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 Corporate Treasury Management

 

Program Duration

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5 Days

Program Date

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19-23 May, 2012

Program Location

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Cairo, Egypt

Program Fees

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US$ 3200/Per Person

 

 

 

Program Introduction:

 

The course enables participants to maximize cash flows for their organization through effective fund allocation, while minimizing risk using appropriate measurement and management strategies.

 

 

Program Outline

 

Introduction and Overview

  • Treasury’s role
  • Players in and around treasury
  • Typical treasury organizations

Treasury Strategies

  • Setting an overall strategy
  • Potential strategic problems
  • Economies of scale

 

Managing cash

  • Daily cash position
  • Managing information
  • Treasury information systems

Treasury Technology

  • Check replacement possibilities
  • Imaging
  • ERP systems

 

Managing Working Capital

 

Introduction and Overview

  • Elements of working capital
  • Working capital processes
  • Working capital strategies

Credit and Receivables

  • Managing trade credit
  • Evaluating credit and A/R performance
  • Receivables traps

Case: Making the credit call & Evaluating A/R performance

Managing Inventory

  • “Classical” inventory management
  • Just-in-time inventory
  • Newer approaches

Managing Payables

  • Measuring A/P performance
  • Evaluating trade discounts
  • Finding hidden funds in payables

 

Short-Term Liquidity Management

Overall Liquidity

  • Primary and secondary reserves
  • Role of forecasting
  • Measures of liquidity

Cash Flow Forecasting

  • Need for forecasting
  • Approaches and horizons
  • Avoiding common errors

Case: Evaluating cash forecasts

Managing Short-Term Investments

  • Short-term instruments and markets
  • Short-term strategies
  • Measuring investment performance

Managing Short-Term Borrowing

  • Short-term instruments and markets
  • Short-term strategies
  • Measuring borrowing performance

 Managing Risk and Relationships

Managing Financial Risk

  • Establishing risk strategies
  • Using risk instruments
  • Measuring risk management performance

Treasury as In-house Bank

  • Pros and cons of in-house bank
  • Establishing an in-house bank
  • Areas that in-house bank cannot handle

Case: Setting up an in-house bank

  • Differences vs. U.S.
  • Special international treasury techniques
  • Problems with international treasury

Managing Bank Relations

  • Account analysis statements
  • Using RFPs wisely
  • Evaluating performance

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Corporate Treasury Executives, FX & Money Market Managers, CFOs, Treasury back office personnel, auditors and Accountants, regulators, fund managers.