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April 3, 2017
Perhaps no word better describes the start of 2017 than “transition.” The year began with the White House’s transition from the Obama to the Trump administration, continued with the rise of European populism, and recently culminated in the official beginning of Britain’s transition out of the European Union. Somewhat less
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March 29, 2017
When British citizens voted to leave the European Union last June, markets reacted strongly: the pound dropped 11%, the FTSE 100 (an index of British stocks) fell 9%, and equity markets from the United States to Japan sold off as well. Although much of the value lost in these markets
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March 2, 2017
Potential sweeping changes in fiscal and monetary policies, a new order in international relations, and ongoing political conflicts are creating heightened uncertainty for institutional cash investors in 2017. The eventful first weeks of the Trump administration saw a rapid succession of executive orders impacting healthcare, trade, hiring, energy, education, border
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January 23, 2017
Remember the debt ceiling fights of 2011 and 2013? They may be in the back of many investors’ minds now, but will likely be front and center again leading up to March 15, when the suspension of the federal government debt ceiling expires. Any institutional cash investor who lived through
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November 11, 2016
Our panel session at this year’s AFP Conference on “Managing Liquidity in a Post-Reform World” came at an opportune time—just after new SEC regulations on institutional prime money market funds went into affect that have already started to dramatically transform the cash management landscape. So it was no surprise when
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October 1, 2016
The day we’ve all been anticipating is here. SEC-mandated floating net asset values (NAVs), redemption fees and liquidity gates are going into effect at institutional prime money market funds today. But markets have already started to answer our questions about the impact of the changes. And this month’s Capital Advisors
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September 14, 2016
Are you moving most of your cash to the sidelines? With new and uncertain risk profiles looming for prime money market funds when SEC-mandated floating net asset values (NAVs), redemption fees and liquidity gates go into effect Oct. 14, many corporate cash managers are defaulting to traditional “safe havens.” More
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August 1, 2016
On October 15, institutional cash investors entering the uncertain world of floating net asset values (NAVs) on institutional prime money market funds may be looking for alternative liquidity vehicles. While government money market funds may be the first obvious choice because they will still offer stable NAVs and no redemption
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July 28, 2016
As stocks soar to record highs, it seems as though the decline in long bond yields has been endless. Less than a year after the Federal Reserve saw economic conditions sufficient to warrant the first rate hike in almost a decade, rates on long-term U.S. Treasury bonds now lie at
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July 1, 2016
As seismic events go, Brexit ranks right up there. It was unpredicted, and its disruptive influence quickly radiated out from its London epicenter. As the news spread, commentary from a sea of pundits flooded the market with various macro views of the potential damage Great Britain’s exit from the Euro
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