Strategic Treasury Master Class

Research conducted in 2020 has strongly indicated increased demand for the Treasury department to be an active advisor to boards and executive management. Agile Treasury functions and the knowledge, skills and insights within them are increasingly required as partners and supporters of both operational and strategic client and product initiatives in retail, corporate banking and structured finance.

This 3 day master class will provide insights into the Treasury organisation and:

• the products and services it offers.
• how it manages financial risk.
• the meaning of Treasury’s guidance on financial risk management, liquidity management, funding and on strategic bank-wide initiatives.
• ideas on how to optimise this strategic working relationship. Is your CFO at the table?
• the treasury department of the future.

• The Treasury mandate:
• What is the remit of the Treasury? A poll/plenary discussion
• Risk and operational frameworks for the Treasury
• Financial policies and Reporting
• What risks are Treasury managing? (liquidity, cash management, credit and financial).

• The Treasury balance sheet
• Assets: cash management, longer term investments
• Liabilities: equity, bank borrowings, debt capital markets, the mechanics of cash, liquidity management and the risks, longer term investments: the choices and the risks, the liability mix

• Financial risk management – identification and mitigation
• Liquidity risk, Interest rate risk, FX risk

• Risk management continuation
• Maturity transformation risk – and examples
• Legal risks, Credit risk, Operational risks

• A deeper dive into Treasury activities
• Asset and liability management, Funds Transfer pricing, Managing the un-hedgable

• The future Treasury
• Digitization: move to real time information/liquidity/payments/collections
• Contribution to the ESG agenda
• Green bond issuance, Sustainability linked bonds, Investing in ESG