January 2020 3 Min Read
Turn the clock back to 2018 and manually transferring money market fund trade data between systems was taking up too much of Drax’s treasury team’s valuable time. Fast forward to today and straight-through processing of data has been achieved thanks to an exemplary...
November 2019 7 Min Read
As we enter a new decade, treasurers must learn how to juggle their traditional responsibilities alongside the new reality of disrupted business models and game-changing technologies, says Steve Elms, EMEA Region Sales Head, Corporate and Public Sector, Treasury and...
November 2019 6 Min Read
With responses gathered from 346 senior cash investors around the world, representing a combined cash balance of approximately USD 1 trillion, the latest J.P. Morgan Global Liquidity Investment PeerView survey provides a unique opportunity for corporate treasurers to...
November 2019 4 Min Read
Ask questions, refuse to be pigeonholed and keep a sense of humour, these are just three pieces of advice to newcomers to the profession from Garry Beardshall. And when his head isn’t deep into treasury management, Garry can be found testing himself with off-road...
October 2019 7 Min Read
In the current uncertain macro environment, it is tempting for treasurers to hunker down in their short-term investment comfort zone, namely money market funds (MMFs). Nevertheless, if they are prepared to step out into an ultra-short-duration strategy, investors can...
October 2019 1 Min Read
Nicolas Moreau has been appointed CEO of HSBC Global Asset Management, succeeding Sri Chandrasekharan who is moving to another senior role within the HSBC Group after seven years in the post. Nicolas was most recently CEO of DWS, a leading European Asset Management...
August 2019 13 Min Read
The doom-mongering around money market fund regulation has now stopped. Instead, talk has moved on to low interest rates, credit quality, digital investment channels, and the rise of environmental, social and governance investment criteria. Treasurers are also...
April 2019 7 Min Read
Central banks across the globe have varying approaches to monetary policy, but the general direction of travel, until recently, had been the same: one of tightening. When the shape of the yield curve changes, treasurers must be prepared to respond. Jim Fuell, Head of...
January 2019 5 Min Read
With the New Year celebrations now firmly behind us, Jim Fuell – Head of Global Liquidity Sales, International at J.P. Morgan Asset Management – gets back down to business by tackling some of the most important strategic challenges facing corporate treasurers over...
December 2018 9 Min Read
A rising rate environment can be a challenge even for the most sophisticated fixed income investor. And even though treasurers know further rate hikes are on the cards, they may happen more swiftly than some...
September 2018 7 Min Read
As the implementation date for the new European Money Market Fund (MMF) rules approaches, it is time to cut through the noise around the new regulation, says Kerrie Mitchener-Nissen, Head of Product Development, International, Global Liquidity, J.P. Morgan Asset...
September 2018 11 Min Read
From money market fund (MMF) reform to new technologies, the way in which treasurers manage liquidity is evolving – or rather, it should be. Here, TMI examines some of the key changes happening in the liquidity landscape across Europe, the US and Asia. Industry...
