Cash Management Solution

Cash management is a time-consuming and error-prone process that requires hedge funds and asset managers to generate payments manually through banking portals or paper-based wire management processes. Indus Valley Partners automates these critical processes, reducing errors, saving time, and minimizing cash management risks.

The IVP Cash Management Solution provides comprehensive and fully customizable capabilities for cash settlements, balance monitoring, and straight-through processing (STP), including SWIFT payment processing. Counterparty data is validated once and made instantly available for future payments, which are automated according to configurable rules. It also centralizes all balances for unified risk control and regulatory compliance, with full transparency and multi-level access control for efficient cash management. The customizable nature of the software sets it apart from other cash management solutions, delivering the accuracy needed for large, complex transactions.

Case Study

Case Study

Cash Management Solution Case Study – Optimizing Cash Management for a Multi-Billion Dollar Private Credit Firm

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Cash Management Solution Brochure

Case Study

Case Study

Cash Management Solution Case Study – Revamping Payments Processing & Treasury Operations for a $420 Billion Pension Fund

TRANSFORM CASH MANAGEMENT

Streamlined, Automated Cash Management Workflow

Fully Automated Wire Generation

Replace paper-based processes with electronic wire forms, enabling STP with a full audit trail. Net out multiple payment instructions through a single wire. Avoid settlement failures with overdraft validation. Improve security with built-in fraud detection and automated notifications.

Centralized Cash Management

Perform data quality checks that can be easily customized for various attributes. Rules-based test configuration includes support for severity-based distinctions that allow efficient mitigation of cash management risks.

Comprehensive Access Control

Implement access control from payment instruction creation to wire generation to external notifications. Create multiple levels of user authentication/authorization and approval workflows, as well as multiple levels of validations across your workflow.

Custom Upstream and Downstream Adapters

Link transaction workflow with portfolio management systems, accounting systems, and fund administrator systems.

Extensive Reporting

Get a full overview of the payments ecosystem and create bespoke reports with real-time dashboards for executive review. Explore multi-level drill down by counterparty, custom reporting for full transparency, and a detailed audit trail with a timestamp filter.

Fully Configurable Entity Master

Add new reference entities easily with template-driven rule setup, counterparty mapping, and the ability to define custom roles and privileges.

SETTLEMENT WORKFLOW

Wires and Settlements

Unify cash, security, and FX movements in one centralized operation with full transparency, compliance controls, and real-time visibility into settlement.

Capture Wires

  • Integrates seamlessly with OMS, trading, and accounting systems
  • Auto-extracts payment and SSI data from non-standardized documents
  • Provides full remote access via IVP Cash Management mobile app

Validate and Secure

  • Ensures robust reporting with Power BI, Tableau, and data browser integration
  • Enhances security with fraud detection and prevents unauthorized transactions
  • Offers targeted suggestions and real-time alerts for optimized wire management

Route and Execute

  • Unifies cash, security, and FX movements in one centralized operation
  • Supports ACH, FPS, BACS, FedNow, SWIFT, and all major payment rails
  • Enables straight-through settlement (STP) with auto-matching and rule-based posting

Block Label: Running On Industry Settlement Standards

SWIFT Global Payment Innovation (GPI)

Enable real-time, transparent cross-border payments 24/7 with end-to-end tracking and instant fee visibility.

  • End-to-end payment tracking with real-time visibility into status and fees
  • Fast, reliable cross-border payments 24/7 with immediate confirmation

ISO 20022: SWIFT and Non-SWIFT Integration

Native support for the future of payments with seamless MX and MT message handling across all settlement rails.

  • Makes payments via SWIFT or direct connections with banks
  • Native ISO 20022 support with seamless MX and MT message handling
  • Incorporates bank-specific requirements with configurable XML-based file format

Straight-Through Settlement (STP)

Reduce manual steps, settlement failures, and reconciliation time with automated matching and rule-based posting.

  • Auto-matches inbound confirmations to open trades and posts automatically
  • Captures settlement instructions once and reuses across payment rails
  • Eliminates overdraft failures with real-time validation

SWIFT Global Payment Innovation (GPI)

ISO 20022: SWIFT and Non-SWIFT Integration

Straight-Through Settlement (STP)

Enable real-time, transparent cross-border payments 24/7 with end-to-end tracking and instant fee visibility.

  • End-to-end payment tracking with real-time visibility into status and fees
  • Fast, reliable cross-border payments 24/7 with immediate confirmation

ENHANCED WITH AI AGENTS

INVOICE AND CASH/WIRE AGENT
  • Creates payment instructions from documents or natural language chat with full input validation on every transaction.
  • Extracts payment details directly from emails and non-standardized documents using AI-powered data capture.
  • Validates SSI to eliminate misdirected payments.

Outcome: Faster settlement, lower risk, and fewer operational errors.

INVOICE AND CASH/WIRE AGENT
  • Creates payment instructions from documents or natural language chat with full input validation on every transaction.
  • Extracts payment details directly from emails and non-standardized documents using AI-powered data capture.
  • Validates SSI to eliminate misdirected payments.

Outcome: Faster settlement, lower risk, and fewer operational errors.

IVP SEMANTIC AND ONTOLOGY LAYER
Domain Ontology
Business Objects
Metrics Layer
Governed Definitions
Knowledge Graph
Look-Through Linkage
AI Metadata Fabric
Copilot-Ready
AI AS A SUBSTRATE - INHERENT ACROSS ALL AGENTS
Natural-Language Intelligence
Embedded NL across all IVP modules, unified, seamless workflow automation
MCP-Ready Enterprise-Wide
Integrates IVP and client ecosystems. 100% MCP compatible, no lock-in
Flexible Model Choice
Open AI GPT · Snowflake Cortex · Google Gemini · Anthropic Claude
Proven Reliability at Scale
Complete auditability, high accuracy and governance, built for institutional precision
Approve from anywhere

IVP Cash Management Mobile App

Approvals do not wait for the desk. Authorised users review, authenticate, and release wires from a mobile device, under the same controls and audit trail that apply in the application.

