Entries by treasuryXL

Has the Bond bull market run out of steam?

| 02-11-2016 | Lionel Pavey | The yield on Dutch 10 year government bonds has increased sharply in the last month (October 2016) –from 0.02% at the start of the month to 0.28% at the end – bond prices of course move in the other direction and have gone down. Why? Possibility that the Federal […]

Will the Fed kill the EM currency rally, or will Trump?

| 01-11-2016 | Simon Knappstein |   The USD is strengthening again broadly across the range. As it had weakened since Q1 this year versus EM currencies, this trend now seems to have come to a halt. Obviously the expectation that the Fed will almost certainly raise interest rates in December is the major factor […]

TIS Webinar: SEPA in Sweden – The key to a smooth transition

| 27-10-2016 | TIS | Sponsored content | Dear community members, we would like to bring this TIS webinar under your attention. On November 3th between 04:00 and 04:30 PM TIS will host : SEPA in Sweden – The key to a smooth transition. We think it will be an interesting session and hope to […]

Blockchain, near real-world projects and collaboration: viable approaches

| 25-10-2016 | Carlo de Meijer | In one of my earlier blogs I wrote that we are beyond the hype of blockchain and distributed ledger technology. Support in the financial industry and beyond for this technology is accelerating in a rapid way. A lot of time and money is now invested into blockchain and its […]

Efficiency, kostenbesparing en cash vrijmaken door werkkapitaal optimalisatie

| 24-10-2016 | Olivier Werlingshoff |   In een artikel las ik vorige week dat er binnen bedrijven weinig animo is voor cashmanagement en de optimalisatie hiervan. Reden dat wordt aangedragen is dat cashmanagement niet als sexy wordt ervaren binnen organisaties. De vraag is vervolgens waarom? Er kunnen behoorlijk veel efficiency slagen worden gerealiseerd op dit vlak maar […]

treasuryXL education & events

| 21-10-2016 | treasuryXL | Autumn has come and it’s time to visit events, expand your network and try to learn some new things to start the working season right. We have selected some events and education programmes of which we think you would appreciate them. Enjoy and don’t forget to let us know which […]

Uitgelicht: Tobintaks

| 20-10-2016 | Lionel Pavey | De Europese Commissie heeft van tien lidstaten de opdracht gekregen om voor het eind van het jaar een richtlijn voor de Europese Tobintaks op te stellen. Oostenrijk, België, Frankrijk, Duitsland, Griekenland, Italië, Portugal, Slowakije, Slovenië en Spanje zijn het op 10 oktober eens geworden, de Europese versie van de […]

Accountability foreign currency risks

| 19-10-2016 | Maarten Verheul | Sometimes in financial statements, I read that the income statement was negatively impacted by exchange losses. This seems unnecessary to me. At the conclusion of each and every purchase order sales in foreign currency is a currency forward contract entered to avoid foreign exchange risks. Apparently, often to run […]