The Business of Treasury Management

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Treasury or funds management is one of the most important functions and perhaps the most complex in the bank. The department in charge of treasury or funds management determines, among other things, the overall money position of the bank and in this sense is charged with the responsibility of keeping the bank liquid. Liquidity, more than profitability, ranks first in every bank executive's priority objectives as this ─ ostensively and ultimately ─ determines a bank's continuing viability.

This three-day module walks the participant through the mechanics of managing bank liquidity and how the department tackles the bank's profit objective by scouring the market for investment opportunities. It likewise discusses the department's linkages with the various departments of the bank in order to achieve these twin (i.e., liquidity and profitability) objectives.

Capping the module is a bourse game simulating commercial and interbank trading of securities and foreign exchange, and the maintenance of reserve requirements. Participants will be grouped as individual banks participating in and competing/dealing with each other for them get an actual feel of the market scenarios they are expected to experience in real life.

Successful completion of the module enables the participants to:

1.    Gain insight on the various functions and activities of the
       treasury or funds management department;
2.    Learn and understand how the department manages
       the bank's funds, its overall liquidity, and the attendant risks;
3.    Learn and understand the pricing mechanics and the income
       opportunities of trading in securities and foreign exchange;
4.    Understand and appreciate the interrelationships between
       treasury and the other departments of the bank in achieving
       its liquidity and profitability objectives; and
5.    Develop trading skills using simulated transactions via
       a bourse game.

This module is designed for bank personnel wishing to gain an insight on other functional areas in the bank to which they have not been previously exposed, bank management/officer trainees, business graduates aiming for a career in banking, and those in the legal profession in search of an “immersion” course in banking.

This is a required module for those enrolling in the Center's Diploma Program in Banking.

INTRODUCTION
  - Review of history of money and banking, including evolution of Philippine banking system
  - Typical organizational structure of a bank and interrelationships of key departments.

INTERNAL MANAGEMENT
  - Treasury Organization: A typical day in the life of a Treasury Manager
  - Managing Liquidity and Reserves
  - Managing Risks
  - Managing Pricing
  - Managing Asset and Liability

EXTERNAL MANAGEMENT
  - Marketing Strategies
  - Securing Bank facilities
  - Trading Techniques
  - Lessons from Bank and Investment Scams

THE BOURSE GAME
  - Bourse Game: Introduction and Trial with simulated transactions
  - Actual Bourse Game
  - Awarding of Winners/Evaluation of Program