Treasury Peer Group Topics

Below is a sample list of previous European Treasurers' Peer Groups' topics. The members come up with the topics, then NFS Group coordinates final topic voting, surveys, interviews, research, presentation preparations, knowledge exchanges, meeting management, and post meeting report writing.

Treasury Topics

Treasury Issues Discussed for Liquidity planning and forecasting

Active and Passive Hedging Bank Relationships & Strategy Best Practices in Treasury Processes and Procedures Cash Flow Forecasting Cash, Centralization & Control Credit Risk Management Defining risk concepts in the era of IAS39 hedge accounting Future of Treasury after the 2008 Turmoil FX-risk Management Strategies & Hedging Approaches; Holistic Risk Management In-House Bank (IHB) Liquidity planning and forecasting Maximizing the Cash Value Chain Mid- and Long-Term Liquidity Management Optimal Capital Structure Performance Measurement & Best Practices in Benchmarking Post-crunch Credit costs Renewing Revolver Facitlities in the credit crunch SEPA Straight Through Processing (STP) in Treasury - Tips and Techniques Treasury Organization Treasury’s Role in Commercial Payments

Determining optimum liquidity levels (including definitions of cash and cash equivalents) Tools and/or bank services used to monitor actual liquidity (including TMS vs ERP system tradeoffs) Planning tools used for liquidity needs assessments Forecast metrics and incentives (including cost of forecast error based on short term cost of capital and/or investment returns) Balancing short-term and long-term liquidity forecasts (including treasury cash forecasts (nearer term) vs. planning department free cash flow, working capital management forecasts (longer term)