Treasury & Financial Institutions

The OCB Treasury & Financial Institutions departments undertake a wide range of capital market and investment activities for the bank and its clients, in addition to managing the bank’s balance sheet and its funding activities. Through our well equipped dealing room and our strong relationship with local, regional and international counterparties, OCB Treasury & Financial Institutions seeks to provide a wide range of products and services to a sophisticated client base that comprises internal business lines, regional individuals, family offices, financial institutions and governmental entities.

OCB assets & liability management team actively manages the bank’s liquidity, maintains regulatory ratios, provide funding requirements both short and long term, manages foreign exchange risks and manages bank’s interest rate risk (Balance sheet optimisation).

Product development within the Treasury & Financial Institutions departments will work closely with our clients to provide them with a tailor-made hedging or investment strategy that suits their requirements.

The range of products and services offered by Treasury & Financial Institutions will be diverse and ever evolving to respond to the changes in market condition and environment. The following are the main areas in which treasury are active:

  • Deposits and placement in all major currencies and GCC currencies
  • Spot and Forward foreign exchange transactions in all major currencies and GCC currencies
  • Liquidity management solutions (Structured products, capital guaranteed products, etc.)
  • Foreign Exchange hedging products
  • Interest rate hedging products