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By | July 1, 2022

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...

By | April 1, 2022

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...

By | March 2, 2022

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...

By | February 3, 2022

Time to get proactive

Jonathan Curry advises treasurers to bolster their due diligence procedures by looking beyond the norm, and highlights new investment opportunities as well as the innovations in green investments and the ESG space.

By | February 23, 2022

Trapped cash

Corporates around the world will eventually face the challenges of how to treat their trapped cash. Trapped cash generally refers to cash that is not available for the daily cash cycle. In this article, Naresh Aggarwal, associate director of...