Consulting services for finance and treasury departments
Nowadays, the area of activity of modern treasury departments comprises various tasks such as cash management, liquidity management, debtor management and asset and pension management. The primary aim of treasury management is to optimize the investments and the liquidity as well as the management of interest and currency risks or risks related to the commodity market. In this context, numerous financial problems arise. For different reasons, many companies have financial assets that need to be professionally invested.
Amongst other issues, we assist companies in the following:
- Determining the risk profile as a function of the investment horizon, future liabilities, earnings volatility and other influencing factors
- Determining the risk/return-optimized capital structure (asset liability management) and defining an investment strategy
- Advice on the optimal currency hedging strategy and risk management instruments
- Compliance with the key principles of corporate governance (investment regulations)
- Determining investment guidelines for internal and external asset managers
- Selecting the best and most cost-effective instruments for implementing the investment strategy / cost comparison asset managers
- Investment controlling and monitoring investments regarding risk and return
- Second opinions (e.g. independent evaluation of internally achieved investment results)
