RMA Internal Audit Seminar Series - 3. Heightened Economic Uncertainty and Balance Sheet Management / Financial Liquidity 2024 | The Risk Management Association | 19 March 2024 | Virtual

The economic outlook for 2024 continues to remain subject to the threat of significant risks including inflation and fluctuations with interest rates, and geopolitical risks that could increase the potential for financial stress and uncertainty. Policy makers will continue to try and balance the need to support the recovery while safeguarding price stability, employment, and fiscal sustainability. They will also continue efforts toward promoting growth-enhancing reforms, which would require balance sheet management to structure the liability side of your organization’s balance sheet and to ensure liquidity on the asset side.

Learning Objectives:
The objectives of this session are to learn and understand the key components and risks including:
• Gain valuable insight into financial institutions' expectations given the macroeconomic uncertainty and how it applies to balance sheet management.
• How interest rates can affect your institution regarding funding and liquidity and how to mitigate those risks.
• Understand Internal Audit's and Risk’s role in collaborating with the Treasury function while maintaining independence.