Associate Partner at ILFA Group and owner of Barcelona valuta experts BV
Rob Beemster is associate partner at ILFA group and owner of Barcelona valuta experts BV. He has worked in Foreign Exchange trading and sales for international banks.
Barcelona valuta experts B.V, is an independent company and is specialized in Currency Management for institutions and corporates. We are able to assess the opacity of foreign currency aspects and make it transparent for our clients.
Our services are: cost savings programs, structural efficiency improvement and strategy on currency management. And apart from that, we guide and coach cfo’s on currency related issues.
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It’s India, you stupid
| 26-01-2018 | Rob Beemster | In our daily business, we attend to corporations and institutions in their foreign activities. We notice among our clients more and more attention and interest in India. Several of our clients have invested in factories, what can be economically seen as Foreign Direct Investment in India. Others are increasing […]
2018 – the black swan could be China
| 21-12-2017 | Rob Beemster | Chinese gross domestic product (GDP) is forecasted to end 2017 at around $12 trillion, while the total debt to GDP is about 400%. The economic growth has been impressive as well is its nominal (but also relative) rise of the total debt. The Chinese economy has grown from […]
The treasurer plays with fire, when hedging foreign currencies to his sole gut feelings
| 24-11-2017 | Rob Beemster | The foreign exchange market is a highly volatile market and therefore full of surprises. For more than 20 years, I was a spot currency trader in the dealing room of a large international bank. One of the things I liked the most in being a trader was the […]
Foreign currency hedging, a protection of cash flow
| 25-10-2017 | Rob Beemster | Currency volatility is a well-known uncertain component of international business. In the pre-euro era one could suffer severely by currency movements of its European neighbours. Corporations, dealing within euro countries, have diminished the currency exposure. A historical overview of the euro versus the us dollar Looking back over the […]
Indian Rupee remains very vulnerable
| 04-10-2017 | Rob Beemster | The Indian rupee has suffered in September severely. In our report we name the issues resulting to the weakening. International companies in India and those trading with India face severe danger from these currency moves. This article will give you an insight how to handle this. What has changed […]
Lessons to learn: a higher euro threatens corporate Europe; how to handle this
| 26-9-2017 | Rob Beemster | Do you run a business in Europe and the world is your market? Then you must face jitters due to the currency developments in the US and UK. The huge impact of Brexit on the sterling has seen a devaluation of around 30% against the Euro. The US dollar has […]