Corporate Treasury Management - Evening

This 6-session evening class 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
15.0
Corporate treasury executives, FX & money market managers, CFOs, treasury back office personnel, auditors and accountants, regulators, and fund managers.
No advance preparation required.
Essentials of U.S Capital Markets or equivalent knowledge of capital markets.
  • Asset Liability Management
    • Session 1 - Managing Cash
    Introduction and Overview
    • Treasury's role
    • Players in and around treasury
    • Typical treasury organizations

    Managing Cash Flows

    • Daily cash position
    • Managing information
    • Treasury information systems
    Case: Where's the Cash?

    Session 2 - Technology and Working Capital
    Treasury Technology
    • Check replacement possibilities
    • Imaging
    • ERP systems

    Overview of Working Capital

    • Elements of working capital
    • Working capital processes
    • Working capital strategies

    Working Capital Influences

    • Credit and receivables
    • Inventory, purchasing, and payables
    Case: Finding Hidden Cash

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

    Cash Flow Forecasting

    • Need for forecasting
    • Approaches and horizons
    • Avoiding common errors
    Case: Evaluating Cash Forecasts

    Session 4 - Managing Short-Term Investments
    Short-Term Investments
    • Short-term markets
    • Short-term instruments
    • Yield calculations
    • Short-term strategies
    • Measuring investment performance/metrics
    Case: What do Investors Choose?

    Session 5 - Managing Short-Term Borrowing
    Short-Term Borrowing
    • Short-term markets
    • Short-term instruments
    • Short-term strategies
    • Measuring borrowing performance/metrics

    Managing Bank Relations

    • Compensation
    • Using RFPs wisely
    • Evaluating performance
    Case: Measuring Compensation Performance

    Session 6 - 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

    Global Treasury

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

    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.