MMFs Prep for AFP Denver
Money market mutual funds are preparing to head to Denver in 2 weeks for the Association for Financial Professionals 2015 Annual Conference, which takes place October 18-21 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colo. AFP is the largest gathering of corporate treasurers in the world (over 5,000), and it attracts all of the large institutional money fund managers, as well as portals and servicers to its exhibit hall. Crane Data's Peter Crane will speaking on "Floating NAV Money Funds and Cash Alternatives" with Qualcomm's Vicki Fiegehen and Pacific Life's Lance Doherty on Monday, Oct. 19 at 10:30a.m. The session description says, "This interactive panel discusses pending regulatory changes and cash investing alternatives in the money markets with case studies from two large corporate investors, Qualcomm and Pacific Life. The treasurers discuss current cash investment practices, and explore future options and alternatives, including separate accounts, direct money market investments, ultra-short bond funds, private pools and bank deposits. The impact of a floating NAV on money market funds, plus regulatory pressures impacting bank deposit rates, are examined in-depth." Other money market related sessions include: "Higher interest rates are coming ... Now what?" with Fidelity's Nancy Prior; "Investing for Liquidity in a New Era" with Brian Godfrey of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company and Benjamin Campbell of Capital Advisors Group; "Iceberg Ahead? Navigating a Changing Liquidity Environment" with Scott Gilbert of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Jessica Sheryn Moore of Liberty Media Corporation; and "The New World of Cash" with William Goldthwait at SSgA; Peter Koumas of Wendy's Company, Barbara Quiroga of Delta Air Lines, and Sean O'Keefe of United Airlines. Be sure to visit Crane Data at Booth #300 while at AFP! Also, Treasury Strategies will host its "Quarterly Cash Briefing" this Thursday, October 8 at 10:00 am. Panelists include Peter Matza of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT); Deborah A. Cunningham of Federated Investors; and Roger Merritt of Fitch Ratings. Treasury Strategies' Anthony Carfang and Kevin Ruiz will moderate.
