The Impact of Treasury Discipline
What the University of Chicago study reveals: How the highest-performing public sector treasury teams build stronger financials and borrow for less.
Featuring:
- Justin Marlowe, Research Professor, University of Chicago Center for Municipal Finance
- Tyler Traudt, Co-founder & CEO, DebtBook
- Tammy Queen, Assistant City Manager (former Treasurer & Finance Director), City of Kansas City
- Courtney Knight, Treasurer, City of Atlanta
A new study out of the University of Chicago found something practitioners have long suspected but no one had proven at scale: governments with more disciplined treasury practices borrow at meaningfully lower yields, 10 to 15 basis points below their peers at AA and AA+ rating levels.
In this session, one of the researchers behind the study unpacks what separates the "Leader" organizations from the rest and what it means for how treasury teams should be spending their time. You'll also meet two practitioners who lived this research firsthand and share what disciplined treasury practice actually looks like day to day.
What Attendees Will Learn
- The real dollar impact of treasury discipline
- The three structural risks facing most treasury teams right now
- What "Leader" organizations do differently, day to day
Register now to hear directly from the researchers behind the first study to put a number on what disciplined treasury management is actually worth.

