Treasury Markets and Operations

Treasury Markets and Operations provides an in-depth look at how banks and financial institutions manage their treasury operations and the relationship with various markets including foreign exchange, bond markets and derivatives.
As part of a series of works by the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers, Bank Asset and Liability Management considers: - Treasury functions, including balance sheet management, settlement and control.- Foreign exchange markets, money and capital markets, bond markets and derivatives.- The role of the front, middle and back offices in various areas such as interbank and proprietary trading, corporate treasury, accounting and finance, cash management and operations control. - Avenues to control various risks such as country risk, market risk, counter-party risk, operations risk and credit risk. - Payment and settlement systems and the role of Hong Kong as an offshore RMB clearing and settlement center.