A recent inquiry from one FEI member prompted this response from Bill Sinnett, FERF Director of Research.

Question:  Our Company is in the process of establishing a Treasury-oriented policy and procedures manual, and I am wondering if FEI has on file a library of notable or best-in-class policies?  I know an alternative would be to go through the FEI membership directory and pick out names of individual Treasurers and call them, but I thought I’d start with you as a first step.

Answer:  I spoke with Cady North of FEI’s DC office.  Cady told me that she plans to include your question as a topic for a roundtable discussion at a future CCT meeting on October 1.

In doing a brief Google search on Treasury Policies and Procedures, I found Knowledge Leader by Protiviti:

http://www.knowledgeleader.com/KnowledgeLeader/Content.nsf/Web+Content/PoliciesProceduresCorporateTreasuryPolicy!OpenDocument  

Knowledge Leader provides sample treasury policies and procedures to establish guidelines for Company activities relating to bank accounts, wire transfers of cash, short-term investment of surplus funds, financing, foreign exchange exposure and risk (insurance) management. They offer a 30-day free trial.

I also contacted Susan Kelly, editor of Treasury & Risk magazine:

Susan Kelly

646-746-8880

skelly@treasuryandrisk.com

Susan directed us to the Treasury Strategies Website:

http://www.treasurystrategies.com/

She notes that Treasury Strategies provides treasury resources:

http://www.treasurystrategies.com/resources/default.htm

Susan tells us that another good Web site is Jeff Wallace’s Greenwich Treasury Advisors Web site:

http://greenwichtreasury.com/home.cfm

Here are links to Jeff’s articles:

http://greenwichtreasury.com/articles/articles.cfm

Lastly, I spoke with Henry A. (Hal) Davis, a treasury consultant based in Washington, DC.

Hal can be reached at (202) 328-7074 or HDResearch@aol.com.

Hal is the editor of a three treasury-related journals.