België heeft zich tijdelijk volledig afgesloten in de strijd tegen de verdere verspreiding van het coronavirus COVID-19. Deze strenge maatregel bracht een zekere vorm van bredere reflectie over de maatschappij met zich mee, over WC-papier tekorten, hamsterwoede, politieke steekspelletjes die sommige blijkbaar niet kunnen laten, de verminderde vervuiling, het klimaat, steun aan vliegtuigmaatschappijen of kleine […]
There are two common misconceptions about the stock market that always baffled me. The first one is that the stock market evolution is a good indicator of the underlying economy. If anything, those last weeks and months with Covid19 have proven that logic clearly wrong. On April 10th, with never seen new unemployment figures in the USA following the […]
Analytical correlations and prospects are only meaningful on operational data. Applied to purely financial figures, the accounting reflection of these operations, they bring little to no grist to the mill. Within its reporting environment a CFO today has dashboards with many KPIs, ideally periodically redefined, data visuals with graphics, trends and pie charts, summarized and […]
Today, every CFO should feel involved in the “big data” approach it seems. A few years ago, there was an unspoken consensus that the real multiple transactions players in “big data” were limited: the retail sector, with their personal loyalty cards, telecommunications, based on call history and perhaps the banks, as long as there was […]
A football referee is someone who decides if Schrödinger’s cat is alive or dead. Team A sees a clear hands, and shouts for a penalty.Team B sees nothing special. Like Schrödinger’s cat, dead or alive, both parties are 100% right until the observer looks into the box. In our football case, the referee (i.e. the […]
3 inner plumbing tips for your own spreadsheets By now you have been working for several years with Excel, gradually getting better at it and making simple or elaborate spreadsheets for private or business use. All in all, you are quite satisfied with your work and the results. If you recognize yourself in this description, […]
Agfa HealthCare sluit af op werkdag 8 in plaats van werkdag 13, doet dat 98% accuraat en discussieert niet meer over de cijfers. Het klassiek verhaal van een patchwork van verschillende systemen en procedures was tot aan de aanvang van de 21e eeuw ook geldig voor Agfa HealthCare. Tussen 2000 en 2012 stapte daarom iedereen […]
For the last several years I have been enjoying giving the Boostcamp’s Financial workshop. Together with Xavier Corman (now working at edebex.com) at the very start; and since then with Impulse (formerly Brussels Agency for Enterprises). Throughout, it has always been a great experience for me to listen to the participants, their stories and their projects. […]
Top 10 reasons to use a Risk Management dashboard Companies that operate worldwide often face specific recurring issues with regards to financial risk management (FX, IR, Commodities). If you believe you do not need a risk management dashboard, please have a quick but honest look at these issues listed here below: Need to rapidly adjust […]
Risk management engulfs a lot of different risks and liabilities to consider and assess. It goes from the micro-economic situation of the company, its positioning, activities and processes, through the market in which she operates and her competitors, all the way towards the macro-economics and global geo-political situation.To manage and report this complex and interrelated […]