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AFP Asia-Pacific Treasury Management Handbook

Effective treasury management is a critical component of a company’s business strategy. At its simplest, treasury management means having sufficient cash in the right place, at the right time and in the correct currency, to ensure a company can meet all its obligations. Failure to do so will make it difficult or impossible for a company to achieve its broader business objectives.

That said, successful treasury management involves much more than simply ensuring the payment of invoices on their due date. As companies expand and become more complex, with multiple entities operating in a number of jurisdictions, achieving effective treasury management becomes more challenging. As companies change, so do their exposures to risk and the pattern and nature of their cash flows and positions. It is the treasurer’s job to identify, measure and manage these risks, which could affect a company’s ability to meet its treasury management objectives.

Understanding these changing dynamics is central to the treasurer’s role within the business, for two broad reasons. First, it helps the treasury department ensure obligations are met on a daily basis, and second, if provided with an in-depth insight into the business, the treasurer is able to adopt a more strategic role and help the company both to set strategic objectives that reflect its appetite for risk and help achieve those objectives over time. 

The handbook is organised into two parts. The first part contains the main analysis in the book. The second part includes profiles of treasury practices in 15 countries in the Asia-Pacific region which provides outline information on the financial environment in each country.

PART 1: Treasury Management

  1. Overview of Treasury Management in Asia-Pacific
  2. Financial Environment
  3. Treasury Organisation
  4. Liquidity Management
  5. Short-term Investment
  6. Short-term Borrowing
  7. Bank Relationship Management
  8. Financial Risk Management
  9. Treasury Technology
  10. Treasury Controls
  11. Merger & Acquisition for a Regional Treasury Centre
  12. Treasury 2025

Part 2: Country Profiles

  • Australia
  • Cambodia
  • China
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Japan
  • Malaysia
  • Pakistan
  • The Philippines
  • Singapore
  • South Korea
  • Sri Lanka
  • Taiwan
  • Vietnam

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