Entries by treasuryXL

Forward Points Optimisation: How to reduce the cost of hedging

02-05-2023 | Changes in global interest rates put the spotlight on the high cost of carry for businesses hedging the FX risk on assets denominated in currencies that trade at a forward discount and/or liabilities denominated in forward premium currencies.

AI in treasury recruitment; great … but!

01-05-2023 | Also we are smitten by how great ChatGPT is and are discovering the various applications in our work. We only scratched the surface I think. Without pretending to be experts there are two practical and ethical aspects we think you should know and think about. The first is the built-in bias AI tools have, the other is the human factor that is a must in finding each other.

The Ethereum 2.0 Journey: From Beacon to Eternity

18-04-2023 | Last year September Ethereum blockchain entered a new phase in its Ethereum 2.0 journey. After launched the Beacon Chain in December 2020, a parallel blockchain which acts as consensus engine that runs on proof of stake, The Merge was concluded in September 2022 whereby the Beacon Chain and the Mainnet, the normal Ethereum blockchain, merged into one blockchain thereby switching from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake.