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''Corporate treasury''.
''Risk management''.  
Predetermined actions the entity will take, or have in reserve, to deal with the various situations that might arise. 


A treasury which may actively create market positions with a view to earning profits, as well as hedging.
Risk policy should cover commercial as well as treasury approaches to exposure management.  


The policy should identify and reflect the risk appetite and risk tolerances of the organisation, making explicit that a risk management system has been designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving business objectives.


Profit centre treasuries are normally associated with a high degree of centralisation of treasury authority.
It should assign accountability for managing risks and reporting results on effectiveness of the system to executive management.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Centralised]]
* [[Exposure]]
* [[Cost centre]]
* [[Risk appetite]]
* [[Cost saving centre]]
* [[Risk control]]
* [[Hedging]]
* [[Risk tolerance]]
* [[In-house bank]]


[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Financial_risk_management]]

Revision as of 14:08, 20 August 2013

Risk management.

Predetermined actions the entity will take, or have in reserve, to deal with the various situations that might arise.

Risk policy should cover commercial as well as treasury approaches to exposure management.

The policy should identify and reflect the risk appetite and risk tolerances of the organisation, making explicit that a risk management system has been designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving business objectives.

It should assign accountability for managing risks and reporting results on effectiveness of the system to executive management.


See also