Getting a Second Opinion on Your Risk Exposure in Cash Investments
Most medical experts recommend getting an annual checkup to evaluate your health, screen for risk factors and provide preventative intervention. An annual checkup, however, should not be limited to health. Annual checkups also are recommended for pets, automobiles, home heating and cooling systems ... and now, companies' cash portfolios.
As a corporate treasury professional you are responsible for managing the financial health of your organization's investments. To accomplish this, guidelines and internal controls are established in an effort to ensure that the firm is on target to reach its treasury goals and is operating in compliance with treasury policies. While internal audits are accepted practices, using a third party to evaluate your investment exposures and measure the risks in your cash investment portfolio (or portfolios) can provide you with an independent and expert assessment of your holdings. If your cash is managed by multiple managers with different philosophies and strategies, obtaining a third-party-evaluation is highly recommended.
As a registered investment advisor, Capital Advisors Group maintains a strict fiduciary obligation to work in our clients' best interests, and our more than 20 years of experience managing corporate cash portfolios provides us with the knowledge base and research capabilities to offer a bottom-up assessment of whether your portfolio is achieving the optimal risk/reward balance for your organization. Treasury consultants may focus on investment policy compliance with an outsider's view on managing cash. Capital Advisors Group, on the other hand, will review your portfolio in the same manner that we would review one of our own managed accounts.
If it has been some time since your last portfolio checkup, we recommend you call an expert to review and evaluate your investment portfolio. Capital Advisors Group can provide independent oversight for your organization to help make sure that your cash portfolio is in in tip-top shape.
