First, Crédit Agricole CIB, as the corporate and investment banking arm of CréditAgricole Group is known, covers a full range of products and services in capital markets, brokerage, investment banking, structured finance, corporate banking and international private banking. This diversity gives us a valuable opportunity to acquire professional skills, knowledge and experiences with a broad outlook, which is essential to survive in today’s dynamic financial markets. Second, CréditAgricole CIB has a global presence and international opportunities. People of more than 100 nationalities interact in more than 50 countries all over the world. This multicultural environment is a key to developing global views that are required for professionals in the financial services sector.
The Treasury, which belongs to Fixed Income Market, provides liquidity for all activities of the bank and maintains stable access to global money markets. Tokyo is one of five liquidity centers (Paris, London, New York and Hong Kong are the others) that monitor and contribute to the liquidity management for the branches and subsidiaries as well as various business lines. The Treasury is a major counterparty for supranational institutions and central banks. We are also a participant in various monetary policy programs including open market operations of central banks. My current role and responsibilities consist of (1) managing short term liquidity by using various money market products (loans and deposits, partitipation in open market operations, REPO, and CD), (2) preparing various internal reports and presentations for the desk, (3) monitoring the behavior of central banks, most importantly, that of the Bank of Japan, (4) identifying valuable market information and sharing it in an appropriate way.
The first is responsibility. One of the main responsibilities of the Treasury is management of liquidity, which means the ability of a bank to fund cash at shorter notice and at a lower cost. This is vital for almost every activity of all business lines of the bank. Without the steady and reliable provision of liquidity, there can be serious damage for all related departments and thus our clients. Daily fulfillment of our responsibility is the foundation of credibility for the organization. The second is teamwork.
The Treasury's activities are diverse and thus require enormous skills, knowledge and experience. In addition, our activities require cooperation and good communications with other centers within the Treasury and other business lines. This is why teamwork is vital in Treasury operations in order to achieve a better quality of business activities.
Credit Agricole CIB has various business lines that cover all the range of products and services of a world-class corporate and investment bank. It offers privilaged opportunity in which you can have high quality professional experience in financial business, which is especailly important for the first career in financial industry. Various positions from the front office to the performance support functions are open and you can choose a career in which you can utilize your talents most. Diversity of the bank in culture and geography also gives you an international career opportunity and helps to broaden your horizons.
| 08:00 | Trading money market products |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | Pricing internal and external money market products |
| 09:30 | Participation in operations of the BOJ |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | Participation in operations of the BOJ |
| 15:30 | Closing the end of day cash position |
| 17:00 | Daily liquidity report |
| 18:00 | Weekly liquidity meeting |
| 18:30 | Weekly Liquidity report |
| 19:00 | Preparation for tomorrow |
I often go out for lunch having a good time with my friend or my family. I spend some time for reading books and watching movies in the evening. I make simple plan for the next week checking news and events during the holidays and reviewing past week at the end of holidays.
