All Cash articles – Page 3
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White papersShort Duration High Yield: Replacing Rates Risk With Credit Risk
Short-duration high yield could be an under-explored option for investors who need current income to meet short-term liabilities, but cannot afford the interest rate risk that would accompany a search for yield in longer-dated bonds.
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White papersFour insurance portfolio allocation themes for 2022 and beyond
In today’s investment landscape, how can insurers effectively construct investment portfolios to achieve their targets and balance a range of unique requirements? This paper looks at four allocation themes we believe are most relevant to insurance portfolios.
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White papersCase Study: Avoiding cash drag using Equity Index futures
Cash is a necessary component of most investment portfolios. It’s present in a portfolio for operational reasons, including managing subscription/redemption flows and income streams such as dividends.
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White papersUMR Phase 5: A Real Challenge for Real Money?
In this article, we discuss the challenges along with the potential impacts and responses of the Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) on real money accounts.
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White papersA factors-first approach to efficiently growing assets in the surplus space
Corporate pension plans’ top priority: Building efficient portfolios in the surplus space
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White papersFiorino: banks versus shadow banks, a heavyweight battle emerges from new financial fields
Money gives weight to power, with the all-pervasive field of banking typically behind this transformation. However, as Fiorino discovers, a previously hidden force in the banking universe is now revealing its massive influence…
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White papersCash dethroned: reallocation opportunities for insurers under Solvency II
Insurers continue to grapple with historically low cash rates and potentially high capital charges on some defensive assets under Solvency II.
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White papersDoomsday at the bank: a spoonful of measures helps the resolution go down
The global financial crisis proved bank failure was not just ancient history or fictional fodder. Fiorino explains why post-crisis measures to fend off future financial meltdowns may have changed the odds but left the possibility of ‘doomsday’ intact.
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White papersThe Future of Money May Come Sooner Than You Think
The pandemic delivered a boost to cashless commerce, but fresh designs for digital money will disrupt far more than coins and bills.
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White papersPrivate credit markets – adjusting, adapting and responding
Lately, there has been renewed interest to get deals done and enter into negotiations on new investments as private credit markets re-open following a period of relative stability and reduced volatility in publicly-traded markets.
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White papersGenerating Interest
Must investors settle for sub-zero real returns on their cash allocations?
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White papersCash Negative
The central bank pandemic response has left all major short-dated interest rates pricing near or below zero for years into the future: How can cash portfolio managers meet this challenge?
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White papersWith a focus on liquidity, US dollar, sterling money markets have potential yet
Central banks provided economies with ample cash as the economic effects of the COVID-19 health crisis bit, driving down interest rates – and absolute returns – in the process, but as Philippe Renaudin, head of global money markets, tells senior investment strategist Daniel Morris in this interview, careful selection and diversification mean potential for competitive returns remains in money markets.
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White papersECB QE Monitor – September 2020
The ECB’s balance sheet is now equivalent to 54% of euro area GDP compared to 39% at the start of the year.
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White papersCash flow matching through a crisis
As defined benefit pension funds mature, their need for cash-generating investments only increases.
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White papersPlotting the path to recovery: V, L or Nike swoosh?
The market sell-off and spike in volatility have left investors reeling. While history doesn’t always repeat itself, it often rhymes and a closer look at the data indicates there are lessons we can learn from previous drawdowns.
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White papersLife after LIBOR: Two Years and Counting
An update on what regulators, markets and Neuberger Berman have been doing to prepare for the transition from LIBOR.
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White papersLiquidity Dilemma Needs A Regulatory Response
A few high-profile fund suspensions have recently driven the focus back to market liquidity and how this can affect the ability of funds to meet certain redemption scenarios. Despite ample liquidity at the macro level, some areas of strain remain at the micro level and could worsen in case of a material deterioration of economic conditions, a recession or a spike in volatility.
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White papersEurozone a mere dip or a sustained slowdown?
After a long series of disappointments in 2018, euro zone economic figures have remained very mixed so far in 2019. However, the situation should improve over the coming quarters, thanks to a combination of robust household income, heavy fiscal support, and global trade that is a little weaker than it has been in recent months.
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White papersHedging Repo Exposure in the Treasury Basis with One-Month SOFR Futures
Learn how CME One-Month SOFR futures can be used as an effective tool for hedging Treasury overnight repo exposure.
