Understanding Treasury & Treasury Operations

All too often those working in either the Dealing area

or the Support area of a Treasury division don't get

the opportunity to learn about what takes place outside

their specific areas. This lack of awareness inhibits productivity and can often lead to expensive mistakes. This course addresses this by providing those staff who may have only limited experience with an understanding of the functions and responsibilities of all the key elements that make up a Treasury division.

Participants gain a thorough understanding of the interactive dependency of the various functions of Treasury and are made more aware of the importance of their particular role.

Key benefits

• Reduction in costly errors due to greater insight and appreciation of the mechanics of Treasury and Treasury Operations
• Enhanced productivity through greater awareness and understanding of key areas
• Shorter " lead in" times for new entrants or for people relocating to different areas   
• Enhanced communication between departments through greater understanding of respective roles
• Jargon free explanation of Treasury products  
• Removal of "them and us" syndromes

All courses are designed around the specific needs of the course sponsor. Listed below is a brief description of the topics that are frequently covered on the course however these should be looked upon as a "menu", with the option to add or remove topics according to your particular requirements. All topics can be customised to suit, with greater emphasis placed on particular areas e.g. controls, settlements, reconciliations, confirmations etc., as required.

Each course is prepared in close co-operation with the sponsor in order to reflect their practices and procedures and use actual sponsor examples (e.g. deal tickets, case studies etc.) wherever possible.

Suggested Topics

• Overview of Treasury
• Structure of a typical Treasury Operation
• Role of Treasury - Cash Management, Funding, Hedging, Liquidity, Proprietary trading etc
• Interaction between Treasury and other areas of the bank
• How clients deposits become Treasury instruments in the interbank market
• What physically happens with the funds received from clients - Correspondent banks - nostros - entries passed - implications for Cash Position Management etc
• Life of a Deal
• How deals are struck - Reuters, Brokers, Direct etc
• Deal Capture - Exchange of Settlement Instructions - Confirmations - Deal Settlement - Reconciliations - Reporting etc
• Funds Transfer
• Inward & Outward - risks and considerations
• 3rd Party and International Payments - avoiding the pitfalls
• Electronic or Paper - SWIFT, IBAN Codes, cheque clearing cycle etc
• Derivatives
• What they are and how they work - Why they are used - Straightforward examples
• Role of the support area
• Documentation  - ISDA, FRABBA etc
• Compliance & Control
• Risk - Operational, Settlement, Counterparty, Reputational etc 
• Regulatory guidelines and best practice

Please Contact us for further details on this course or to discuss your own particular needs