A Blueprint for British Business
FT Executive Breakfast Forum: A New Era for Cash and Liquidity Management
18th September 2012 - 8:30am | Financial Times, One Southwark Bridge, London
This high-level FT breakfast forum will take an informed look at how capital within a business can be managed more effectively. The event is part of the Financial Times’ Blueprint for British Business series, which is examining the strategies needed to meet the challenges of doing business today.
Bringing together an expert panel of speakers, the forum will analyse these challenges and highlight best practice examples for strategic cash and liquidity management – a top priority for any business keen to keep moving forward through today’s uncertain economy.
The discussions will be chaired by Brian Groom, the Financial Times’ Business and Employment Editor. The exclusive nature of the breakfast forum offers participants the opportunity for frank and intimate discussion and to network with peers in a closed group. To encourage this, the forum will be held under Chatham House rules.
Topics for discussion
- Putting cash in context - what is the outlook for markets?
- How are our speakers reassessing their capital priorities and refocusing their allocation of capital and liquidity across different activities, business lines and geographies?
- How can cash flow management be optimised to deal with fluctuations in sales, currencies, commodity prices and market conditions?
- How can companies ensure liquidity in uncertain markets?
- What do businesses need to do to gain end-to-end visibility over cash flows to improve accuracy of forecasting?
Speakers will be experts in the topic, ensuring thought leadership throughout the event.
| Ron Anderson Professor of Finance London School of Economics |
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| James Davenport Finance Director innocent |
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Business and Employment Editor Financial Times |
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| Raj Patara Deputy Group Treasurer BAE Systems |
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| John Ramage Director of Liquidity and FX Solutions Lloyds Bank Wholesale Banking & Markets |
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| Henri Servaes Richard Brealey Professor of Corporate Governance London Business School - IFA |
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| Trevor Williams Chief Economist Lloyds Bank Wholesale Banking & Markets |
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