Role Liquidity Management
In this module we examined the role liquidity management in the financial services sector. We are going to practice these new skills with the bank you chose back in Discussion 1.
The bank for the assignment is Goldman Sachs US
For this discussion, you will need access to your bank’s most recent 10k statement. You will also need to search for interviews (whether through financial news outlets like WSJ or even YouTube) of your bank and its management team.
For your initial discussion, address these questions:
1. What are some key techniques and metrics that you consider vital to determining the optimal liquidity strategy in a bank? Why are these important? Go into detail, be specific. Be sure to backup your claims from the textbook and research. Use your own words (never quote) and cite the page number so we can refer back to it.
2. What is the role of liquidity at your chosen bank? Why would your specific bank need a liquidity management plan? Be sure to backup your claims from the textbook and research. Use your own words (never quote) and cite the page number so we can refer back to it.
3. What is your bank’s liquidity management strategy? What specific methods does your bank use to achieve liquidity? What specific sources does your bank use (or plan to use) for liquidity? Why? Be sure to backup your claims from the textbook and research. Use your own words (never quote) and cite the page number so we can refer back to it.
4. How is your bank responding to the Covid-19 crisis in terms of liquidity management? What particular challenges is your bank facing which would require an increase in liquidity? Go into detail. be specific. Be sure to backup your claims from the textbook and research. Use your own words (never quote) and cite the page number so we can refer back to it.
Use descriptive, specific examples! Do not just reflect on the idea. support your opinions with the textbook, module material, and additional credible research (wikipedia is not credible). Use business and academic appropriate sources and cite them.
