The book is an analysis of corporate treasury and cash management with the principal financial instruments used by the corporate treasurer. The objectives of the book are to describe how corporate treasury departments should establish a framework for the identity, measurement and management of risk and to describe how corporates should manage and control the operation of their treasury function. Robert Cooper brings his extensive experience as Corporate Treasurer of a large multinational to bear in this comprehensive work.

Management of cash resources is crucial to smooth operation of all companies. This book offers a practical guide to intricacies of cash management, using everyday situations to illustrate how different exposures arise in the course of normal trading activity. The author discusses how to set up and manage an efficient and effective cash management department and also covers the implementation of forecasting and appraisal systems. Management of interest rate and currency exposures is also considered with an assessment of the banking systems of major countries and the effect of European Monetary Union.

Corporate Cash Management describes how to forecast cash, and also covers methods for collecting and disbursing cash, plus the characteristics of the major cash concentration systems. It also investigates ways to improve cash flow, and how to raise funds from debt and equity. There is extensive coverage of risk management related to the variability of foreign exchange and interest rates, as well as the controls and measurements required for a cash management system.

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The credit crunch highlighted to businesses the importance of cash management, as those firms which ran short of cash discovered when they found themselves in trouble or even went bust.This tightly-written guide clearly explains the six critical aspects of the effective management of cash and cash flow. These involve: •forecasting likely cash receipts and payments •establishing funding lines necessary to cover asset purchases or for working capital •efficiently managing day-to-day operations with regard to the amount of cash required •selecting appropriate investment opportunities that result in positive cash flow •monitoring the profitability of products and services to ensure they are cash generative and not cash destroying, •having a plan for managing excess cash that exceeds demand Cash rather than profit has always been the ultimate determinant of whether a business survives.