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 London
The UK capital of London is a city that combines the old and the new. It is as equally famous for the latest fashion and innovation as it is for its impressive heritage. London's attractions range from the Royal Palace to the DIY atmosphere of its markets. It is also a picturesque city of parks and of course, the majestic Thames River. The city extends for miles beyond its ancient core and each neighborhood has its own charming atmosphere for visitors to explore. London also wears its status as a world city proudly and the influence of different cultures is plain to see in the food and fashion of the capital.
Things to do and places to visit in London
With so many attractions in London, anyone can find something to delight them. Art lovers will enjoy the world-renowned museums and galleries, most of which are free. Sports fans are spoilt for choice by the city's array of football clubs. Theatre and music fans have a vast list of venues to visit, whilst shopaholics have Harrods, Oxford Street, Camden and much more to look forward to after arranging flights to London.
Some unmissable London attractions include:
- Seeing priceless masterpieces in the Tate Britain or the National Gallery.
- Watching the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace.
- Visiting Trafalgar Square's famous monument.
- Marveling at the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London.
- Getting a bird's eye view of the city from the London Eye.
- Tasting one of Brick Lane's famous curries.
- Browsing the exclusive shops of Knightsbridge.
- Visiting a market – Spitalfields for antiques, Camden for clothes or Borough Market for street food.
- Admiring design from around the world in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
- Looking for clues at the home of fiction's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes.
- Strolling through one of the lovely parks, including Hyde Park, St James' Park or Kew Gardens.
- Eating Britain's most famous dish, fish and chips.
- Watching the street performers in Covent Garden.
- Enjoying the views at a South Bank cafe.