ADVANCED TREASURY MANAGEMENT
Today’s successful senior manager is expected to create, manage and implement strategy effectively and efficiently to achieve an organization’s vision. Our Advanced Treasury Management programme is designed to help the above targeted audience to develop a logical and consistent framework for solving corporate finance problems in practical situations to build on their experience and develop their talents and skills to achieve this objective. The Treasury Management course is designed to give an overview of the Treasury market and will facilitate a better understanding of the major facets of treasury and financial risk management. The course will impart knowledge through step by step instruction and assisted by worked examples and simulated worksheets.
Delegates would be able to work and develop their personal learning outcomes throughout the training and understand how to apply practical lessons they have learned, as soon as they return to their organizations.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
This intensive seminar is designed to emphasize on the tools, skills and techniques required by Executives to strengthen awareness and interest in best practices, widely used and recommended to excel as multifaceted leaders in today’s dynamic business world. At the end of the workshop participants should be able to;
- Assess and manage liquidity, financial markets risks, financing, and capital
- Managing internal and externalTreasury relationships
- Manage market risk, cash flow and liquidity, accessing debt financing, and capital
- Use derivatives and structured products to achieve Treasury objectives
- Understand how treasury market/productscan meet the business needs and manage risks of one’s organization.
- Gapping analysis and strategic decision making
- Effectively control the interest rate risk and currency exposure
- Examine various strategies for improving treasury operations
- Visualize further developments in treasury function.
THE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF TREASURY MANAGEMENT
- Overview of the main activities of treasury management in the private sector and public sector
- Treasury management activities in the private sector
- Treasury management activities in the public sector
- Introduction to Treasury risks
PRACTICAL TREASURY MANAGEMENT
- Preparing cash flow statements
- Using ratio analysis
- Raising finance – debt versus equity
The weighted average cost of capital (WACC)
MANAGING TREASURY RISKS
- Risk management frameworks and the control environment
- Market risk
- Liquidity risk
- Currency risk
- Effective internal controls and governance in the treasury function
EFFECTIVE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
- The main sources of information for financial analysis purposes
- The main financial statements according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
- Income statement ratios; common size, profit margin, return on equity etc.
- Balance sheet ratios; quick ratios, current ratios, debt to equity and more
CAPITAL MARKETS ROLE AND REGULATION
- Functions of the capital markets, compared with money markets
- Role of the primary market
- Role of the secondary market
- Aims, objectives, players and structures of market regulation
CAPITAL MARKET INSTRUMENTS
- Types and characteristics of equity
- Equity valuation methods
- Fixed income (debt) instruments – government and corporate bonds
- Valuing fixed income instruments
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING CONCEPTS
- Hedging concepts for financial risks
- Standardization and settlement of exchange-based derivatives
- Exchange-based futures contracts –hedging currency and interest rate risks
- Options contracts – principles of calls and puts – building a simple hedge
