In the first half of 2018 Ekuota has published reports on currencies and metal prices with indications on the expected future scenarios of quotations. The analysis contain indications on the…
Don’t say we didn’t tell you!
Ekuota predicited it. But let’s go in order. The purchase decisions of the raw materials are associated with a prospective analysis of their quotations on the international markets. The techniques used…
Protection against the pitfalls of financial markets
Financial markets can be dangerous, full of threats to businesses that come in the form of lower revenues in foreign currencies as well as an increased cost of commodities. Some…
A WINNING STRATEGY FOR FOREIGN PURCHASES
How to help companies to realize the full potential of foreign purchases. For a long time, this issue has been regarded as an easy shortcut or as a sort of…
How to fix foreign exchange prices in two steps
Why are you losing foreign customers? It is not your fault or your employees’ if financial management has become very chaotic. Why is it that the foreign exchange transactions are closed with…
Understanding Risk Probabilistic Scenarios for Companies
Knowing the likelihood of loss or gain is essential for any company, especially when exposed to financial risks. Knowing in advance the chances of getting a positive financial margin from payments in foreign…
Online Financing of Invoices: in Italy is not easy going
In UK online platform for invoice financing are a reality. In Italy a flexible and less time consuming managing of factoring is still to be seen.
Negative interest rates: borrowers’ paradise
The interest rate with a maturity of one month for Euro zone (called 1Month Euribor) has officially dropped below zero for the first time on January 19, 2015. It’s a…
Understanding exchange rate
Doing business throughout the world is not the same from one country to another. Trading in different languages, culture and time zone complicates the activities. One of the key factors of global business is the…
Forecasts & FX
We live in a world that is shaped by forecasts. In every field of human activity forecasts target the programme in the future. Weather forecast, traffic forecasts, predictions of life…
Securitization of trade receivables is a matter of rating?
Is there a link between issuer rating and trade receivables notes’ rating? Securitizations of trade receivables can be divided into ABS or ABCP. Corporate companies use securitization mainly as a funding…
Fixed or Floating rate loan? – Part Two
In the previous issue, we saw the consequences of an interest rate risk for a company. Now let’s see how to measure and manage risk. We started from the budget of…
Factoring or securitization?
Pros and cons for Factoring and Securitization
Prices are dropping. Deflation is a threat. Who for?
A new risk: the risk of low inflation
Floating or fixed rate loan? – First part
A company, by definition, takes risks. Business risk, linked to its specific activity, related to commercial or industrial operations, depending on the sector in which it operates. This is not…
What is a SWAP for a loan?
The interest rate swap – also called IRS – is a contract with a financial broker in order to hedge changes in interest rates. A swap allows the person who…
