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Survey Indicates Continued Commitment to Money Market Funds

Treasurers are still committed to money market funds (MMFs) despite their concerns about a possible move to floating net asset value NAV, according to global research from JP Morgan Asset Management.

It said that the inaugural
‘JP Morgan Global Liquidity Investment PeerView’
aims to provide respondents with customised scorecards so they can see where they sit in line with their peers in the same region, cash balances and industry. The first survey focuses on corporate treasurers’ investment decisions.

The survey finds that of those treasurers who would reduce or eliminate their use of MMFs as a result of a move to floating NAV MMFs, most would reallocate assets to bank deposits or other assets that are less diversified and still have credit risk. The respondents noted that two of the biggest barriers preventing companies from using floating NAV are the uncertainty of realised or unrealised gains or losses and the existing structure of their investment policies.

“Uncertainty around regulation is prevalent amongst investors, as is risk and yield,” said Jim Fuell, head of global liquidity, EMEA, JP Morgan Asset Management. “These competing factors are increasing in intensity and the result of this is that some investors are looking to recalibrate their cash investment decision-making. However, the fact that more than two thirds of respondents continue to be committed to MMFs shows how integral investors consider this sector to be in their cash assets.

“We have experienced growing interest from investors for customised portfolios and we put this down to a clear demonstration of the need for yield. The benefit to investors is that they are defining their own risk, return and liquidity objectives, which can obviously lead to a higher yield.”

The survey of 201 cash investors – 41% in Asia, 31% in North America and 28% in Europe – highlighted that close to a third of their cash assets are allocated to money market investments, the highest usage being in Europe, and that one in every five dollars is in separately managed accounts. The use of such a structure allows investors to define their own return, security and liquidity parametres.

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