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Rousseff impeachment: short-term strength for BRL

22-04-2016 | by Simon Knappstein | Will the ousting of President Rousseff help the Brazilian Real to strengthen or not? From a high of 4,15 at the end of January USD/BRL has fallen steadily to 3,55 level today. This strengthening came on the back of a broadly weaker USD, a rebounding oil price, renewed inflow into […]

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Welcome to treasuryXL, platform built by treasurers to serve treasurers. The roots of treasuryXL lies in the Dutch treasury community. The shared opinion in this community is that: although treasury has its added value, there is still a lot of low hanging fruit to be harvested unfamiliarity with the function hinders further success the necessary […]

Negative Interest Rate Policy: No lasting effect on FX

14-04-2016 | by Simon Knappstein |   Negative interest rates are gripping Central Banks worldwide. The BoJ has resorted to this unexpected and unusual policy at the end of January. The ECB is expected to dig deeper into negative realms at their March meeting. The Swedish Riksbank has also gone negative and the Fed is […]