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Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleNumber of ECTS Credits Allocated
154-0546/01Treasury Management3 ECTS credits
Type of Course UnitChoice-compulsory
Level of Course UnitSecond Cycle
Year of StudyFirst Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
NOV33Ing. Martina Novotná, Ph.D.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The overall aim of this course is to expand students knowledge of the role and importance of the corporate treasury management. This unit is concerned with a part of corporate finance, which involves the management of the financial resources available to a business. Treasury management involves three broad aspects:
1. Assets and liabilities management
2. Financial risk management
3. Cash management

In this unit we focus on the financial decisions made by the treasury managers of a business hence we will focus on corporate finance.
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Common optional components are not offered, students of special interest can participate in departmental activities or can arrange consulting hours with lecturer.
Course Contents
1) Fundamentals, objectives and position of treasury managementu ina company.
2) Cash management – strategy of liquidity and working capital management, cash flow forecasting, theoretical models.
3) Cash management – solution (short and long)) of the cash shortage.
4) Cash management – solution (short and long)) of the cash surplus.
5) Cash management – solution (short and long)) of the cash surplus II. + tax and other aspects (PMR, PPV).
6) Cash pooling a netting.
7) Case study– treasury daily business
8) Currency and interest risks management with emhasise on tools and techniques used in the Czech Republic.
9) External relations from treasury point of view – relations with banks and investors, rating, corporate governance.
10) Legal, tax and accounting aspects of treasury.
11) Treasury systems, incl. EBS.
12) Treasury management evolution in the Czech Republic + trends.
13) Treasury management evolution in the middle and east Europe + EU.
14) Dealing – FOREX, MM, CM.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
BRAGG, S. Treasury Management. The Practitioner’s Guide. New Jersey: Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010. ISBN 978-0-470-49708-1.
WIELEN, L. et al. International Cash Management. Amsterdam: Riskmatrix, 2006.
ISBN 978-90-802323-8-9.
BRAGG, S. Treasury Management. The Practitioner’s Guide. New Jersey: Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010. ISBN 978-0-470-49708-1.
WIELEN, L. et al. International Cash Management. Amsterdam: Riskmatrix, 2006.
ISBN 978-90-802323-8-9.
Recommended Reading:
The Association of Corporate Treasurers (UK): The International Treasurer’s Handbook 2011.
ACT, London 2010. ISBN 978-1-869819-21-7.
BREALEY, R. A., MYERS, S. C., ALLEN, F. Principles of Corporate Finance. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011.
The Association of Corporate Treasurers (UK): The International Treasurer’s Handbook 2011.
ACT, London 2010. ISBN 978-1-869819-21-7.
BREALEY, R. A., MYERS, S. C., ALLEN, F. Principles of Corporate Finance. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined
Work placement(s)
Course does not contain work placement.

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