Introduction

[ Our Approach |  Why Andisa Treasury Solutions | Tactical & Operational Benefits | Strategic Benefits ]

There has been a significant move amongst companies to external management of their treasury and risk functions. This is driven by a number of factors including:

• Limited availability of skilled resources
• Cost of establishing and maintaining sophisticated internal treasury infrastructures
• Need for expertise in managing complex risk around the whole or parts of a business. For many companies, specific sector or market expertise is crucial but not readily available or easy to retain. An independent external treasury solutions provider should be able to scale between providing a full treasury service to clients who have no internal treasury, and providing custom designed treasury solutions to clients to complement their own internal treasury.

Andisa Treasury Solutions (ATS) has the requisite depth and breadth of expertise, along with a proven track record across a wide range of markets, to meet these challenges.

Our Approach

Our business is that of independent practitioner, offering both upfront project based services as well as ongoing treasury management services. Our treasury services cover front, middle and back office where required by the client. Treasury Solutions always works closely with organisations towards achieving treasury's primary objectives:

• Ensuring that liquidity is safeguarded
• Financial market risks are identified, quantified and effectively managed with the broader organisational objectives
• Ensuring that Treasury Best Practice and good governance are adhered to

Our services can be structured as part of a comprehensive treasury solutions package, or selectively around specific or niche requirements.

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Why Andisa Treasury Solutions?

Andisa is the leading independent agency treasury and risk service provider in South Africa, with the widest coverage of markets, geographies and financial instruments. Andisa has extensive experience and networks in both South Africa and across the globe. The company is committed to providing a comprehensive, professional and value-added service to its clients.

Andisa's offering in the market is unique in that it integrates under one banner, the following:

GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK

• Andisa has an off-site disaster recovery and business continuity centre as well as daily backup and voice recording facilities
• Andisa has fidelity insurance with Bankers Blanket Bond, Computer Fraud and Professional Indemnity which, amongst other provide indemnity against financial loss which may be sustained during the course of normal trading operations
• Andisa is registered with the Financial Services Board (FSB) as an authorised service provider (FSP9294)
• Andisa business processes are Sarbanes Oxley compliant
• Andisa uses KPMG as External Auditors
• Andisa is a professional member of ACTSA (Association of Corporate Treasurers of South Africa – www.actsa.org.za) and fully adheres to the  “Charter of Best Practice”  which has been fully accepted by 22 countries who are members of IGTA (International Group of Treasury Associations - www.igta.org). ACTSA is a member of IGTA
• Our business caters for proper segregation of duties
• Andisa adheres to the highest levels of governance, ethics and professionalism

CAPABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE

• Andisa has an excellent track record of operating full treasury operations for a number of large clients
• Andisa has both a Local and International client base, hence the ability to deliver beyond our borders and to multi-national corporates
• The business has a unique mix of skills, experience and systems which can not easily be replicated in a typical corporate treasury environment due to the associated costs and skills shortage
• Andisa covers the broad range of financial markets and can handle the entire range of financial market instruments - simple, vanilla derivatives and exotic derivatives
• Our offering adapts to changing circumstances for example transformation of financial markets and/or changes in technology
• Andisa has a unique capability to model and price a vast array of financial market instruments
• The structure of Andisa’s treasury service is such that it can be scaled up to match changing requirements - our clients range from small to very large turnover, listed and unlisted, private and public sector

DISTINGUISHING FACTORS

• Andisa Treasury Solutions acts as an agent and never as principal
• Andisa offers pricing that is flexible, fair and transparent
• Andisa recognises and respects the role of our clients' existing banking relationships and is committed to providing a professional, confidential and integrated service
• Andisa is commited to long term, equitable relationships with clients and staff - demonstrated by financial stability, and the stability of its staff compliment and client base
• Andisa has a real commitment to empowerment, and this is evident in our shareholding, internal transformation, procurement policies and CSI
• Andisa has a Treasury focused staff compliment of 27

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Tactical / Operational Benefits

Cost and efficiency benefits lie at the heart of our outsourcing relationships:

• Cost savings (reduced staff, systems and infrastructure)
• Higher level of accuracy in pricing and execution
• Greater efficiency
• Improved reporting
• Improved security
• Higher levels of compliance

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Strategic Benefits

Strategic benefits arise primarily from the improved focus and sophistication of skills that can be drawn on to act quickly and dynamically to changes and opportunities in the markets.

• Improved focus - the removal of day-to-day in-house treasury operations allows our clients to focus on strategic and growth issues within the company
• Access to sophisticated resources - scale across a range of markets, services and sophistication levels to meet the changing needs of the client base
• Credit enhancement - comfort to banking counter-parties about clients' ability to transact, measure and understand risk, as well as the ability to administer and settle transactions promptly
• Integration - all services are fully integrated into our clients' own environment and aligned with existing banking relationships
• Business transformation - opportunity for clients to utilise new products or services
• Governance - best practice service ensuring full compliance and fully independent assessment and measurement of the exposures and risks faced by the company

Our business is that of independent practitioner - we offer both the upfront work as well as ongoing treasury management services. Our business is based on the most advanced, adaptable systems and our relationships extend to all major domestic banks as well as most key international banks.

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