2 min readAbstract We elaborate on three key challenges for corporate cash investors in 2014: the emergence of new financial regulations, anticipation of a steeper yield curve, and proliferation of innovative products. As a number of financial regulations reach the stage of implementation, short-duration investors will start to feel the impact of regulatory initiatives. Even though higher…
2 min readAbstract As Federal banking authorities work to implement rules to allow for the quick and efficient dissolution of too-big-to-fail banks, ratings once again are under assault, and most large U.S. banks could lose their access to the short-term markets toward the end of 2013. The anticipated negative rating moves will be the direct result of…
2 min readAbstract Deposits at the 20 largest U.S. banks are generally concentrated in banks with Tier 2 ratings, many of which are just one step away from BBB status. Significant cross-concentration of bank names also exists in large prime money market funds. The dominance of bank exposure in corporate portfolios through deposits and money market funds…
2 min readAbstract The expiration of transaction account guarantees requires actions from treasury cash managers. While essentially all of the $2.0 trillion growth in domestic deposits since 2007 went to the 20 largest banks, the banks’ deposit credit strength declined by almost three ratings notches over the same period. Although 13 of the 20 had Aaa deposit…
3 min readMeet the New Year, same as the old – with a twist. In preparing our treasury investment strategy outlook for 2011, it seems there isn’t much we have not already seen or experienced in 2010 – an exceptionally low interest rate environment, the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis, and a wave of financial regulations. Indeed, we…
3 min readIntroduction As 2010 draws to a close, we cannot help but take note of the sea change in how corporate treasurers are managing their cash portfolios since the capitulation of the financial markets in September 2008. If we characterize 2008 as the year of “shellshock” and 2009 as one of “bunker mentality,” 2010 clearly is…
2 min readIntroduction As far as financial weather conditions go, the past few months represented very unusual patterns for financial regulators, who broke the usual summer doldrums with a number of regulatory gales. While the new regulations will likely have a profound and lasting impact on our financial lives, most of us are simply overwhelmed by the…
2 min readExecutive Summary The FSP, ARRA, and the flurry of new programs and details in February may not provide the immediate shot in the arm financial markets were looking for, but some of the programs should have substantive, long-lasting positive attributes that could certainly provide a tug in the right direction in the current credit market…
2 min readThe Aftermath of a Crisis The credit market crunch that started in August 2007 has had a widespread impact on the treasury community’s liquidity management practices. Unlike in any previous market downturns, this credit market crisis started with a popular cash investment vehicle, asset-backed commercial paper, and continued with a system-wide shutdown of another, auction…