28 Apr - 2 May 2025
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Hotel : Royale Chulan Kuala Lumpur
Cost : 5250 € Euro
The banking crisis of 2008, which created financial havoc around the world, caused considerable savings and wealth to evaporate, strained the equity levels of global organizations to unprecedented minimum levels and resulted in money markets, as well as other normally liquid and transparent capital markets, to temporarily freeze up or suspend trading activities. As a result of the substantial losses caused by this tidal wave of financial ruin that occurred in equity stock markets, currency, commodity, and derivative markets on a global basis, treasury, and cash management functions are now regarded as vital for the stability, security, and profitability of all organizations.
Participants will develop the following competencies:
Improved treasury management skills by adopting the responsibilities and techniques required to ensure optimum organizational liquidity and profitability
Better prepared to eliminate interest rate and exchange rate risks as well as commodity pricing risks utilizing the best available internal and external hedging instruments
Improve cash management skills as a result of gaining a better understanding of liquidity, and portfolio investment returns
The program aims to enable participants to achieve the following objectives:
This highly interactive training program will involve active participation by all participants through a combination of direct instruction, analysis and evaluation of practical case studies, examples and exercises as well as discussions of current issues, policies, procedures and other “real life” issues arising within the participants’ respective organizations.
Day 1: AN OVERVIEW OF TREASURY MANAGEMENT
Market volatility – establishing the need for effective treasury management
The strategic role and scope of treasury management
The role and functions of Asset and Liabilities Committee (“ALCO”) and other risk-related committees
Portfolio management, trading, and settlement, including proprietary trading
Establishing a treasury function along with developing a risk management strategy
Regulation, including the international regulatory framework
Day 2: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Corporate financial planning and engineering strategies and techniques
Liability management strategies, objectives, tools, and techniques
Asset management strategies, objectives, tools, and techniques
Capital adequacy determinations
Off-balance sheet activities and securitizations
The role of securitizations in the post-banking crisis environment
Day 3: FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES
An overview of financial derivatives
Forward contracts and FRAs
Options – Types, Tools, Strategies, and Risks
Swaps – a brief overview of how they work
Types of Swaps – Currency and interest rate swaps
Risks and risk management – the benefits and risks of using financial derivatives
Day 4: RISK MANAGEMENT
Market risk – Understanding the various market risks that exist
Identifying and Managing Interest Rate Risk
Exchange rate risk – differentiating between transaction risk and translation risk
Credit risks – Measurement and management tools and techniques
Operational risks – Understanding the scope of operational and other associated risks
Other risks – Legal, reputation (corporate brand) and strategic risks
Day 5: CASH MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES AND TECHNIQUES
Preparing and understanding cash flow statements and financial forecasts
Analyzing and evaluating financial statements, including the use of ratio analysis
Liquidity management
Transfer pricing policies, including effective documentation techniques
Netting and pooling concepts – treasury and cash management within multinational organizations
A summary overview of the concepts of investment risks and portfolio investment returns