Executive Institute - 2010

Mitigating Hidden Costs & Maximizing Opportunities in Debt & Hedging Terms 

From floors in credit agreements to subtle economic terms in interest rate swaps, there are myriad opportunities in the language of your debt and hedging documents regarding the most efficient total economic structure. We’ll discuss some of the most common hidden costs, their economic and accounting impacts, and what corporations of all types can leverage in the negotiations.

A Panel Discussion: Building a Treasury Strategy 

As in any business, one needs to have a clearly articulated strategy in order to be successful. The same applies to a treasury organization. If you can clearly define the strategic role treasury plays within the company, it goes a long way in designing the roles and responsibilities, structure and processes of treasury, including your strategic relationship with the banks and other financial service providers. Hear from a panel of corporate treasurers as they discuss their concepts of a treasury strategy.

The "One" Treasury Model: Selecting Between Treasury Centers, In House Banks, And Other Advanced Treasury Structures 

In this session, we dig beyond high-level concepts and get into how to assess potential costs, benefits, and challenges of alternative treasury models. Hear from two companies, operating in very different circumstances, as they describe the process they went through to select the right model for them, and why they made the decisions that they did.

The Winds of Global Financial Change & Their Affects on Corporate Treasury & Finance 

Financial Regulatory Reform and the Sovereign debt crisis in Europe are this year's top finance stories, but how will these events affect global banking and corporate business operations? What are the effects on treasury and finance? Hear a fascinating panel discussion on these and other critical finance topics from three different perspectives -- senior executive bankers, a U.S. Treasury senior official, and a corporate finance executive.

Luncheon Address: Investments in the New Decade 

Historically low interest rates, dramatically tightened supply, policy changes for Rule 2a-7 and unprecedented government intervention in recent years have resulted in a constantly evolving universe for today's cash investor. This presentation will review the impact that the global financial crisis has had on the short term markets and the lasting effect that these events and changes will have on this vital asset class as we move forward.