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.
A look back at 2022's growth - staff numbers doubling, the client base up 80% and AUM growing 2.6x - through the lens of what treasurers were actually doing with their cash on the platform.
Henry Adams notes risk appetite returning in style in early 2022, with Italy's FTSE MIB and the NASDAQ leading a rebound after a rough prior year.
Henry Adams looks beyond the headline stimulus stories to a record wave of sovereign credit downgrades hitting less developed economies.
Cameron Doogan sets out three reasons startups are increasingly focused on extending their cash runway rather than chasing growth at all costs.
TreasurySpring appoints Caroline Stockmann, outgoing CEO of the Association of Corporate Treasurers, as a Non-Executive Director following its Series B round.
Henry Adams describes a lull after March's liquidity shock in wholesale funding markets, as some 'cash-plus' funds are exposed as far riskier than their marketing suggested.
Henry Adams reflects on how fast-moving recent events have been, and the lessons in contagion and correlation risk for a new generation of finance professionals.
Henry Adams looks at stimulus unwinding across multiple markets simultaneously, with corporate defaults rising and term funding premiums creeping back in.
