ACT Timeline

2013

• ACT awarded a Royal Charter.
• CPD scheme launched.
• 'Ones to Watch' published highlighting young treasurers of the future.
• BIS asks ACT to investigate barriers to developing a UK private placement market.

2012

• Inaugural ACT Cash and Treasury Management conference in Hong Kong.
• CertITM qualification embedded in the Sheffield Hallam Masters programme.
• The Treasurer magazine relaunched.
• ACT president appointed by BIS to Breedon group to review Finance for Business

2011

• ACT launches on Twitter and Facebook

2010

• ACT Middle East Linkedin group established.
• Ownership of the ACT Linkedin group donated to the ACT by Xinkai Chen AMCT.

2009

• ACT invited by the Bank of England to chair a working group on Supply Chain Finance

2008

• New Certificate in International Treasury Management (CertITM) launched.
• Students can opt to take individual certificate papers.

2007

• New MCT programme launched.

2006

• Modular exam system launched.
• ACT Middle East established.

2005

• 10,000 students enrolled.

2004

• First Treasurer' Conference, attended by 400 treasury professionals.
• ACT Technical Team succeeds in inclusion of essential rules on insider tading in the Market Abuse Directive.

2003

• Resolution passed giving AMCTs the right to vote at members' meetings.
• A Code of Standard Practices for Participants in the Credit Rating Process is published.

2002

• E-learning programme for CertICM launched.
• First tuition school run in Hong Kong for CertICM.
• Policy and Technical team established - focus on IAS39 and Payments Directive.

2001

• Corporate membership introduced.

1999

• Accelerated route to AMCT offered to CIMA.

1998

• Experience route to Membership

1997

• The Certificate in Cash Management launched.
• Associates recognised as members and designatory letters changed to AMCT.

1993

• ACT (Technical) and ACT (Diploma) first examined.

1992

• First European conference held in Brussels.

1989

• ACT establishes its own Part I course to be called ACT (Technical), which later becomes the ACMT exam.
• FSMD write the new Part II course; ACT (Diploma) which later becomes the MCT exam.

1988

• First Director General - Gerald Leahy - appointed.

1986

• ACT in action - first known record of ACT lobbying with effect as John Grout and Gareth Jones succeed in introducing 'permitted and exempt persons' to the Financial Services Bill 1986.

1985

• First set of students presented with their certificates and prizes at Nomura House.

1984

• ACT coat of arms and motto 'Prosperity through Stewardship'adopted.

1983

• Professional Examinations correspondence course launched.
• 36 students enrolled in the first year.
• First Annual Dinner with 183 attendees.

1979

• The Association of Corporate Treasurers is formed; inaugural meeting held at Plaisterers Hall
• First issue of The Treasurer magazine published.

1978

• Normal Tribble and Walter Woodford write 'ACT Now', setting out their ideas and a plan of action.