Treasury Markets and Operations provides an in-depth look at how banks and financial institutions manage their treasury operations and the relationship with various markets including foreign exchange, bond markets and derivatives. As part of a series of works by the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers, Bank Asset and Liability Management considers: Treasury functions, including balance sheet management, settlement and control. Foreign exchange markets, money and capital markets, bond markets and derivatives. The role of the front, middle and back offices in various areas such as interbank and proprietary trading, corporate treasury, accounting and finance, cash management and operations control. Avenues to control various risks such as country risk, market risk, counter-party risk, operations risk and credit risk. Payment and settlement systems and the role of Hong Kong as an offshore RMB clearing and settlement center.