Day 1:
- Introduction to Treasury and Cash Management
- The strategic role and scope of treasury management
- Overview of cash management: roles, activities, principles, and practices
- Portfolio management, trading, and settlement
- Cash forecasting techniques, cash balances, and determining optimal cash ranges
- Baumol and Miller cash management models
- Treasury systems and technology
Day 2:
- Financial Markets: Introduction and Functions
- Money market instruments and their characteristics
- Fixed income instruments and valuation
- Stocks/equity instruments and valuation
- Derivatives and structured products: types, properties, and applications
- Role and regulation of capital markets: primary vs. secondary markets
Day 3:
- Working Capital Management
- Importance of working capital and its impact on liquidity
- Ratio analysis and financial statement interpretation
- Techniques for managing collections, disbursements, and inventory
- Improving the cash conversion cycle
- Cash flow optimization and liquidity planning
- Securitization and factoring
Day 4:
- Effective Financial Analysis
- Sources of financial information for analysis
- Review of IFRS-compliant financial statements
- Income statement ratios: common size, profit margin, ROE, ROS
- Balance sheet ratios: quick ratio, current ratio, debt-to-equity, leverage analysis
- Integrating financial ratios with decision-making
Day 5:
- Capital Markets Advanced Concepts
- Equity valuation methods and investment appraisal
- Fixed income (government and corporate bonds) valuation
- Practical applications of capital market instruments
- Integrating treasury, cash, and capital market strategies
- Case studies and group exercises for applied learning
- Summary, Q&A, and action planning