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Report From Financial Regulators Extends Uncertainty for Money Market Funds According To Treasury Strategies
Money funds, regulation, financial regulation, MMF, president’s working group, NAV, floating NAV, two-tiered, The President’s Working Group on Financial Reform issued an unusually inconclusive report on Money Market Mutual Funds last week according to Treasury Strategies. Published 13 months after originally expected, the report merely encourages the newly formed Financial Services Oversight Committee to take
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Low Yields Are Just One of Money Markets’ Woes
With interest rates so low, investors can do nearly as well keeping the money under their mattresses. The immediate future doesn’t look a whole lot more promising. “Pricing power will come back after consolidation, when costs come down. It will take a year or two of sorting out,” says Anthony Carfang, a partner at Treasury
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Basel III’s Impact on Corporate Treasury
Basel III’s Impact on Corporate Treasury, Basel 3, Basel III, Basel III Accord, Karen Kroll
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Companies Continue To Hoard Cash In Wake Of Credit Crunch
corporate cash, hoarding, credit crunch, Cathy Gregg, put cash to work. Anita Hawser / Global Finance Magazine
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$1.84 trillion in Cash: A Rational Response to Challenging Economic Circumstances
The Federal Reserve today reported corporate cash is still hovering at record high levels of $1.84 trillion – almost identical to last quarter. However, cash remains 29% higher than it was just 18 months ago. These cash levels are a rational response to challenging economic circumstances according to Treasury Strategies, a global treasury consultancy, which
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America’s Corporate Cash Cushion
The Federal Reserve put out its quarterly report on fund flows today, which shows corporate balance sheets more or less flat at $1.845 trillion,compared to $1.847 trillion in the first quarter of 2010. Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal
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The $1.8 Trillion Question: Are Corporations Hoarding or Acting Responsibly?
Treasury Strategies TSI_1.8TrillionQuestion.pdf
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Moody’s moves to improve ratings differentiation
Moody’s last week proposed changes to its methodology for rating money market funds aimed at providing investors with greater transparency regarding fund characteristics and a better picture of both market and liquidity risks.The new methodology stems from the difficulties money funds experienced during the credit crisis, with at least three dozen US prime money market
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Reg Q Wipeout
Richard Gamble / Treasury & Risk