AFP Liquidity Survey Webinar Aug. 18
The Association for Financial Professionals will host a webinar entitled, "2020 AFP Liquidity Survey: Maintaining Course in Uncharted Waters" on Tuesday, August 18 from 2-3pmET. The event will feature AFP's Tom Hunt, Crane Data's Pete Crane, Invesco's Laurie Brignac and Marsh & McLennan's Ferdinand Jahnel. The description says, "The three main tenets of prudent investing for organizations has been: safety first, liquidity second, followed by yield. In the years AFP has been conducting the Liquidity survey, safety hasn't been tested as much as it is now since the financial crisis 10 years ago. This webinar looks at how organizations are maintaining their bearings while the Federal Reserve lowered rates to near zero, oil prices hit rock bottom, a pandemic spreads rampantly around the world, Brexit remains on the table and LIBOR expected to be replaced next year. What will these changes mean for you in terms of strategy and long term perspectives? Where have businesses shifted their investments when the waters get choppy? Key market participants will share their perspectives on how you can prepare for the storm. This webinar is a companion to the 2020 AFP Liquidity Survey." (See our June 23 News "AFP's 2020 Liquidity Survey Shows Safety, Bank Relationships Still Key," and our June 29 News, "More 2020 AFP Liquidity Survey: Ratings, Yield Important; ESG Not Yet.") Finally, as a reminder, we'll also be hosting our next event, "Crane's Money Fund Webinar: Mini Fund Symposium" on August 26, 2020, 1-4pm ET. Crane Data's Peter Crane will host a 3-hour series of sessions involving money market mutual funds and money market securities. Segments will include: "The State of the Money Fund Industry;" "Strategists Speak: Treasury, Fed & Repo," with BofA's Mark Cabana and Barclays' Joe Abate; "Regulatory & ESG Update" with Dechert's Stephen Cohen; and, "Major Issues in Money Funds," with BNY Mellon/Dreyfus' Tracy Hopkins and J.P. Morgan Asset Management's John Tobin. A virtual "cocktail party" will follow.
