Webinar: Economic Themes for 2021

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Hear from Rochford who presents their view on the economic themes for the year ahead.

  • Hard Asset and commodity price inflation
  • Australia positioned well to benefit from global growth and ultra-loose monetary policies
  • Is the Greenback entering a multiyear Bear trend?
  • Will inflation ever really come back?
  • Global economic cooperation back on the table in the Biden Whitehouse, and what that means for Australia/China relations

Presenters:

  • Thomas Averill – Managing Director
  • Derek Mumford – Director, Head of Risk Advisory
  • Kevin Mitchell – Partner, Head of Hedge Accounting

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Webinar: VIC Chapter Panel Discussion

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Q4 Vic Chapter Networking Event held on Thursday 10th December.

There will be a panel discussion followed by a networking session which will enable you to meet other members of the Australian Treasury Community.

Speakers:

Stephen Halmarick – Chief Economist and Head of Global Economic & Markets Research, Commonwealth Bank

Michael Favaloro – Transurban

Alice Van Der Geest – Treasurer, Melbourne Airport

Rebecca Dawson – Treasury Manager, Splitit

Chair: 

Anthony Avitabile –  Treasurer Asia Pacific, Amcor Limited

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Webinar: ‘Hope’ is not a Risk Management Strategy – Lessons from the GFC and COVID

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Extreme periods of market and economic volatility such as the recent pandemic and the 2008 GFC put enormous strains on treasury and finance teams and can cause knee-jerk decision making from company boards.

Rochford will share some real examples of how to effectively navigate these stormy waters as well as lessons from the companies that sunk, and the boards that panicked.

The session will be covering the following topics:  

  • FX risk management
    • Identify, Measure, Manage & Monitor
  • Derivative restructuring 
    • Accounting considerations  
  • Policy and process  
  • Building strategies that work in normal market conditions and black swan events  
  • Understanding the tail risk
  • Liquidity, in a crisis  

Presenters:

  • Thomas Averill – Managing Director 
  • Derek Mumford – Director, Head of Risk Advisory 
  • Kevin Mitchell – Partner, Head of Hedge Accounting

Webinar: Why is Cash Flow Forecasting Always the No.1 Headache for Treasury Teams?

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Having a consolidated cash flow forecast that can be relied upon remains a challenge for treasury teams and regularly tops the results of industry surveys. Poorly executed forecasting exposes companies to a raft of financial and operating risks. We will run through a real-life case study and highlight the different challenges currently impacting companies and provide some insights to developing your cash flow forecasting process.

Presenters:

  • Tom Alexander – Partner, Rochford
  • Thomas Averill – Managing Director, Rochford

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Date: Wednesday, 4th November 2020

Time: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM AEST

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Webinar: Demystifying the Australian Repo Market – Opportunities for Corporate Treasurers

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The Australian repo market is an important and growing part of the short term funding and liquidity markets and has been a key tool utilised during the Covid-19 crisis. Join our speakers from ASX and NSW TCorp for insights into the Australian repo market, how repo works, what tri-party repo is all about, and opportunities for corporate treasurers.      

Speakers:

Sasha Conoplia, Sales Manager, Settlement & Collateral, ASX

Hendrik van Senden, Liquidity Manager, Balance Sheet & Liquidity, NSW TCorp

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Date: Wednesday, 14th October 2020

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm 

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Webinar: The COVID Budget – And What It Means For You

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Following the Federal Budget announcement, and thanks to our Corporate Partner Deloitte, we delve into the 2020 Budget, and explore what it means for you.

Presenters:

David Watkins – Partner, Deloitte

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Date: Tuesday 13th October 2020

Time: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM AEST

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Webinar: LIBOR – The Impact to Australian Companies

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There has been a lot of material on the Libor transition over the past 12 months. It is sometimes difficult to understand the impact of all this to Australian companies who raise debt overseas and/or have operations overseas. This presentation aims to:

  1. Provide an update on key announcements coming in the next few months, and discuss their impact on the market and companies;
  2. Outline the communication companies can expect to hear from their local banks and what will be expected of clients;
  3. Provide an overview of the RFR curves and associated basis curve have developed and been impacted by recent events;
  4. Use a case study to tease out the issues a Treasurer should consider and possible approaches to dealing with them.

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Date: Wednesday, 7th October 2020

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm 

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Webinar: Supply Chain Finance: An Australian Perspective

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Supply chain finance or ‘reverse factoring’ has grown in popularity throughout Europe, the UK and America, though uptake in Australia and New Zealand lags behind these regions.

As Australia and New Zealand’s largest early payment provider, Earlytrade provides unique insights into the reasons behind this phenomenon, sparking a lively debate as some of the regions leading treasury minds share their views.

In light of this, the panel assess the opportunities for treasury teams to create new value and the main considerations when assessing supply chain finance options, including the:

  • Importance of ethics in the Australian economy
  • Emerging trend of onshoring domestic supply chains and how local technology providers are playing a part in this
  • Impacts of new payment terms legislation (Payment Times Reporting Bill 2020)

COVID-19 response and impacts on the domestic economy

Speakers:

  • David Rowe (Group Treasurer, Stockland)
  • Toby de Riter (Group Corporate Finance, Fulton Hogan)
  • Sam MacPherson (Head of Treasury, Earlytrade)
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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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