Tradeweb survey shows corporate treasurers boost money market funds on geopolitical risk

• Tradeweb 2026 ICD Portal Client Survey showed 88% of corporate treasurers reported moderate-to-high geopolitical concern, with 48% citing high concern.
• Early March follow-on polling lifted high concern to 68% following start of conflict in Middle East.
• Defensive liquidity shift emerged, with 27% of firms planning to increase money market fund allocations versus 9% planning to decrease.
• Cash balance expectations moved closer to neutral, with 29% expecting increases versus 23% expecting decreases, signaling reallocation rather than cash build.
• Technology adoption accelerated, with 22% of treasury teams already deploying AI solutions, while 25% showed moderate-to-very interest in tokenized money market funds.

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