Group Treasury
“Global positioning”
The globally positioned business unit Group Treasury manages the balance sheet and equity structure and the entire liquidity position of the Banking Group.
Group Treasury serves internal and, indirectly, external clients. Internally, they act as an interface controlling the supply and demand of liquidity and interest rate positions. The close cooperation with the Bank’s client and product units means that they indirectly serve WestLB’s target clients with customised offers. The future focus will be on cooperation with the savings banks.
Group Treasury’s main tasks are:
- Preparation and follow-up of the global and regional Asset Liability Committees (ALCO), including implementation of the decisions taken
- Management of the entire secured and unsecured liquidity of the Group
- Management of the Bank’s funding
- Management of the strategic interest rate and currency positions Group-wide
- Management of the liquidity reserve pool
- Neutral transfer pricing
- Optimisation of the equity structure from an economic viewpoint
- Coordination of the subsidiaries in all matters of asset liability management