The Business of Treasury Management

Wednesday - Friday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

This module introduces the participant to the Treasury/Funds Management Function of a bank.  A key segment of any financial institution, the Treasury or Funds Management Group or Department is primarily responsible for the overall liquidity and investment opportunities of the bank.  To accomplish this main task, it is imperative that Treasury interfaces with other operating departments of the bank, such as loans, branches, and operations as these departments need to work hand in hand with each other to ensure the bank's liquidity and profitability.

The three day course is designed to educate the participant on how Treasury functions and performs relative to its main objective – liquidity.

Capping the module is a bourse game or simulated commercial and interbank trading of securities and foreign exchange, inclusive of maintenance of reserve management, with Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas as the center of the bourse game.  Grouped as a bank, the participants will have an actual feel of the market   scenarios and will be dealing with other groups formed as other banks.  In the end, with the knowledge acquired from the lectures and tested in the actual trading floors, the participants will be able to achieve the objectives set forth below.

Successful completion of the module enables the participants to:

1.    Gain insight into the organization of Treasury/Funds Management.
2.    Learn and understand how the Treasury manages its funds, liquidity,
       risks, pricing and income trading opportunities.
3.    Acquire knowledge about the interrelationship of Treasury
       with other departments.
4.    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.

DAY 1 AM (April 6, 2011)
  - Review of history of money and banking, including evolution
    of Philippine banking system
  - Typical organizational structure of a bank and interrelationships
    of key departments.

DAY 1 PM (April 6, 2011)
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

DAY 2 AM (April 7, 2011)
EXTERNAL MANAGEMENT
  - Marketing Strategies
  - Securing Bank facilities

DAY 2 PM (April 7, 2011)
  - Trading Techniques
  - Lessons from Bank and Investment Scams

DAY 3 AM (April 8, 2011)
  - Review of lessons from 2 day sessions
  - Bourse Game: Introduction and Trial with simulated transactions

DAY 3 PM (April 8, 2011)
  - Actual Bourse Game
  - Awarding of Winners/Evaluation of Program

is the Director for Credit Programs at the Ateneo-BAP Institute of Banking, the Program Director for Finance at the Ateneo Center for Continuing Education, and a professor of Finance at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business.