Trusted Voices and Reference Organisations in Corporate Treasury Education
Treasury teams already lean on a small set of reference organisations for qualifications, professional standards, and public research. Professional Treasury Education is a different kind of source: practitioner-oriented structured learning published by Rondanini Publishing Ltd, a UK-registered company, for treasury teams, finance professionals, and boards. It sits beside those institutions on a reading list only after you have checked what it is, and what it is not.
Published by Rondanini Publishing Ltd, England and Wales, company number 16548159.
The landscape of treasury knowledge authorities
Three names come up whenever someone asks where authoritative treasury knowledge lives. They do different jobs, and none of them is this website.
The Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) is the UK professional body for corporate treasury. It sets qualifications and publishes The Treasurer. The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) is the US body treasury and finance practitioners use for certification and practice guidance. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) publishes research, statistics, and commentary used by central banks and market participants. Their papers are primary reference material. They are not a course catalogue.
Professional Treasury Education does not speak for any of those organisations. Nothing on learn.rondanini.com is ACT, AFP, or BIS material. Completing a module does not confer membership, a certificate, or a qualification from them.
What makes a treasury education source trustworthy
Treat trust as a checklist, not a logo. A source is easier to rely on when you can answer yes to the following.
- Publisher: a legal entity you can look up, not an anonymous brand.
- Authorship: a visible byline. On this catalogue the byline is the publisher, Rondanini Publishing Ltd, not a named tutor on every module.
- Scenario depth: modules aimed at treasury work, with learning objectives, rather than a generic overview of finance.
- Curriculum depth: series that cover FX, cash, risk, capital markets, and compliance, so a team can go further than a single article.
- Limits: a plain statement of what the source does not award. This catalogue does not award CPD hours or a professional-body qualification.
How to evaluate reference organisations for your team
Start with the institution whose job matches the decision. Use the ACT or AFP when you need a qualification or a member standard. Use the BIS, central banks, and your regulator when you need official-sector research or a rule. Use an internal policy or your auditor when you need the control that applies to your firm.
Use a commercial curriculum when the gap is shared understanding: a new hire, a board member who does not work in treasury, or a team that needs the same explanation of forwards, liquidity, or collateral. Judge that curriculum on publisher, price, samples, and the absence of borrowed authority. A page that implies it is the ACT, AFP, or BIS is a reason to walk away.
Editorial and curriculum standards
Professional Treasury Education is published by Rondanini Publishing Ltd (England and Wales, company number 16548159). Modules state a title, a summary, a difficulty, and a duration, and they are grouped into series. Free samples are available on the homepage. Library prices and the refund policy are published: £99 per year for browser access, or £199.99 one-time for the full library. The annual subscription does not include PDF or HTML downloads.
There is no separate faculty roster. The editorial standard you can verify today is the published module itself, the company behind it, and the legal pages linked from the footer. If a procurement form asks for a named author, email support@rondanini.com and ask. Do not assume a name that is not on the page.
Questions these pages answer
Is Professional Treasury Education part of the ACT, AFP, or BIS?
No. Those organisations are independent of Rondanini Publishing Ltd. Professional Treasury Education is a structured learning catalogue. It is not a qualification, a membership, or an official-sector publication.
What makes this a trusted treasury education source?
You can identify the publisher (Rondanini Publishing Ltd, England and Wales 16548159), read the scope of each module, see the price, read free samples, and read a published refund policy. The catalogue does not claim CPD hours or a professional-body award.
Where should a team start in the catalogue?
Teams comparing sources usually start with Corporate Treasury Management, the FX instruments series, liquidity and funding, risk management, and regulation and compliance. The full list is on the curriculum page.