This rapid change in cash outflows for Entropic indicates large investments in order to expand operational ability, for better or for worse.
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Together with a Treasury program that provided partial insurance to investors in money market mutual funds, these efforts helped stanch the cash outflows from those funds and stabilize the industry.
Redemption battles between hedge funds and their investors have been a common feature of the credit crisis as hedge funds blocked cash outflows in the name of preserving value of the underlying assets.
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In regards to leverage, Basel III introduced a minimum 3% leverage ratio and two required liquidity ratios: (1) the Liquidity Coverage Ratio, which requires a bank to hold high-quality liquid assets to cover its total net cash outflows over 30 days, and (2) the Net Stable Funding Ratio, which requires the available amount of stable funding to exceed the required amount of stable funding over a one-year period of extended stress.
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At the same time, Sony is balancing cash inflows and outflows while working to improve its cash flow by carefully selecting investments, selling assets and strengthening control of working capital such as inventory.
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Much like Manhattan apartment brokers who resist putting their best properties on a central listing service, PE firms use performance measurements like multiple of investment or internal rate of return that make it virtually impossible to compare one fund against another unless they started the same time and have had similar cash inflows and outflows.
Yet they cannot reduce deposit rates without triggering even more outflows of cash.
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When assessing whether it makes more sense to pay down debt or save for retirement, all of the inflows and outflows of cash have to be considered.
Cyprus Popular has said its U.K. branches remained open but had "very, very low levels of outflows" of cash from them.
Exchange traded funds (ETFs) for gold are also reportedly seeing very heavy outflows as investors cash out losing positions and are seeking other investment assets.
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So, while inflows did turn positive for stocks (after 24 consecutive weeks of outflows), cash also was finding its way into bond funds as well.
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