guru?

| 08-08-2016 | Pieter de Kiewit | At the end of this year Theo van der Nat will retire. He is professor, working for the Amsterdam based Vrije Universiteit, for the (Dutch) Register Treasurer post graduate education and other organisations. If there was ever one, he is/was the guru of the Dutch treasury community. He […]

How to avoid payment fraud?

| 05-08-2016 | Udo Rademakers | Generally speaking, most of the fraud cases don’t make it into the paper because companies are so embarrassed that they choose to keep the affair quiet instead. In some cases however, amounts are too substantial to hide and corporates (need to) publish. One case has been published some months ago […]

Uitgelicht: Financiering binnen de keten

03-08-2016 | Kasja Reinders, Jan de Kroon | Afgelopen week verscheen op CFO.nl het artikel ‘Financiering binnen de keten’ waarin wordt gesteld dat het Nederlandse bedrijfsleven nog altijd kampt met een te lange betalingstermijn. Gemiddeld duurt het nu 40,7 dagen voor een factuur wordt betaald terwijl hier wettelijk 30 dagen voor staan. Wat zou het betekenen […]

USD/TRY, where to after the failed coup?

02-08-2016 | Simon Knappstein |   In my July consensus FX forecasts report USD/TRY was expected to rise to 3.11 in 12 months’ time. These forecasts were given prior to the attempted coup.      Now, two weeks further, the domestic situation in Turkey is clearly stabilising and it is a fine moment to take […]

The impact of negative interest rates

01-08-2016 | Lionel Pavey |   Articles in the press state that large commercial banks are considering charging their corporate clients negative interest rates on credit balances on their bank accounts. This presents us with certain problems – how will clients react? Withdraw money – known as stuffing money under the mattress. This would present huge security […]

Treasury ABC Part III

| 29-07-2016 | Jan Doosje |   For many people Treasury is, as they think, something that is not concerning. Because there are many items that could be mentioned and listed here, I chose to mention the items that have effect on our daily lives, even if we are not aware of the existence of […]

Uitgelicht: Tekort aan obligaties dreigt voor ECB

| 28-07-2016 | Simon Knappstein, Lionel Pavey, Pieter Jan van Krevel |   Vorige week verscheen op fd.nl een artikel waarin wordt gesteld dat De Europese Centrale Bank in de knel dreigt te komen met haar grootschalige opkoopprogramma. Doordat de rente blijft dalen komen steeds minder staatsleningen in aanmerking voor opkoping. Wat heeft dit voor gevolgen? Wij vroegen […]