CORPORATE TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 2013 Wednesday 20th November Gibson Hotel, 02 Point Village, IFSC, Dublin 1, Ireland www.corporatetreasury.ie Gold Sponsor: Premium Silver Sponsor: Silver Sponsors: Asset Management presented by: Irish Association of Corporate Treasurers & Summit Focus tel: + 353 1 524 2375 Irish Association email: [email protected] of www.summitfocus.com Corporate Treasurers EVENT SPONSORS WELCOME NOTE GOLD SPONSOR Irish Association of Corporate Treasurers DANSKE BANK Gold Sponsor Danske Bank Group is one of the strongest, best up with powerful technology platform. The dedicated Contact capitalised and most progressive banking groups in teams in Danske Bank’s Corporates & Institutions team www.treasurers.ie Europe. Operating in Ireland since 2005, Danske Bank work closely with clients to provide bespoke strategies is a specialist bank offering a market-leading product to help achieve their business and financial objectives. and service proposition for corporate clients, backed As President of the Irish Association of Corporate systems and trends (what the treasurer needs to do), Treasurers for 2013, I would like to welcome you all to and they’ll even cover benchmarking and KPIs (or, what this year’s conference. the treasurer needs to tell the Board!). PREMIUM SILVER The year has been a very good one as the Association Garnered with all this knowledge, the treasurers’ SPONSOR goes from strength to strength and builds on last year’s opinion forum will provide you with a chance to ask 25th anniversary. In addition to our recent flagship that question (by text or by the traditional method) that BARCLAYS event, the Annual Dinner, and the ever-popular golf has been on your mind or has cropped up during the Premium Silver Sponsor day, we also held a new event, the very well received conference and hear at first-hand how your peers in the Barclays has been supporting Irish businesses and deliver solutions that work for your business. Barclays IACT Debate in September. industry deal with various situations, in their companies. Irish subsidiaries of foreign multinationals for over 30 is a major global financial services provider with years. Our clients have access to investment banking, an extensive international presence in Europe, the There have been briefings and technical updates on a When all the treasurers have had their say, it will be wealth and investment management and corporate Americas, Africa and Asia. Barclays’ purpose is to help myriad of topics from Funding to Cashflows and new a chance to hear from a man who cites that great banking services. We understand the challenges you people achieve their ambitions – in the right way. regulatory challenges from SEPA to EMIR. treasury nugget ‘Cash is King’ as business advice on face and have expert teams across every sector to his website, Bobby Kerr, the Leader’s Chair speaker. With this in mind, the conference returns for the 3rd Bobby has done it all and what’s more, loves talking year in a row, to the Gibson Hotel, a central location about it, especially over coffee. (albeit, on the Northside!) that has proven very popular with attendees. We will finish with a coffee, or something stronger, at the conference drinks reception, which promises to be SILVER Asset Management Last year’s conference was a great success and this a great chance to network with other members, meet SPONSORS year has an even more packed programme, if that with peers, discuss the treasury topics of the day, and HSBC IFG GROUP J P MORGAN was possible, starting with an early morning address who knows, perhaps even have soccer’s ‘offside rule’ from that doyen of Irish soccer, John Delaney, over demystified! Silver Sponsor Silver Sponsor Silver Sponsor breakfast. HSBC Corporate Banking Ireland brings IFG Corporate Pensions is part of IFG Group J.P. Morgan Asset Management, the investment Our great line-up of speakers, again this year, would plc, a diversified financial services company management arm of JPMorgan Chase, offers a the full range of HSBC product and network RTE’s Business Editor David Murphy will chair the not be possible without the ongoing support of our capabilities to assist Irish Corporates. Our delivering independent financial advisory and range of comprehensive global short-term and morning session, which will examine the challenges conference sponsors. So thank you to them and to all experienced local team provides a wide range administrative services across Ireland and the medium-term investment solutions, from AAA- of financial solutions to large companies UK. Winners of the Irish Pensions Innovation rated liquidity funds to short-term fixed income and opportunities to Ireland’s economic recovery, attendees for your continuing support of the IACT and I and trading companies with an international Award 2012, IFG offer a fresh approach to products. A combination of these products can with the author of An Bord Snip Nua, Colm Mc Carthy, hope you all enjoy the conference. focus. We work with our clients to adopt a deliver retirement planning and advisory assist you to achieve the liquidity, security, risk