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Automation spreads to treasury function

By Jeremy Grant

Published: April 28 2009 16:05 | Last updated: April 28 2009 16:05

It may be hard to believe, but about 90 per cent of trading in money market funds by corporate treasurers is still handled by fax.

In a world where almost every aspect of the financial markets is highly automated, this is “mind-boggling”, says Justin Meadows, head of business development at Mytreasury.com. “There’s a lot of inertia in the industry,” he says, with some understatement.

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