Webinar: Transaction Banking Insights and Innovations

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Cash management has gained enhanced importance for treasurers in light of the COVID-19 crisis. A key component of cash management is the transaction banking arrangements an organisation has, ranging from real-time visibility of cash through cash pooling and better products.

There have been considerable developments in transaction banking as banks invest in developing new products and technologies to address the treasurer’s demands for innovative cash management solutions.

Join this webinar hosted by PwC to learn about the latest products and innovations in cash management and transaction banking and insights on which of the banks can offer these innovations.

Presenters:
Shehan Fonseka – Director, PwC Treasury Advisory

Shehan leads the treasury advisory practice at PwC and has over 17 years of experience working with senior finance executives from a variety of industries, to assist them in managing their company’s financial risk including transaction banking arrangements.

Sam Inder – Manager, PwC Treasury Advisory

Sam is a manager with over 7 years of experience working with corporate treasury, banking and asset management clients. He has worked across a number of financial risk assignments including managing large transaction banking tenders in the Australian market and is part of PwC’s Global Transaction Banking network.

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Webinar: Critical Market Update

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Join us for the latest currency market developments as well as commodity market development for Oil and Iron Ore and what lays ahead. It is confirmed the world is entering an economic recession phase with a potentially severe synchronized downturn. After six months of dealing with a virus that is too infectious to be contained without shutting down whole economies, CBA would provide their best advice based on the events that occurred in the markets.

Presenters:
Gareth Aird – Head of Australian Economics (Executive Director), Commonwealth Bank

Vivek Dhar – Director – Mining and Energy Commodities Research, Commonwealth Bank

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Webinar: Working Capital Management – Opportunities Across the Value Chain

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COVID-19 has created a “burning platform” for 2020, driving a dramatic focus on working capital across the entire supply chain ecosystem for the first time in 10+ years. Companies now need to determine what their business will look like as the world economy emerges from the crisis and how they can be best prepared in terms of liquidity, returns, and risk.

In this light, what factors should finance, treasury, and procurement teams be aware of in developing a working capital optimisation strategy?

  • The imperative to collaborate. How can procurement treasury, and supply chain functions collaborate to add value to the entire supply chain ecosystem?
  • The local perspective, including the recently released Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman’s Report and the Payment Times Reporting Bill. What are the Corporate Social Responsibility considerations and how can we learn from experiences from other markets?
  • Using disruption to drive change and accelerate technology adoption. What has been the global experience?
  • Unlocking treasury’s added value. What are the quick wins and elements of a roadmap to success? 

Speakers:

Paul Travers, Director, Treasury Services, Risk Strategy & Technology – KPMG

Iain Rolfe, Managing Director, C2FO Australia

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Webinar: COVID-19 and the Financial Year End Challenges for Treasuries

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Webinar: COVID-19 and the Financial Year End Challenges for Treasuries

Market conditions play an important role in Treasury and as financial year end reporting period approaches, there requires an understanding of how existing hedge relationships of financial risks are being impacted by recent volatile economic events.

As such the focus of the webinar is to provide the FTA community an update of the financial markets landscape during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with a focus on interest rates, foreign currency, currency basis and credit spreads movements since last financial year, and their veracity given the market turbulence we have witnessed.

These market movements and their veracity are key inputs to the fair valuation of the financial instruments, and ultimately treasury accounting. This most likely will be a focus of your auditors as they work through your financial statements.

This webinar will also include an open discussion forum and Q&A.

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Webinar: Australia Economic Outlook

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 A brief overview on the regional impact/trends and Moody’s Analytics outlook for APAC in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on Australia (domestic + external sector impact)
  • Suitability of the monetary and fiscal policy response
  • Risks for Australia beyond 2020

Speakers:

Shahana Mukherjee, Economist, Moody’s Analytics

Ruth Stroppiana, Senior Director, Economic Research, Moody’s Analytics

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Webinar: The Great Reboot

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The world has shifted due to the impacts of COVID-19 and ‘The Great Lockdown’. As we face the new normal, Treasuries of all sizes must consider the enduring effect this will have, and the tools required to adapt.

