This is the third edition of this essential guide to investing short term cash published by WWCP and The Association of Corporate Treasurers . The guide structure remains relatively unchanged, although the content has been updated throughout, with chapters covering:

1. forecasting cash flows accurately
2. managing cash flows effectively
3. segmenting cash flows intelligently
4. establishing an appropriate investment policy including four case studies and an HSBC article on low duration mandates: a solution for managing longer-term cash surpluses
5. implementing effective investment management including a case study and couple of HSBC articles
6. description of the core characteristics, benefits and potential problem and an assessment of: the security, liquidity, yield and key uses for:
   • each of the main investment instruments 
   • alternative investments including equities, equity funds, hedge funds and currency as an asset.
7. financial calculations for investment including: % rate calculations, FX calculations 
8. Country profiles which list the main instruments and provides important background on availability and usage in the country, see Argentina example below:

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WWCP Treasurer’s Guides

These guides are available from WWCP Ltd in the UK. The ’Investing Cash Globally’ costs GBP 55, EUR 70 and USD 90. However, if you’re an HSBC client, it will probably be free if you ask your friendly HSBC relationship manager.