Treasury and Advanced Risk Management Techniques
Treasury organisation and advanced foreign exchange, interest rate and risk-management techniques.
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Core concepts
Concept 1
Treasury policy defines exposures, objectives, permitted instruments, limits, counterparties and reporting.
Exam cue: Identify the underlying exposure before selecting a hedge.
Concept 2
Foreign-exchange and interest-rate hedges must match exposure amount, timing, currency, basis and risk appetite.
Exam cue: Create the cash-flow timeline and compare outcomes on a common date and currency.
Concept 3
Derivatives alter risk and require evaluation of basis risk, optionality, liquidity, credit and operational control.
Exam cue: Explain residual risk, flexibility, premium or margin and governance requirements.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Hedging a forecast that is not sufficiently certain.
Guardrail: Do not reproduce a model, calculation, tax rule, reporting treatment or audit phrase without checking version, date, evidence, professional skill and decision context.
Choosing an instrument solely because its calculated outcome is cheapest in one scenario.
Guardrail: Do not reproduce a model, calculation, tax rule, reporting treatment or audit phrase without checking version, date, evidence, professional skill and decision context.
Confusing a futures contract with the underlying exposure amount or date.
Guardrail: Do not reproduce a model, calculation, tax rule, reporting treatment or audit phrase without checking version, date, evidence, professional skill and decision context.
Memory anchors
Exposure first
Define amount, currency or rate, direction, date and certainty before hedging.
Forward
Lock an exchange or interest rate for a specified future settlement.
Option
Pay for protection while retaining favourable upside, subject to terms.
Basis risk
The hedge and exposure may not move or mature in perfect alignment.
Treasury control
Separate dealing, confirmation, settlement, recording and independent monitoring.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
A UK exporter will receive $5 million in three months and fears the dollar will weaken. Which forward action hedges the exposure?
A company will borrow in three months and fears interest rates will rise. Which FRA position provides a hedge?
Answer all questions to submit.
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