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Monday 26 October 2009
Media Release
Corporate Treasurers to meet to discuss GFC ramifications
Australia’s corporate treasurers will meet in Sydney this week to review the impact of the global
financial crisis on corporate funding and financial strategies.
More than 250 of the nation’s senior financial managers will attend the 22nd
annual Finance
and Treasury Association
(FTA)
2009 Congress
to be held in Sydney’s
Sheraton Hotel on
Thursday 29 October and Friday 30 October.
The theme of the Congress - Dollars and Sense – Treasury Management in Turbulent Times -
that will feature a number of keynote speakers including:
Senator Helen Coonan, on regulatory intrusions in the capital markets;
Trevor Rowe AM, on recent lessons from the GFC and their relevance to the next five
years; and
Rob Ferguson, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive, IMF (Australia) on the near
collapse of the capital markets: bad luck or bad structure?
More than sixty senior finance and treasury executives will be presenting during the two-
day forum
that will also feature participants from overseas including Michael Rosenberg,
Bloomberg’s FX Strategist based in New York.
This year’s
Congress will focus on the importance to corporate strategy of robust treasury
strategies, appropriate capital structures and managing the balance sheet to endure
the business
cycle. Corporate Treasurers from many leading Australasian
companies will share insights on
these issues and provide thoughts on the impact of future market, regulatory and business
environment developments.
The FTA is the professional body for corporate treasurers and senior financial managers.
Please visit the FTA website www.finance-treasury.com for further information.
Media contact: Mike Dontschuk CFTP FTA President Tel 0419 310-037
News Editors: Media representatives are welcome to attend the Congress. Please contact
Simon Davis at the FTA Secretariat to obtain Congress accreditation. Tel 03 8534 5011
0408 999-847
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