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Buy now, pay sooner – dynamic discounting
| 12-04-2018 | Lionel Pavey | We live in a time of very low interest rates which translates to lower funding costs. However, at the same time, obtaining credit is becoming more difficult as banks are reluctant to lend in the ways that they did years ago. This is caused by the need for […]
Basis Swap – how to convert your exposure
| 10-04-2018 | treasuryXL | At the moment, there is a growing movement within interbank markets to replace all the existing interbank offer rates that are used to price a myriad of financial instruments. The motivation for this movement has been the revelation that these indices have been fraudulently priced by banks delivering inaccurate prices […]
1 year to Brexit – the banking exodus?
| 09-04-2018 | treasuryXL | If all goes as stated, then the United Kingdom will be leaving the European Union on 29th March 2019. There has been fierce competition within the EU to entice banks away from London and to settle within the Euro zone. In London there is a fear that there will be […]
State of the nation – the future looks bright
| 06-04-2018 | treasuryXL | Last week, the Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS) released their year end data for 2017 regarding the Dutch economy. The recovery is strong – for the first time since 2008 the Netherlands complies with 2 of the important Euro criteria at the same time; the government debt is below […]
What future role for CSDs in blockchain post-trade environment?
| 05-04-2018 | Carlo de Meijer | Blockchain technology enables real-time settlement finality in the securities world. This may mean the end of a number of players in the post trade area. For a long time, central securities depositories (CSDs), as intermediators in the post-trade processing chain, were expected to become obsolete. CSDs, but also other […]
Financing your international trade – documentary collections
| 04-04-2018 | Lionel Pavey | Acquiring the right goods at the right price can eventually lead a company to overseas markets. International trade has certain barriers – buyers and sellers have never met and are reluctant to completely trust each other; drawing up documentation can be difficult and time consuming due to difference […]
TIS – the single source of truth
| 29-03-2018 | treasuryXL | TIS Treasury Intelligence Solutions | On Tuesday 27th March 2018, treasuryXL attended a seminar in Amsterdam organised by TIS. TIS stands for Treasury Intelligence Solutions and, during this seminar, Christian Werling from TIS gave a very informative presentation about their services which focus on cloud solutions for managing the administration of […]
Rainy day funds and moral hazards
| 28-03-2018 | treasuryXL | Christine Lagarde – the chief of the IMF – stated recently that the Eurozone countries should set up a “rainy day” fund that could be used to protect the countries in a time of economic turmoil. As the IMF is seen as the lender of last resort to the world, […]
Peer to peer lending – just a fad or a change in the market?
| 27-03-2018 | treasuryXL | Almost 2 years ago we reported that KNAB Bank had started a crowdfunding initiative to allow, mainly companies, to access an alternative area to fund their businesses, whilst at the same time allowing investors to directly participate in these loans and lend directly – via KNAB – to the […]
Credit Default Swap: What is it – good or bad?
| 26-03-2018 | Lionel Pavey | A decade ago it was one of the financial instruments that was identified as causing the financial crisis. It had been one of the most popular financial products before the crisis with the market turnover growing by more than 50 times over a period of 7 years. It started […]