Managing Liquidity in Banks: A Top Down Approach

Rudolf Duttweiler is an economist. He gained his Ph.D. from the University of St Gallen, Switzerland.
Liquidity has played an important part in his professional life. His first practical experience in banking was gained in Zurich and London as Treasurer of Swiss Bank corporation (now UBS) and Credit Suisse. From 1993 until 2006 he headed the Group Treasury of Commerzbank at their Headquarters in Frankfurt. This was the formative period during which his comprehensive understanding of liquidity policy and concepts to manage liquidity were developed. Throughout his professional life he has continued to publish and lecture on market and liquidity related subjects. His last publication in 2008 refers to liquidity as part of banking related financial policy, and laid the basis for the integration of liquidity into the framework of business policy for banking.
Mr Duttweiler is a lecturer on Bank Treasury Management at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland.