Corporate Treasury Management

This 4-day, highly practical course offers a thorough grounding in treasury management tools and techniques. The course enables participants to maximize cash flows for their organization through effective fund allocation, while minimizing risk using appropriate measurement and management strategies.

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CPE CREDITS
28.5
Corporate Treasury Executives, FX & Money Market Managers, CFOs, Treasury back office personnel, auditors and Accountants, regulators, fund managers.
No advance preparation required.
Essentials of U.S Capital Markets or equivalent knowledge of capital markets.
"The instructor had broad and detailed knowledge."
"He was able to apply concepts to real-life situations."
"This course is good even for new entrants into the Finance field."
  • Asset Liability Management
    • Day 1 - Overview – Managing Cash
    Introduction and Overview
    • Treasury’s role
    • Players in and around treasury
    • Typical treasury organizations

    Treasury Strategies

    • Setting an overall strategy
    • Potential strategic problems
    • Economies of scale

    Managing cash

    • Daily cash position
    • Managing information
    • Treasury information systems

    Treasury Technology

    • Check replacement possibilities
    • Imaging
    • ERP systems

    Day 2 - Managing Working Capital
    Introduction and Overview
    • Elements of working capital
    • Working capital processes
    • Working capital strategies

    Credit and Receivables

    • Managing trade credit
    • Evaluating credit and A/R performance
    • Receivables traps

    Managing Inventory

    • “Classical” inventory management
    • Just-in-time inventory
    • Newer approaches

    Managing Payables

    • Measuring A/P performance
    • Evaluating trade discounts
    • Finding hidden funds in payables

    Day 3 - Short-Term Liquidity Management
    Overall Liquidity
    • Primary and secondary reserves
    • Role of forecasting
    • Measures of liquidity

    Cash Flow Forecasting

    • Need for forecasting
    • Approaches and horizons
    • Avoiding common errors

    Managing Short-Term Investments

    • Short-term instruments and markets
    • Short-term strategies
    • Measuring investment performance

    Managing Short-Term Borrowing

    • Short-term instruments and markets
    • Short-term strategies
    • Measuring borrowing performance

    Day 4 - Managing Risk and Relationships
    Managing Financial Risk
    • Establishing risk strategies
    • Using risk instruments
    • Measuring risk management performance

    Treasury as In-house Bank

    • Pros and cons of in-house bank
    • Establishing an in-house bank
    • Areas that in-house bank cannot handle

    Case: Setting up an in-house bank

    • Differences vs. U.S.
    • Special international treasury techniques
    • Problems with international treasury

    Managing Bank Relations

    • Account analysis statements
    • Using RFPs wisely
    • Evaluating performance

    Clients who register for this course will receive a complimentary 4-month subscription to FT.com. The Financial Times is the world's most respected financial newspaper, providing a broad assessment on finance, business and the industrial sector. The move to the electronic version follows an ongoing review of our environmental responsibilities as a global business and as part of the Pearson group. FT.com also has features that are not available in hard copy, such as: Special Reports, Alphaville, editor blogs, education sections and much more! Subscriptions will start within 6-8 weeks of the start of class and are limited to one subscription per client. (Please note: as of May 1, 2011, the electronic subscription replaces the hard-copy 3-month Financial Times subscription.)

    Lunch is included for all students taking day classes.