Interest rate guidance to combat inflation – Industry roundup: 11 May
by CTMfile
Visa Ready platform, EMTECH and HaitiPay, Chile's digital peso, omnichannel global digital banking app, Canadian inflation.
Money Market Fund Investing
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A money-market fund (MMF) is an AAA-rated, constant NAV (net asset value) pooled investment that is made up of short-term fixed income instruments that provide same-day access to liquidity for…
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Goldman Sachs bitcoin-backed loan - TREASURY NEWS - OpenTreasury Podcast #30
by CTMfile
Pushpendra Mehta meets with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, to review nine of the latest treasury news stories.
Industry roundup: 14 April
by Graham Buck
UK may extend SME recovery loans; Japan offers detail on digital yen; US money market funds reform; Canada accelerates rate hikes
Industry roundup: 17 February
by Graham Buck
ESMA aims to bolster MMFs; PBoC claims digital yuan success; Survey finds spreadsheets still prevalent; LPA, Globalance partner on ESG reporting
Industry roundup: 8 February
by Graham Buck
Asia’s PPAs hamper transition from coal; Customers rank NZ business banks; Monneo partners with Kantox; LendingKart partners with Amazon India
Industry roundup: 13 January
by Graham Buck
Maersk moves to greener fuel; Switzerland tests digital currency; India crackdown on commodity derivatives; Unilever’s ethical stance under fire
Industry roundup: 23 December
by Graham Buck
SEC proposes further money market fund reforms; SWIFT eyes expansion into digital assets; US waiting game for cross-border payments and more
Insurers get the message on climate change, says BlackRock
by Graham Buck
While geopolitical risk is still their top concern, environmental risk has moved up the agenda
Industry Roundup
by Jack Large
BofA’s new Virtual Account Management Solution; Managing human diversity in ESG investing; Green banking
Industry roundup: 30 August
by Jack Large
Your daily news briefing, featuring all types of partnership that are bringing new and innovative services, blending leading edge technologies and ser
European MMFs in increased regulatory peril
by Ben Poole
The EBA's draft regulatory technical standards classify MMFs as shadow banking entities, bringing new regulatory reporting requirements.
Significant increase in US cash holdings attributed to pandemic
by Ben Poole
The 2021 AFP Liquidity Survey finds organisations continue to maintain more than 50% of their short-term investments in bank deposits.
Bank of England targets MMF resilience
by Ben Poole
The BoE governor has been speaking about how money market funds magnified some of the economic shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
No ‘run’ on prime MMFs when COVID-19 hit
by Ben Poole
ICD data informed the portal provider's comments to the SEC on potential money market fund reform measures.
US corporate cash adds over US$1 trillion in 2020
by Ben Poole
Analysis by The Carfang Group finds overall corporate cash hit US$3.82 trillion last year, with corporate holdings of MMFs up 64%.
2021 treasury cash investment trends revealed
by Ben Poole
An ICD survey shows the most popular investment instruments for treasurers in both the Americas and Europe, as well as challenges treasurers face.
On the tenth day of Christmas my investment adviser gave me five tips on how to:
by Jack Large
Identify and invest spare cash world-wide by.....
European short-term MMFs hold limited share of corporate commercial paper
by Ben Poole
A Fitch report shows that of European CP holdings of €88bn, only €12bn was issued by corporates.
J.P. Morgan Asset Management partners with Calastone on money market funds
by Ben Poole
The bank says the partnership will enable it to provide greater automation for money market clients.
Money markets demonstrate proof of life
by Ben Poole
MTS launches European money market trading platform, as sustainable mutual funds smash US$2 trillion ceiling.
Five efficiency checkpoints for investment portals
by Jack Large
Key areas where an investment trading portal can make a difference
CTMblog: Coronavirus realities? SCA adoption; GRC; Investing today
by Jack Large
How bad will Coronavirus really be; SCA adoption; GRC programmes; Collection letters; Investing in long term; Time for outsourcing?
ESG ups the MMF burden of proof
by Ben Poole
Fitch Ratings estimates that global AUM in ESG-focused MMFs grew by 30% in 2019 to €70bn, compared with 15% growth in traditional MMFs.
Corporate MMF assets grew 38% in 2019 on ICD’s portal
by Ben Poole
The investment portal also recorded its strongest ever revenue quarter, with 24% year on year growth in Q4 2019.