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Treasury management has seen a lot of developments over the last few years. This can be best understood with the heightened activities in the government securities and other markets. At this juncture, there is no doubt about the enabler behind all these developments. Technology has played a driving role in shaping up the treasury related activities all over the world. The ever-increasing demand for automation in middle and back offices has been effectively addressed by technological developments. Deals are now being carried on with minimal manual intervention via Straight Through Processing. Surely, its all online treasury ahead.

Treasury Management has always been exciting and challenging, with a variety of markets offering different opportunities at different times, and with market volatility adding the required glamor to the whole exercise. And adding to the volatility is the complexity of transactions coupled with large volumes. Further, with the passage of time, there has been greater emphasis on speed and accuracy in all the dealings and settlements.

The activity levels in all the treasury related markets have grown manifold over the last few years with new highs recorded every now and then in the Government securities market or the corporate bonds market or the forex market. Also, the derivatives market is gradually coming of age with new players getting added every now and then. And, as mentioned above, complexities have increased with the market now trading in a variety of instruments, including structured products, as opposed to plain vanilla products some years ago. Needless to add that technology has played a major role in the development of this market and facilitated the phenomenal growth witnessed in recent years.

 
 

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