Focus Sections » OTHER FOCUS SECTIONS » CASH ALLOCATIONS

Cash may have been viewed as a simple solution to market volatility, but an abundance of new products to choose from has led to an increasing sophistication in the asset class, as Elisa Trovato reports

Francois Millet, head of index-linked products sales at SGAM Alternative Investments, explains how after the recent explosion of exchange traded funds, the innovative ‘structured ETFs’ can address the need for security and performance while creating new asset allocation tools

Kevin Thompson, head of money market funds at Standard Life Investments, tracks the rise of the funds over the past 10 years and how regulatory intervention interferes with their development. Also, as the products proliferate, a grey area has formed over exactly what constitutes a money market fund