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Olaf Ransome’s latest article on liquidity management explores PORTS (Perpetual Overnight Rate Treasury Securities) and how they could expand the supply of on-chain high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) for treasury and cash management. He explains why long cash balances create risk, how stablecoins and tokenised money market funds need safe short-duration assets, and what PORTS could mean for reverse repo, liquidity management and wholesale banking.

Money Markets are a cornerstone of day-to-day cash aka liquidity management for both financial institutions and corporate treasuries; we need those instruments to fine tune what we do. And things are changing post the “run-on-the-bank 21st century version” which hit Silicon Valley Bank & Credit Suisse. So, understanding what is changing helps us make the most out of the necessity of optimising what we do around cash management. To gain some insight on the latest market developments, I spoke to Hugh MacMillen from iIxNotes. Hugh is a long-time Money Markets guy who has a passion for developing new products and marketplaces.

Klarna is partnering with Coinbase, raising stablecoin-denominated funding and launching KlarnaUSD. We break down the treasury logic, merchant incentives and agentic AI payments angle — and what other CFOs should take from it.

These things are all the rage, so it is worth spending a little time to understand what they are, how they work and what the implications are for your business. If you are in treasury or transaction banking, or trading, I’d offer the view that having some insight and a view on this is essential.

Over a long tapas lunch in Shoreditch, London, Sam Low sits down with Peter Brooks and Jess Reed from ADMISI eFX, the dedicated electronic FX desk operating inside one of the world's largest agricultural commodities companies. What emerges is a compelling case for why this largely unknown operation deserves serious attention from brokers, payments firms, corporate treasuries, and digital asset companies alike.