amongst others, while session speakers will discuss solutions relevant to today’s marketplace. Our and return profile that you desire. truly partnership approach and offer bespoke current trends and treasury practice on topics from solutions to match each company’s ambitions. business model challenges industry thinking, Our clients’ value, not just our balance sheet addressing the lack of transparency in the what George Soros would call ‘The New Paradigm PATRICK CORKERY strength, but also the proven expertise HSBC market. We deliver cost-effective, efficient for Financial Markets’, such as investing in a low-yield President, Irish Association of has in doing business in different cultures and solutions to Irish and multinational companies, environment and liquidity funds in emerging markets. Corporate Treasurers markets throughout the world. underpinned by our market leading multi- platform online IFG Pension Portal, and our unique investment expertise and strategies. During the day, experts from the treasury industry will be giving a review of current and upcoming regulations (what the treasurer needs to know), cash management CORPORATE TREASURY &OO 2 | innovating for growth Asset Management CASH MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 2013 | 3 EVENT SPEAKERS Cash management solutions As a premium silver sponsor of the IACT Corporate Treasury and Cash Management Conference ANTONY BARNES PATRICK CORKERY Director of Tax and Treasury, Financial Controller, 2013, it’s our pleasure to contribute to today’s agenda. Our corporate, cash and treasury teams in Experian Vanfleet Transport Dublin would be delighted to discuss how we can assist you manage your cash, risk exposures and Antony is Director of Tax and Treasury at Financial Controller at Vanfleet Transport, help you to achieve your business ambitions. For further details, please contact: Experian, with responsibility for Experian’s a leading distribution company to the * global tax, treasury and insurance activities. retail sector, Patrick previously worked John Hand, Cash Management, 01 6182691 Prior to joining Experian, he held senior in financial services with KPMG with a Brian Delahunty, Corporate Banking, 01 4251914* treasury positions at GUS plc, Amersham plc particular emphasis on aircraft leasing. A and Toyota Motor Finance. Antony is a fellow Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland Bryan Conway, Risk Solutions, 01 2411100* of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Commerce graduate of UCD, Patrick (FCA) and the Association of Corporate is the current President of the IACT. He was Treasurers (FCT) and is a member of the Irish IACT Student of the Year 2007 for the DCU Association of Corporate Treasurers. Graduate Certificate of Corporate Treasury. JONATHAN CURRY JOHN DELANEY Chief Investment, Liquidity, Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Global Asset Management Football Association of Ireland Jonathan is Global CIO for the Liquidity Chief Executive of the Football Association business and has been working in the of Ireland since December 2004, having industry since 1989. Prior to joining HSBC in previously been Honorary Treasurer of the 2010, Jonathan worked as Head of European Association and also the National League Cash Management at Barclays Global of Ireland. He was also a member of the FAI Investors. A Board Member and Chair of National Council and the National League of the Technical Committee of the Institutional Ireland Management Committee. John is a Money Market Fund Association, the industry member of UEFA’s National Team’s Committee association for AAA rated money market and previously served on UEFA’s Control and Barclays Bank Ireland PLC is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. Registered in Ireland. Registered Address: Two Park Place, Hatch Street, Dublin 2. Registered No. 396330. *Calls may be recorded for training and funds, he is also a member of the Bank of Disciplinary Committee. A native of Tipperary security purposes. England’s Money Market Liaison Group. Town, John is also Vice-President of the Olympic Council of Ireland. a34413 IACT Ad 210x150 LS.indd 1 03/10/2013 12:28 Pensions, Investments ANTHONY FITZGERALD KIERAN FOX & Advisory Services Group Treasurer, Business Development Director, CRH plc Irish Funds Industry Association Anthony is responsible for both the Kieran has been with the IFIA for over 6 formulation and implementation of CRH’s years and is a member of several IFIA worldwide treasury strategy and policies. Key Committees and Taskforces, including a areas of responsibility include all aspects of senior stakeholder group engaged on AIFMD CRH group funding, credit risk management, implementation. Prior to this Kieran was a cash & investment management, hedging, senior regulator and risk specialist with the treasury accounting and M&A support. He Central Bank and spent seven years working We love pensions, and dealing has more than 23 years’ direct experience in hedge fund management in London. in the treasury function and was Group Treasurer in a number of international food with IFG you will love it too.