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Unlocking Value in Private Equity: Treasury Optimization as the Strategic Lever in the New Era of Operational Value Creation

In the high-stakes world of private equity, where the pressure to deliver exceptional returns is relentless, the playbook is evolving. Gone are the days when financial engineering—relying

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Transfer Pricing Compliance with Zanders Transfer Pricing Suite: Royal Philips Case Study

Zanders Transfer Pricing Suite is an innovative, cloud-based solution designed for companies looking to automate the Transfer Pricing compliance of financial transactions. With over five years

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Crypto Asset Exposures: Critical Assessment of Infrastructure Risks

This paper offers a straightforward analysis of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's standards on crypto asset exposures and their adoption by 2025. It critically assesses

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Greenwashing in Finance: Navigating the Shades of Sustainability

In recent years, consumers’ and investors’ interest in sustainability has been growing. Since 2015, assets under management in ESG funds have nearly tripled, the outstanding value of

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Biodiversity risks and opportunities for financial institutions explained

In this report, biodiversity loss ranks as the fourth most pressing concern after climate change adaptation, mitigation failure, and natural disasters. For financial institutions (FIs), it

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Blockchain-based Tokenization for decentralized Issuance and Exchange of Carbon Offsets

Carbon offset processes are currently dominated by private actors providing legitimacy for the market. The two largest of these, Verra and Gold Standard, provide auditing services, carbon

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The 2023 Banking Turmoil

Early October, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) published a report[1] on the 2023 banking turmoil that involved the failure of several US banks as well as Credit Suisse. The

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Driving Treasury Innovation: A Closer Look at SAP BTP

The SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) is not just a standalone product or a conventional module within SAP's suite of ERP systems; rather, it serves as a strategic platform from SAP,

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How to connect with local banks in Japan?

Treasurers dealing with multiple jurisdictions, scattered banking landscape, and local requirements face many challenges in this regard. Japan is one of the markets where bank connectivity

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Performance of Dutch banks in the 2023 EBA stress test 

Seventy banks have been considered, which is an increase of twenty banks compared to the previous exercise.  The portfolios of the participating banks contain around three quarters of all EU

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Zanders listed on Swift Customer Security Programme (CSP) Assessment Providers directory 

The CSP helps reinforce the controls protecting participants from cyberattack and ensures their effectivity and that they adhere to the current Swift security requirements. *Swift does not

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Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain: Navigating Risk, Compliance, and Future Opportunities in Corporate Treasury

As a result of the growing importance of this transformative technology and its applications, various regulatory initiatives and frameworks have emerged, such as Markets in Crypto-Assets

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Grip on your EVE SOT

Over the past decades, banks significantly increased their efforts to implement adequate frameworks for managing interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB). These efforts typically focus

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Insights into cracking model risk for prepayment models

Within the field of financial risk management, professionals strive to develop models to tackle the complexities in the financial domain. However, due to the ever-changing nature of financial

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Deposit rate dynamics - Elevating the predictive power of pass-through rate modeling

This whitepaper explores the complexities of pass-through rate modeling and highlights the critical limitations of relying solely on historical data. Traditional

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Budget at Risk: Empowering a global non-profit client with a clearer steer on FX risk

Charities and non-profit organizations face distinct challenges when processing donations and payments across multiple countries. In this sector, the impact of currency exchange losses is not

Climate Scenario Design and Stress Testing

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Biodiversity risks scoring: a quantitative approach

Addressing biodiversity (loss) is not only relevant from an impact perspective; it is also quickly becoming a necessity for financial institutions to safeguard their portfolios against

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Charting Treasury Horizons: Zanders' Treasury Benchmark Scan Paves the Path for NGO's Future

A force for change The NGO sector today is facing a multitude of conflicting pressures. Growing humanitarian need has heightened the pressure on these organizations to change the world, but

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Navigating Treasury Transformation: Key Insights from TAC’s SAP Conference in Brussels

SAP highlighted their public vs. private cloud offerings, RISE and GROW products, new AI chatbot applications, and their SAP Analytics Cloud solution. In addition to SAP's insights, several

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In-House Banking vs. In-House Cash: Should You Make the Change?

SAP In-House Cash (IHC) has enabled corporates to centralize cash, streamline payment processes, and recording of intercompany positions via the deployment of an internal bank. S/4 HANA

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Enhancing Centralized Payment Processing in SAP: Innovations in Advanced Payment Management

Historically, SAP faced limitations in this area, but recent innovations have addressed these challenges. This article explores how the XML framework within SAP’s Advanced Payment Management

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PLA and the RFET: A Perfect FRTB Storm 

Despite the several global delays to FRTB go-live, many banks are still struggling to be prepared for the implementation of profit and loss attribution (PLA) and the risk factor eligibility

Nordic Corporate Treasury Breakfast Seminar

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Insights into FX Risk in Business Planning and Analysis

In a world of persistent market and economic volatility, the Corporate Treasury function is increasingly taking on a more strategic role in navigating the uncertainties and driving corporate

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Optimizing Global Payments: The Growing Role of EBICS 

Security in payments is a priority that no corporation can afford to overlook. But how can bank connectivity be designed to be secure, seamless, and cost-effective? What role do local

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A multi-faceted refinancing for C. Steinweg

C. Steinweg Group is a market-leading logistics and warehousing company with over 6,250 employees and warehouses and terminals that span more than 100 locations in 55 countries worldwide. With

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Uncertainty meets its match

In brief  Despite an upturn in the economic outlook, uncertainty remains ingrained into business operations today.  As a result, most corporate treasuries are

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Calibrating deposit models: Using historical data or forward-looking information?  

After a long period of negative policy rates within Europe, the past two years marked a period with multiple hikes of the overnight rate by central banks in Europe, such as the European

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Supporting Your Treasury Processes with SAP S/4HANA: Cash and Banking First

On the 22nd of August, SAP and Zanders hosted a webinar on the topic of optimizing your treasury processes with SAP S/4HANA, with the focus on how to benefit from S/4HANA for the cash &

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Why Banks are Shifting to Open-Source Model Software for Financial Risk Management

Banks perform data analytics, statistical modelling, and automate financial processes using model software, making model software essential for financial risk management.  Why banks

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