Financial Institutions

Feb '1203

Baby Boom

of Baby Gloom?

The man who makes my fishing poles wants to transfer his business. The company has been operating for more than 80 years. Many years ago it passed from father to son. Now it’s time for the son to start enjoying a… read more


Jan '1212
Zanders Risk Management Seminar 2011

Zanders Risk Management Seminar 2011

Navigation between market and regulations

About 200 participants attended Zanders’ Risk Management Seminar for fi nancial institutions on 28 November. This annual event took place in the old neoclassical church ‘De Duif’ (The Dove) on the Prinsengracht canal in Amsterdam. “This was a suitable location, where… read more


Oct '1120
The illusion

The illusion

of control

The cult 1970s writer Douglas Adams managed to reduce the meaning of ‘Life, the Universe and Everything’ to the banality of a two-digit number (42, in case you’re wondering), leaving the characters in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy baffled to… read more


Aug '1125
Will Basel III force disintermediation?

Will Basel III force disintermediation?

Implications for high risk/high yield banking activities

The new capital requirements specified by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), also known as Basel III, have landed broadly. A great deal of attention has been focused on the implications of Basel III for the capital structure of banks. Various… read more


Jul '1112
Zanders is expanding

Zanders is expanding

its UK office

Three years since Zanders first established its office in London, three new members of staff are set to help consolidate the company’s presence, with the aim of becoming a household name in the UK market.

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Jun '1129

Model risk for non-maturing products

Most banks have significant amounts of non-maturing products on their balance sheets, such as current accounts and savings deposits. The contractual maturity is very small, so that the client could withdraw his or her money at short notice and banks can… read more


Apr '1122
How to value a cross-currency swap

How to value a cross-currency swap

Since the first transaction in 1981 between the World Bank and IBM, the market of cross-currency swaps has grown rapidly. It represents, according to the Bank of International Settlements, an outstanding notional amount of USD 16,347 billion as per June 2010.… read more

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Client Cases

Nationale-Nederlanden

tightens its grip on risks

financial institutions, risk management

Netherlands State Treasury Agency

Going the extra mile for the national treasurer

public sector, treasury management, financing, treasury, publieke sector