90-minute online webinar / workshop

Summary

Governments policy response to the coronavirus crisis has impacted the entire economy and the risk of a deep recession is high. Banks face multiple challenges meeting the needs of their customers, many of whom now face severe hardship, as well as operating in a negative sentiment market environment.

The challenge is greatest for the bank’s Treasury and ALM function, which has to ensure smooth functioning of cash, liquidity and lending provision as well as remain within regulatory compliance. This short online workshop presents an overview of the current conditions as well as a short-term and medium-term Treasury action plan to address a potential liquidity and capital freeze in the markets.

Overview

This 90-minute online workshop will present a recommended action plan for bank Treasury and ALM desks to enable them to address coronavirus impact on banks’ customers and the wholesale markets. Current commentary suggests the lockdown could last many months; this will have severe detrimental impact on customers and liquidity and lending provision.

This is an online interactive workshop that will present a series of short-term and medium-term management actions for Treasury, as well as an initial “lessons learned” for banks’ balance sheet risk management practice. There is also a review of revised objectives for a bank’s asset-liability committee (ALCO) as part of its remit to maintain balance sheet robustness and assist the business lines customer franchise.

Delegates will gain a clearer understanding of how to adapt their balance sheet risk management practice to ensure it remains fit-for-purpose during the coronavirus crisis.