AI agents could gradually change how corporate treasurers manage cash, reducing the inertia that keeps large balances in low-yielding bank accounts and putting pressure on banks’ deposit funding.
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The Fed and ECB have both hiked, the Bank of England held on a 6-3 split, and equities hit record highs, all against a backdrop of sticky inflation, ongoing conflict and tightening liquidity that points to rates staying higher for longer.
Markets remain focused on rising oil prices and their impact on interest rates. Brent crude has climbed above $90 as tensions in the Gulf region intensify, reversing expectations of slower rate hikes following weaker-than-expected US jobs and wage data.
Following a split FOMC vote and stubborn inflation, Nigel Owen and Glen Stone explain why the market is now leaning toward a September hike rather than a cut.
Kevin Cook explains the founding principles behind TreasurySpring's One+ product and the non-negotiable rules, like never selling products the founders wouldn't buy themselves, that have guided the platform since day one.
Richard Draper explains how TreasurySpring has opened up the multi-trillion-dollar repo market, previously reserved for large banks, to a much wider range of cash investors through secured short-term cash products.
Kevin Cook traces his own confusion the first time he encountered the term 'repo' back in 2006, and uses it to explain why the repo market is such a fundamental, if poorly understood, building block of finance.
Henry Adams notes the Fed delivering an outsized 50bp cut while the Bank of Japan and Bank of England hold steady, deepening the divergence between major central banks.
Kevin Cook joins the ACT's CEO and senior bank and corporate treasury leaders on a panel exploring digitization, balance sheet resilience and ESG as the defining themes for treasury in the decade ahead.
John Bentley marks four years at TreasurySpring, reflecting on growing from employee number five to a team of 50 and a counterparty network spanning 80 institutions.
Henry Adams covers Sweden joining NATO and Japan narrowly avoiding recession while its stock market nears a record last set back in 1989.
Henry Adams notes early signs of a return to normal life post-lockdown, even as stock valuations still look disconnected from the underlying economic damage.
Henry Adams counts 20 central bank policy announcements in a single week, including a 'Super Thursday' from the ECB and Bank of England, as persistent inflation forces hands.
Henry Adams reflects on a punishing few weeks for markets, with most major indices well below where they started the year once currency effects are stripped out.
Tommy Lydon looks at how millennials, now the majority of the UK workforce, have come of age professionally against a backdrop of near-constant market volatility.
