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Corporate treasury refers to treasury activities which are carried out in companies which use financial products to support their main business; usually a trading business.  


A framework that
This is in contrast to treasury activities which take place in banks and financial institutions (generally providers of financial products) and in the public sector, and to work carried out by treasury professionals acting as advisers and consultants.


(i) provides guidance on strategy, including assessing risk <br>
The individuals who work in the treasury function of trading companies are known as corporate treasurers.
(ii) ensures effective monitoring of management and <br>
(iii) makes certain that managers are accountable to stakeholders.




The purpose of corporate governance is to facilitate effective, entrepreneurial and prudent management that can deliver the long-term success of the organisation.
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Comparable frameworks in non-commercial organisations.
In the non-commercial context the term 'governance' (without the 'corporate' part) is more common.


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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Board of directors]]
* [[Association of Corporate Treasurers]]
* [[Corporate social responsibility ]]
* [[Australian Corporate Treasury Association]]
* [[ESG investment]]
* [[Corporate]]
* [[Governance]]
* [[Corporate treasurer]]
* [[Kay Review]]
* [[Corporate treasury centre]]
* [[UK Corporate Governance Code]]
* [[Guide to risk management]]
* [[Ethics]]
* [[Non-financial corporate]]
* [[Agency risk]]
* [[Treasury]]
* [[Developments in corporate and market regulation: implications for the treasurer]]
* [[Treasury management]]
 
* [[Treasury risk]]
 
===Other links===
[http://www.treasurers.org/node/10141 Doing the right thing, Sarah Boyce, The Treasurer, May 2014]


[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Ethics]]
[[Category:Ethics_and_corporate_governance]]

Revision as of 21:51, 3 September 2022

Corporate treasury refers to treasury activities which are carried out in companies which use financial products to support their main business; usually a trading business.

This is in contrast to treasury activities which take place in banks and financial institutions (generally providers of financial products) and in the public sector, and to work carried out by treasury professionals acting as advisers and consultants.

The individuals who work in the treasury function of trading companies are known as corporate treasurers.


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See also

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