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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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