Essentials of Managing Treasury (Essentials Series) [Paperback]

Karen A. Horcher (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 047170704X | ISBN-13: 978-0471707042 | Publication Date: November 18, 2005 | Edition: 1

ESSENTIALS OF MANAGING TREASURY

Treasury is the financial hub of an organization-a hub with many spokes. This concise reference describes each functional area within treasury and includes guidelines for best practices and revelant technologies. With tips and techniques, it provides a practical overview of treasury and its relationship to every part of an organization.

"Karen Horcher enjoys a well-earned reputation as an expert in her field, having both written and taught financial seminars for the Treasury Management Association of Canada (TMAC) for the past seven years. Her many years of experience as a front-line banker lend credibility to her work. Karen is justly appreciated for her ability to make complex financial concepts easy to understand."
-Blair McRobie, Executive Director Treasury Management Association of Canada

"Essentials of Managing Treasury provides an excellent perspective on the history, breadth, and current trends in treasury management. The reader can quickly grasp the 'real world of treasury management' and the practical and strategic issues faced by treasurers and financial professionals today."
-Brian McArthur, Vice President Treasury Management, Royal Bank Financial Group

The Wiley Essentials Series-because the business world is always changing...and so should you.

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ESSENTIALS OF MANAGING TREASURY

Treasury is the financial hub of an organization—a hub with many spokes. This concise reference describes each functional area within treasury and includes guidelines for best practices and revelant technologies. With tips and techniques, it provides a practical overview of treasury and its relationship to every part of an organization.

"Karen Horcher enjoys a well-earned reputation as an expert in her field, having both written and taught financial seminars for the Treasury Management Association of Canada (TMAC) for the past seven years. Her many years of experience as a front-line banker lend credibility to her work. Karen is justly appreciated for her ability to make complex financial concepts easy to understand."
—Blair McRobie, Executive Director Treasury Management Association of Canada

"Essentials of Managing Treasury provides an excellent perspective on the history, breadth, and current trends in treasury management. The reader can quickly grasp the 'real world of treasury management' and the practical and strategic issues faced by treasurers and financial professionals today."
—Brian McArthur, Vice President Treasury Management, Royal Bank Financial Group

The Wiley Essentials Series—because the business world is always changing...and so should you.

About the Author

KAREN A. HORCHER, CFA, CGA, provides consulting and training in treasury, capital markets, and financial risk management for corporations, financial institutions, governments and regulators, and professional service firms. She is a Certified General Accountant (CGA) and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. She has conducted many seminars for the Treasury Management Association of Canada (TMAC) and others and authored several treasury-related books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (November 18, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 047170704X
• ISBN-13: 978-0471707042
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,806 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book, April 16, 2007

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Stanislav Ivanov (Russia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essentials of Managing Treasury (Essentials Series) (Paperback)

This book is very easy for understanding the main activities and functions of Treasury. In Russia we have a big problem with information resources, that cover this field broadly. So, this item is relevant for people, who connected with treasury management or treasury systems development.
Essentials of Managing Treasury helps me to understand basic principles of Treasury more profoundly and organize treasury system for controlling receipts and disbursements in my company in more optimal way.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good and Basic Intro on Managing a Treasury Department, February 7, 2011

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This review is from: Essentials of Managing Treasury (Essentials Series) (Paperback)

This book has an expansive cover on the fundamentals of treasury operations. Although most financial practitioners may be disappointed to find out that the intermediate and advanced issues and topics were barely discussed, anybody, who is curious about what a Treasury Department is, will undoubtedly appreciate how it delicately and patiently guides the uninitiated to the concepts of cash management and investments. After getting the overview from this book, I recommend readers to brush-up on their economics, accounting, and financial management backgrounds before delving into the more intricate tropics of financial trading in equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities, derivatives and what have you. This book in particular gives greater focus on risk management, which is a subjective yet absolutely critical aspect of Treasury (and even company-wide) operations. If you are an intermediate to advanced practitioner, you might want to look for more intriguing topics from somewhere else.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book for learning and understanding the essentials of Treasury, January 18, 2007

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This review is from: Essentials of Managing Treasury (Essentials Series) (Paperback)

High level introduction
Covers a good number of topics