Join this webinar by PwC to learn the data-driven insights required to equip yourself and your team with the tactical and strategic mechanisms needed to take advantage of ‘The Great Reboot’.

Speaker:

Christopher Nelson, Senior Manager, Treasury Advisory – PwC

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Webinar: Payments and Transaction Banking Insights

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FTA is pleased to host a webinar with Deloitte on Payments and Transaction Banking Insights for corporates.
The webinar will be presented by Jeff Reynolds, Rajat Jain, and Geert De Bie from Deloitte, who will share their current perspectives and insights into the following topics:

  1. Market trends in Transaction Banking and Payments
  2. Corporate payment platforms
  3. Online & in-store payments
  4. Small supplier payments
  5. Transaction banking reviews

For each of these topics and where relevant, the Deloitte team will share their views on the COVID-19 impact/opportunities and how they see things moving in the months ahead.

This webinar will also include 15 mins at the end for Q&A.

Speakers:

Jeff Reynolds – Partner, Treasury (and Transaction Banking) Advisory at Deloitte

Rajat Jain – Director, Payment Advisory at Deloitte

Geert de Bie – Manager, Payment Advisory at Deloitte

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Webinar: Global Pandemic: A Force for Change in Treasury

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A global pandemic like COVID-19 is uncharted territory for everyone and has already had a significant impact on treasury, working capital, and risk management. As market volatility and economic uncertainty increase, treasurers must rethink everything they do, from basic liquidity management to complex foreign exchange and interest rate risk management.

Join this webinar with speakers from Deloitte, Iluka, and FIS to learn how this pandemic is a force for change in Treasury and how treasurers can navigate through with a strategic focus on process, technology, and policy improvements.

Speakers:

Steven Cunico – Partner, Deloitte

Steve Wiley – VP Treasury Solutions, FIS Global

Rebecca Dawson – Director, Deloitte

Tom Plant – Group Treasurer, Iluka

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Webinar: Bank Treasurer Workshop Presentation

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This half-day event is for Senior Treasurers within the Banks and Mutuals to discuss the issues affecting you in an interactive and confidential environment.

Presentations:

1. Introduction and overview of topical issues for Australian Banks; Presented by Steven Cunico

2. Interest Rate risk management in a low or negative rate environment, including mitigation strategies, treatment of equity, QE considerations; Presented by John Clarson and Brian Reid

3. Digital Transition of the Wholesale Deposit & Funding Market: Impacts and Opportunities; Presented by Glen Giffen and Rod Lewis

4. Regulatory Reforms impacting Australia’s major banks, including Increased Tier 2 Capital requirements to bolster TLAC and increased capital requirements for New Zealand banks. COVID-19 implications; Presented by Jared Cohen

5. Mutuals and capital raising – a more level playing field? Including reforms to the Corporations Act; Mutual Capital Instruments, what are they, why issue, how to market, offer and sell; Presented by Jo Dodd

6. Current issues in funding and liquidity regulations from APRA; Presented by Kevin Stephenson

7. Interest rate benchmark reform – IBORs, overnight rates, the impact on BBSW – what you need to think about now; Presented by Yu Zhang and Alistair Harris

 

Webinar: Critical Market Update During COVID-19

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Webinar: Critical Market Update During COVID-19

We welcome CBA experts to host the webinar to discuss the latest currency market developments as well as commodity market development for Oil and Iron Ore and what lays ahead.  The world is in the grip of a severe synchronized downturn, sparked by a virus that is too infectious to be contained without shutting down whole economies.  We have not seen anything like this in over a century.

Presenters:

Gareth Aird – Head of Australian Economics (Executive Director), Commonwealth Bank

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Vivek Dhar – Director – Mining and Energy Commodities Research, Commonwealth Bank

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