The Finance and Treasury Association together with EY, will again present the Essential Treasurer Series for 2020.
The Essential Treasurer Series is the FTA’s annual session to update its members and other interested parties in what is important and topical right now.
The Essential Treasurer Series will take place in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, and Melbourne and with speakers from Greensill, Bloomberg, and EY discussing:
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The Australian Corporate Treasury Association together with EY and Lygon brings you Essential Treasurer in 2021.
In 2021 Essential Treasurer will be a hybrid event, taking place in Sydney and live-streamed across Australia for all Members to view and ask questions live.
This annual event will provide the attendees with the latest updates, need-to-know information, and what is important and topical right now in Treasury.
Essential Treasurer 2021 will cover off the following topics:
Program:
Time:
Theme:
Title:
Presenter:
11:00 am – 11:15 am
Introduction to the Day
Steven Cunico, President, Australian Corporate Treasury Association
11:15 am – 12:00 pm
Economics
Economic Update
expectations for 2021: interest rates, credit spreads, funding conditions, FX rates, commodity prices, China relationship implications
Lynne Cockerill, Deputy Head of Economic Analysis, RBA
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Lunch
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Funding
WACC – Theory & Practice
Alternate approaches to calculate
Data sources
Uses – project hurdle rates, impairment
Case study – practical calculation issues
Tony Carlton, Macquarie Applied Finance
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Strategy
Increasing long term enterprise value by being strategic. How do treasurers align strategy-finance-risk and in doing so, gain a seat at the decision making table.
Thomas Averill, Managing Director, Rochford
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Technology
Blockchain Use
What is Blockchain and practical uses
how does it work
Case Study – Bank Guarantees
Lygon1B
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Break
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Risk
IBOR / Benchmark Rate Reform
legal implications of ISDA protocol & other derivative options
Practical implications
New lending products linked to ARR
Baker McKenzie
Damien Jones, EY
5:00 pm – 5:45 pm
Accounting
IBOR Transition / Negative Interest Rates
Corporate view – Zero floors, use of Interest Rate Floors, negotiation of loan agreements (Brookfield – 10mins)