Corporate Treasury and Cash Management Conference 2010
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President's Welcome
IACT President’s Welcome Note
As President of the Irish Association of Corporate Treasurers for 2010, I would like to welcome you to this year’s conference.
2010 has been as ‘interesting’ a year as any recent one from a treasury perspective. The importance of strong management of all treasury related risks has remained to the forefront of the minds of Board members, CEOs and CFOs – and this has meant that treasurers remain in the limelight.
Themes that remain very important for most treasurers include counterparty and currency risk management, liquidity and funding management and tax driven transfer pricing. But of course the crisis has brought new or additional attention on such areas as pension fund and commodity risk management. So, the treasurer’s agenda remains busy!
While each company’s position in the current environment will be unique, it is clear that it is worthwhile taking time out from the treadmill to examine the ‘big picture’. This year’s conference will be an excellent opportunity to do this.
The conference will address many of the key issues facing treasurers – with expert speakers providing insights into the key issues/trends etc on each topic. It also provides treasurers with an excellent opportunity to network with key people in the Irish treasury sector – which provides an essential tool to being able to resolve issues facing them.
I hope you enjoy the conference.
Brendan Murphy
President
Irish Association of Corporate Treasurers