Banks and capital markets investors have responded to the GFC with tighter lending practices. Shareholders are demanding greater transparency in the corporate approach to financial risk management and regulators are increasingly seeking to take action against negligent corporations. There has never been a more important time for corporations to ensure their treasuries are at least aware of, if not adopting, best practice in their approaches to financial risk management.

This masterclass will specifically address the following key areas and the better practices employed by corporate treasuries to identify, quantify, manage and report the financing and operational risks confronting them:

• How corporate treasuries add value
• Liquidity management
• Cash management
• Corporate funding
• Foreign exchange risk management
• Interest rate risk management
• Operational risk management including policies and procedures
• Measuring treasury performance