MMFs Heading to Boston for AFP'25
Money market mutual fund distributors and cash managers will be travelling to Boston next week for AFP 2025, the Association for Financial Professionals' big annual gathering of corporate treasurers, which takes place October 26-29. AFP is the largest gathering of corporate investors in the country, attracting over 5,000 treasury management professionals, as well as a host of large banks and institutional money fund managers. Though the exhibit hall and parties are where the action is (for the cash world anyway), there are a few sessions that involve money funds and cash investing. (See the Session Explorer here.) On Sunday, Oct. 26, sessions of interest include: "Cash Management & Investments Roundtable - Current Practices, Trends, and Strategies," run by Jeff Rayis of Indiana Wesleyan University; "DLT & Stablecoins 101: Corporate Use Case," which features Ritu Kothari of BNY, Kammy Tsang of Capital Bridge Advisory, Esteban Bunge of Chevron and David Byrd of Ernst & Young. On Monday, October 27, sessions include: "Blueprints from the Boardroom: Crafting a Winning Investment Framework," which features, Len Brooks of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Kevin Fitzgerald of BlackRock, and Jamie Cortas of Dell Technologies. On Tuesday, Oct. 22, sessions include: "Corporate Cash Confidence: Rethinking Safety and Liquidity with T-bill Agents," which features Xavier Audibert and Rachel Green of Jiko; "An Unfiltered Perspective on AI Use Within Cash Forecasting & Liquidity Management," which features Kimberly Kelly-Lippert of Honda, Jessica Siu of Authentic Brands Group, and Zach Brown of Tradeweb; "Attaining Zen in Your Commercial Paper Program," which features Caleb Johnson of Koch Companies, Jeffrey McPhee of Analog Devices Inc., Garret Sloan of Wells Fargo, and Sylvie Soundaravelou of TotalEnergies SE; and, "The Secret is Out: Riding the Yield Curve" which features Brandon Hillstead of Autodesk, Erica MacMillian of Wendy's, Vanessa McMichael of Wells Fargo, and Jeffery Weaver of Allspring. Come visit Crane Data at Booth #2134, and we look forward to seeing you all in Boston! Finally, thank you once more to those who supported last month's European Money Fund Symposium, which took place Sept. 22-23 in Dublin, Ireland. Mark your calendars for our next live event, our "basic training" Money Fund University, which will take place December 17-18 at The Westin in Pittsburgh. Crane Data is also preparing the preliminary agenda for our next Bond Fund Symposium, which will be held March 19-20, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Boston. We'll also soon be making plans for our next "big show," Money Fund Symposium, which will be held June 24-26, 2026, at The Hyatt Regency in Jersey City, NJ, and for next year's European Money Fund Symposium, which will be held Sept. 24-25 in Paris, France. Watch for details on these shows in coming weeks and months.
