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Managing Global Cash
Investments:
The Changing Money
Market Environment and
Investment Options
Industry experts on
Money Markets and
senior portfolio
managers discussed
money market funds,
current market
conditions, the
changing regulatory
environment and
implications for
short-term cash
investments.
Below is a
summary of key
themes and trends
in the market:
- Global low
rate
environment
continues,
expected to
remain
until well
into 2011
- The SEC and
IMMFA have
tightened the rules
and regulations,
including
amendments
to SEC Rule 2A-7
for Money Market
Funds ( http://www.sec.gov/rules/final/2010/ic-29132.pdf)
- Use of bank
deposits is strong
but investors
continue to look
closely at
counterparties and
manage deposits to
ensure good access
to liquidity
- Companies continue
to utilise money
market funds as
they remain focused
on preservation of
capital and
liquidity
- Some
institutional
investors have
started to shift
back to Prime/CP
money market funds
in search of
yield
Supporting
Best Investment
Practises
- Bank account based investment options
for stable
investable
cash provide asimpleand efficient
solution to reduce
the operational
effort of managing
multiple term
deposits, without
forgoing liquidity
or yield.
- Citibank®
Online Investments,
Citi's award
winning investment
portal gives
clients access to a
variety of Money
Market Funds and
Time Deposits and
allows clients to
actively manage a
short-term
investment
portfolio with the
maximum amount of
convenience and
efficiency.
- Automated Money
Market Sweep is a
new channel
for investment
into multiple money
market fund,
providing Citi
clients daily liquidity
and an automatic
way to earn income
on uninvested cash
in the
account.
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