Since the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted on money fund reform last year, corporate treasurers and finance executives have been waiting for their view of the cash management landscape to clear. Insights have begun to emerge, as fund managers responsible for US$1.87 trillion, or 78 percent of money market fund assets in the United States, have unveiled adaptation plans.

These plans hint at a sizable shift into government money market funds, a smaller institutional prime money fund space, and growth in alternative products.

So far, the overriding theme appears to be that investors will have more options. However, as the market evolves, corporate treasurers who invest in institutional prime money funds need to re-evaluate whether their cash management policies fully reflect the new reality.