The Treasurer’s Global Cash Investment Resource Hub
The ultimate resource for the treasurer on the professional investment of corporate cash
Welcome to the Global Cash Investment Resource Hub
The broad view on investment management for the corporate treasurer
A comprehensive overview of the professional investment of corporate cash, aimed to help treasurers navigate the complexities of investment policy and decision-making, along with key insights and takeaways to help navigate market challenges, optimise liquidity and build stronger investment portfolios.
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industry with the US being the largest market
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US domestic money market fund assets
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international AAA-rated money market fund assets
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total US and Europe domestic ESG money market fund assets
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total Chinese offshore RMB money market fund assets
Sources: iMoneyNet as at 30th June 2021; Wind, data as of 30 December 2021; Converted into USD from RMB9,449bn; Fitch Ratings as at 30 June 2021.
Ultra Short Duration Bond Funds: The importance of credit
With the appropriate credit strategy, an Ultra Short Duration Bond Fund (USBF) can provide investors additional yield potential and diversification opportunities with relatively low level of additional volatility. Following on from the introductory article in the USBF series, this second article will focus on the importance of credit in a USBF and the reasons investors...
Regulators’ review of money market fund regulation (as of April 2022)
Regulators and other bodies in a number of markets – most notably in Europe and the United States – are in the process of reviewing the rules under which money market funds (MMFs) operate. In Europe, this is part of the scheduled review planned for 2022 that was written into the existing rules, but a...
Ultra Short Duration Bond Funds: Seeking the right balance between risk and return
When treasurers are able to look down the credit quality spectrum and further out in terms of maturity, Ultra Short Duration Bond Funds may present a viable solution. USBF strategies provide investors additional yield potential, with relatively low level of additional volatility.
Jonathan Curry reviews what 2022 has meant to treasurers in terms of sustainability, markets and regulation, and looks ahead to what 2023 has in store.
From insights to actions, opinion leaders share their knowledge and know-how to help treasurers provide value for their business and embrace change
We aim to deliver all the latest insights on the professional investment of corporate cash. The hub will source and share expert intelligence to provide greater clarity on the complexities of developing and implementing an investment policy for the corporate treasurer.
If any treasurer required evidence that environmental, social and governance issues should be firmly on their agenda, it came at the recent ACT Treasury Forum,
hosted in alliance with HSBC.
The impetus for more sustainable cash investment solutions, such as ESG money market funds, continues to grow as treasury’s role in supporting a firm’s sustainability objectives becomes clearer. At a roundtable hosted by the Association of Corporate Treasurers and HSBC, treasurers discussed the practicalities and looked ahead at this developing market.
A money market fund (MMF) can be broadly defined as an investment fund whose objective is to provide investors with security of capital and daily liquidity. It seeks to achieve that objective by investing in a diversified portfolio of high-quality, low-duration money market instruments. The return on a MMF tends to follow short-term interest rates with a low level of volatility.
Sharing insights, subject expertise and building relationships, these events help treasurers to overcome challenges and capitalise on new opportunities