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.
Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC raises over EUR60m through TreasurySpring's platform, issuing the first sustainable short-term cash product under its London Stock Exchange partnership.
Henry Adams looks back on a year that started with post-pandemic optimism and ended with the reality of rate hikes, war and market stress firmly setting in.
Henry Adams reflects on the swings he witnessed through 2008-09 and draws parallels with more recent market stress, and why safe-haven assets keep proving their worth.
Henry Adams looks at another month of rallying markets and questions whether the exuberance around rate-cut hopes is being driven by anything more solid than sentiment.
Henry Adams looks at bank earnings season, where lower provisions rather than revenue growth are doing the heavy lifting on the bottom line as consumer spending stays subdued.
Henry Adams looks at the yield curve inverting as rate-cut bets build, and why a soft landing looks more achievable than the market feared a few months earlier.
Henry Adams notes a calmer summer for markets, with strong Chinese retail and industrial data offset by a soft patch in property investment both at home and abroad.
Kevin Cook shares his key takeaways from moderating a TreasurySpring webinar on credit risk with Henry Adams and Credit Benchmark co-founder Mark Faulkner, on how a decade of easy credit left many underestimating the risk still out there.
