Introduction:
Discover How to Turn Your Treasury Department into a Well-Oiled Machine Through Effective Treasury Management Strategies
Course Objective of Treasury Management
This course provides you comprehensive coverage of the strategic and operational aspects of Treasury Management including:
- Gain a global picture of treasury management
- Gain insights from live cases in the market
- Gain a holistic understanding of the dealing room operations
- Understand how treasury market/products can meet the business needs and manage risks of your business
- How to effectively control your interest rate risk and currency exposure
- Assess and manage liquidity, financial markets risks, financing, and capital
- The role of treasury in financing for various types of markets and branch activities
- The role of ALCO, Policies and Procedures and limits
- The use of derivatives and structured products to achieve Treasury objectives
- Managing internal and external Treasury relationships
- Measuring and evaluating Treasury performance
- Gapping analysis and strategic decision making
- New developments in liquidity management
- Practical “hands-on” expertise for that you can immediately implement in your organization
- The role of treasury in managing market risk, cash flow and liquidity, accessing debt financing, and capital
- Short problems, case studies, and Excel ready exercises so the strategies you learn are re-inforced
Who should attend this Treasury Management
- Corporate Treasury professionals
- Treasury staff from financial institutions
- Finance staff
- CFOs
- Dealers and traders
- Treasury back office and operations staff
You should have a basic understanding of financial markets and products.
Treasury Management Course Agenda Highlights:
First Day:
THE TREASURY FUNCTION
- Overview of the Treasury Function
- Importance of Treasury
- The role of the Treasurer
- Treasury in the organizational structure
- Governance: Policies and Procedures
- Role of Audit and Risk Management
- ALCO, Limits, and VaR
- Cost of Capital
- Debt/Equity Ratio
- BIS Capital Requirements
Second day
SHORT TERM RATE RISKS
- Short Term Interest Rate Instruments
- CD’s, CP, T-Bills, Repos, Reverses
- Short Term Risk Management
- Managing Floating Exposure
- Pricing forward interest rates
- Futures
- Futures Margin Management
- FRA’s vs. Futures
- Interest Rate Options
- OIS Swaps
- Exercises and Case Studies: Managing Short Term Rate Risk
Third-Day
MANAGING FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISKS
- Spot, Forward and FX Swap Transactions
- Pricing Forwards and Money Market arbitrage
- Non-deliverable forwards
- Currency Options
- Counterparty Risks
- Transaction Exposure
- Translation Exposure
- Economic Exposure
Exercises and Case Studies: Managing Customer Transactions
INTEREST RATE RISK AND LIQUIDITY ANALYSIS
- Gap Analysis
- Types and Uses of Gap Analysis
- Rate Shocks
- Cost to close
- Liquidity Metrics
- Simulation Approaches
Exercises and Case Studies: In small groups, you will prepare and interpret a Gap Report
fourth day
MANAGING THE RISKS OF LONG TERM SECURITIES
- Fixed Income Markets and Instruments
- Understanding yield curves
- Analyzing Reinvestment Risk
- Macaulay Duration
- Modified Duration
- Convexity Adjustments
- Understanding portfolio duration
- Bond Optionality
Exercises and Case Studies: Balance sheet impact of long term securities
USING SWAPS AND RELATED PRODUCTS TO MANAGE RISKS
- Swap Pricing
- Analyzing Swap Cash flows
- Constructing the Discount Function
- Hedging with Swaps
- Swaps and the Capital Markets
- Basis Swaps
Exercises and Case Studies: Swaps Case Study
Fifth day
TREASURY PERFORMANCE AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
- BIS Liquidity recommendations
- Treasury as Profit Center
- Transfer Pricing
- Pricing Bank facilities
Group Work with Exercises and Case Studies:
- Eurodollar Futures and Gaps
- Caps and Floors
- New Issue Financing
- Cross Currency Swaps
About Amsterdam
Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, is a popular destination amongst travelers from all around the world. Once just a little fishing village, Amsterdam is now a major international city after having become an important port during the 1600s. Throughout its history, the city has had many famous residents, including artists, philosophers and other historical figures. There is much to discover along Amsterdam's quaint streets and picturesque canals. So much so that a flight to Amsterdam comes with a guarantee of cultural and historical attractions that will provide memories to last a lifetime. Amsterdam is a hotbed of culture for travelers of all ages and tastes.
Things to do and places to visit in Amsterdam
From the moment passengers step off their flight to Amsterdam, they will find it a friendly city with a lively atmosphere. Its flat geography means that it is perfect for exploring by bicycle. If you're feeling less active, it the city is also well-served by public transport. The so-called Venice of the North has something for every visitor. Culture vultures have museums, galleries and theaters to see, Families can visit the zoo or the Science Center NEMO.
When visiting Amsterdam, be sure to:
- See the picture-perfect and colorful houses of the Grachtengordel district.
- See the iconic works of one of Holland's most famous artists at the Van Gogh Museum.
- Visit the house where Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis.
- Browse through the extensive collection of fantastic art in the Rijksmusem.
- Wander through the blaze of colors that is the Singel Flower Market.
- See the city at a leisurely pace on a canal cruise.
- Marvel at one of the city's many historic churches.
- Learn about life aboard a ship at the National Maritime Museum.
- Discover the Begijnhof's well-preserved medieval architecture.
- See animals of all kinds, as well as the butterfly pavilion and aquarium, at the Artis Zoo.