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<p>On the contrary, my second link PROVES that people with the same job titles perform different functions according to the industry they work in. Some are securities related and some are not. Investment management is a broad term and if are a CFA as you claimed to be, you should know or you should know better.
Most people know job titles are pretty much meaningless and job descriptions vary a great deal with the same job title. For example, an analyst job in I banking means entry level, but in equity research the same analyst title is actually the VP level in I banking. It is the job description that matters.An analyst in I banks mostly deal with transactional side of banking, but an analyst in equity research and who works in the same bank deals with investment management. Same with the associate title. An associate is in I banks are usually above the analyst, but in equity research, an associate is entry level.
The treasury department in a Fortune 500 or any large corporation deals with functional capital, foreign exchange rates, repatriation of funds, interco loans, debt processing within the corporate structure and analyzing visibility and positions with your cash through the world. Often times this is also sometimes incorporated with some M&A activity for determining debt/collateral, and currency for acquisitions. A lot of their function is to increase value of their cash flow and profit, it essentially performs investment management of the company.</p>