Advanced Treasury Management

• Delegates who have either a direct input into Treasury activity or senior managers within finance who are looking to obtain leading edge understanding of Capital Markets in order to inform and develop their organisational financial strategy.

Course objectives

• To understand the role and impacts of effective Treasury Management
• To develop balanced treasury portfolios
• To effectively manage risk both in treasury and within the fraud arena
• To measure and manage fraud reduction
• To effectively report internally and externally
• To ensure compliance with Basel 2 and IFRS legislation
• To understand the components and options available within Capital Markets
• To integrate Capital Market options within Treasury Strategy
• To appreciate the risk factors within Capital Markets and to develop effective risk management strategies
• To understand the regulatory frameworks within Capital Markets

Course content

The Role and Function of Treasury

• Understanding the role and function of treasury – key outputs
• Overview of financial strategies for treasury
• Opportunity cost and financial modelling within treasury
• Ensuring Basel 2 and IFRS compliance within treasury strategy
• Governance and Fraud management within Treasury

Strategic Treasury Management

• The Strategic planning process roadmap – end to end process map
• Aligning treasury strategy with overall organisational goals
• Building balanced portfolios – geographic spread, asset spread
• Measuring risk and reward

Practical Treasury Management

• Critical success factors in implementation
• Effective controls throughout implementation – operational, financial
• Stakeholder and Public reporting and communication
• Practical session – delegates will construct a balanced treasury strategy
• Policy evolution and development for the future

Effective Risk Management within Treasury

• Market risk factors
• Credit risk factors
• Liquidity risk factors
• Developing effective risk management strategies

Risk Management – the use of Financial Instruments

• The concept of hedging
• Building effective hedging strategies
• Hedging instruments – FX pairs, commodity, sector approach
• Action planning – delegates will create a personal and departmental action plan utilizing the learning from the previous four days

Capital Market – Investment options

• Government bonds
• Corporate bonds
• The role and impact of rating agencies
• Balancing risk and reward

Financial Instruments within the Capital Market

• The use of futures contracts
• The use of derivatives
• Understanding put and call options
• Balancing risk and reward

Effective Financial Analysis

• Key investment analysis ratios
• Key credit analysis ratios
• Establishing returns; pure return, income driven etc
• Linking Capital Market investment with overall Treasury Management

Sources of funding within Capital Markets

• Mutual funds
• Stock market listings – AIM and FTSE100
• Venture Capital
• Developing the investment prospectus