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Treasurers based in Singapore and Hong Kong will be leading the investment into money market funds in Asia, predicts a senior director at Pictet Asset Management.

Money market funds are emerging as a solution to the need for liquidity, capital maintenance and diversification in a volatile market with rising interest rates.

A lack of short-tenure ESG-linked investment products and costs associated with green finance are preventing treasurers from translating intent into action.

Credit spreads on short-term debt are expected to gap out as MMF managers rush to invest in government treasuries.

Fearful of crunches in liquidity, China’s securities watchdog wishes to overhaul money market fund regulations. They are broadly in line with international standards.

Taiwanese money market funds are struggling to perform amid low interest rates. Some managers are shortening the duration of their portfolios, possibly in expectation of a rate rise.

US overhauls of money market funds won’t immediately affect Asia, but it raises the spectre of great change in the industry.

The US securities regulator has dramatically altered the shape of the US money market fund industry by imposing new restrictions on how funds are valued. Asian investors may not immediately be affected, but should keep a close eye on developments

Recent liquidity crunches in Asia’s interbank markets provide good cause to assess the robustness of your investment policy.