Market Insights
Aug 31, 2018
In August, the Fed indicated it was ready to raise interest rates at its September meeting. The BoE raised interest rates by 25 basis points, and the ECB remained on track to end its bond purchase program by the end of this year.
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Strategic
Aug 30, 2018
Jonas Kolk, CIO and Head of Portfolio Management for the Global Liquidity team, discusses changes happening in the markets and how his liquidity strategies, including the MSIFT Ultra-Short Income Portfolio, are able to adapt to changing market conditions.
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Education
Aug 15, 2018
VRDOs (also known as VRDNs) are debt instruments that generally allow issuers to receive financing at short-term rates when borrowing long-term. Making up approximately three-quarters of the total U.S. municipal money market, VRDOs can be a vital tool for municipal bond issuers seeking to diversify their debt structure and take advantage of the natural demand from tax-exempt money market funds.
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Education
Aug 15, 2018
A repurchase agreement (also known as a repo) is a sale of securities coupled with an agreement to repurchase the securities at a specified price on a later date. It is similar to a secured loan – the cash lender loans cash to a borrower and receives the borrower's securities as collateral.
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Market Insights
Jul 31, 2018
In July, the ECB and the FOMC kept interest rates steady amid increased global concerns around tariffs and trade wars.
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Sustainability Council
Jul 11, 2018
The IM Sustainable Investing Council drives IM’s global effort by promoting an overall framework for integrating ESG and ESG standards into IM’s investment processes, product development, measurement, education, client engagement and reporting.
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Market Insights
Jun 30, 2018
In June, the markets were largely driven by the FOMC‘s meeting. The FOMC unanimously voted to increase interest rates by 25 basis points to a target range of 1.75%-2.00%.
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Sustainability Insight
Jun 11, 2018
In a survey of institutional investors, 70% said they are integrating sustainable investing into their investment process, signaling just how quickly the ESG imperative is catching on.
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Market Insight
May 31, 2018
In May, trade tensions and political uncertainty concerned investors. While the U.S. is on track for a June rate hike, future monetary policy decisions in the U.K. and Eurozone remain in question.
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Market Insight
Apr 30, 2018
In April, central banks' messaging about monetary policy appeared to diverge amidst mixed economic data and continued volatility.
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Market Insights
Mar 31, 2018
Major monetary policy updates from the Fed, ECB and the BoE during their March meetings were key market drivers during the month
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Market Insights
Feb 28, 2018
Amidst uncertainty in the markets in February, central banks in both the UK and U.S. modified their rate hike outlooks for the remainder of 2018 and beyond. Similarly, the ECB announced they would revisit their monetary policy as shown in the minutes from its January meeting.
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Market Insights
Jan 31, 2018
In January, both the European Central Bank (ECB) and Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) kept rates on hold, while investors have increased their expectations for a rate hike later this year in the UK.
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Market Outlook
Jan 05, 2018
The Global Emerging Markets Team discusses emerging markets (EM) and the approach they use to incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their process for picking sustainable countries and companies to invest in.
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Market Insights
Dec 31, 2017
In December, the FOMC raised interest rates by 0.25%, citing strong economic and labor data as the main catalysts for the rate hike. At both the ECB and BOE’s December meetings, interest rates were kept on hold.
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Regulatory
Dec 20, 2017
Originally released in 2010, Basel III focuses on preparing for bank runs and market stress while working primarily alongside Basel I and II rather than superseding those reforms.
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Regulatory
Dec 20, 2017
Basel III—a set of comprehensive reform measures aimed at strengthening the regulation, supervision, and risk management of the banking sector—is having a profound impact on the way banks view capital and deposits from investors. The new regulations are being implemented gradually by 2019, but the effects of the provisions are already being felt in the market as banks have started to adapt their behavior in line with the new rules.
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Market Insight
Dec 15, 2017
Following their December meeting, the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee gave market-friendly answers to several key questions.
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Regulatory
Dec 14, 2017
On December 7, 2016, the Permanent Representatives Committee approved, on behalf of the Council of the European Union, an agreement with the European Parliament on money market funds.
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MARKET INSIGHTS
Nov 30, 2017
In November, U.S. GDP was revised upward, while the Bank of England raised interest rates for the first time in ten years and members of the central bank in the Eurozone maintained a positive economic outlook.
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MARKET INSIGHTS
Oct 31, 2017
The Federal Open Market Committee and European Central Bank policy continued to diverge in October.
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Sustainability Insight
Oct 04, 2017
MSIM appreciates that ESG factors can impact long-term performance. With strong support from our Corporate Governance team, our managers incorporate a deep understanding of ESG into their analysis.
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Market Insights
Sep 30, 2017
During September, the U.S. faced increased concerns stemming from several major hurricanes, the debt ceiling, and continued geopolitical uncertainty.
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Market Insights
Jun 30, 2017
As global political uncertainty persisted in June, investors shifted their focus to central bank meetings in the U.S., EU, and the U.K.
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