Transaction approval and SWIFT messaging on a mobile device

Real-time visibility of wire transaction details and status

Multi-level authentication for safe and secure transactions

Full audit trail of every user action to improve payments tracking

What’s Possible with Cash Management Solution

Automated Cash Management

Fully Configurable Workflow

SWIFT Payment Processing

Multi-Counterparty Design

Cloud-Based Architecture

Cash Payments

Security Settlements

FX Payments

“Digital First” Managed Services

IVP Explorer

Finding The Right Solutions

IVP’s offering has the breadth found at the largest global, multi-line technology providers combined with the specialized knowledge, innovation, and service found at leading boutiques.

Asset Management
CLO Managers
Credit Managers
Family Offices
Fund of Funds
Infrastructure Funds
Long Biased Funds
Long Short Funds
Private Debt Managers
Private Equity
Real Estate Funds
Special Situations
Customer Use Cases

Trading System/OMS

Trade Settlements

Accounting System

Transactions

CRM

Redemptions and Distributions

Treasury

Margin Calls and Collateral Posting

Expense System

Vendor Expenses and Payments

Data Management as a Service

Data Management as a Service

Inconsistent data, fragmented systems, and manual processes create inefficiencies, increase risk, and make decision-making challenging. Without proper checks and controls, firms struggle to maintain a reliable source of truth.

IVP Data Management as a Service ensures data integrity by managing retrieval, routing, monitoring, and maintenance while consolidating information from multiple sources. By eliminating silos and enhancing visibility, we help firms improve data accuracy, reduce risk, and control costs—with 24/7 support, KPI monitoring, multi-vendor expertise, and scalable solutions.

Delivering Specialized Solutions Across Industry

Treasury Management

An active treasury management solution that tracks, controls, and optimizes collateral and margin management with a unique combination of best-in-class analytics and data tools.

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Pricing and Valuation Automation Solution

This solution provides pricing and valuation automation, connecting funds to leading pricing data vendors and brokers. It also provides a flexible, configurable pricing engine that caters to any pricing process.

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Security & Reference Master

A reference data management solution with a highly configurable core and intuitive data modeling that combine to create an accurate reference master more efficiently.

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Expense Allocation Solution

This expense allocation solution helps asset managers improve accuracy and efficiency, reduce the risk of errors, and ensure compliance. It processes allocations quickly and keeps a detailed audit trail.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is cash management in a buy-side firm?

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Cash management for buy-side firms refers to the process of monitoring and optimizing cash balances, executing payments and settlements, and ensuring sufficient liquidity for operational and investment needs.

Why is cash management critical for hedge funds and asset managers?

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For hedge funds and asset managers, cash management is vital for liquidity, margin calls, settlements, counterparty and currency risk, idle cash, and overall operational efficiency and resilience. It is critical for preventing disruptions and maintaining investor trust.

What challenges do firms face with manual or spreadsheet-based cash processes?

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Asset managers generate payments manually by working with banking portals or tedious paper-based processes. Both approaches are time-consuming and error-prone, involving manual entry of banking details across multiple accounts with no audit trail.

What types of payments are typically handled by buy-side cash management teams?

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Buy-side cash management teams typically handle payments for acquiring investments, settling trades, managing operations, funding capital expenditures, making interest/dividend payments, managing collateral, and optimizing cash for further investment opportunities.

How are wire payments managed in buy-side firms?

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Traditionally, buy-side firms manage wire payments by manually entering many sets of banking details (account numbers, BIC, IBAN, NCC and more) across beneficiary, custodian, and intermediary accounts. This process must be repeated every time, with no audit trail.

What are the key benefits of a modern buy-side cash management solution?

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Benefits of a modern cash management solution include automation of repetitive workflows, higher overall efficiency, the ability to handle large transaction volumes more easily, seamless integration with SWIFT as well as internal systems, and stronger security with audit trails.

How does better cash management reduce operational and settlement risk?

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Modernizing cash management significantly reduces the risk of manual errors that can result in settlement failure or accidently wiring an incorrect (and potentially irreversible) payment. It improves liquidity management for smooth operations. And it centralizes oversight for better overall control.

What is straight-through processing (STP) in cash management?

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Straight-through processing refers to end-to-end automation of payment workflows. In other words, payments are completed without the need for manual intervention.

How does a cash management solution reduce failed or misdirected payments?

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By automating workflows, cash management software helps reduce the risk of manual data entry errors that can result in settlement failure or payments made to the wrong entity. It also provides overdraft validation and counterparty validation to help avoid settlement failures.

How is the IVP Cash Management Solution different from traditional cash management solutions?

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Unlike other cash management software, the IVP Cash Management Solution enables intelligent automation designed for the buy side, providing a comprehensive, fully customizable solution for processing payments, balance monitoring, and straight-through processing.

What role do SWIFT, APIs, and file-based integrations play in cash management?

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SWIFT ensures secure international messaging and is vital for cross-border payments. APIs enable real-time, direct data exchange for visibility and control and they provide instant, granular data for forecasting. File transfers offer scheduled, batch-based data movement.

How are audit trails maintained for cash transactions?

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The IVP Cash Management Solution creates full audit trails for all wires and other activities, all of which can be reviewed in a report with a time stamp filter.

Can firms support both domestic and cross-border payments from one platform?

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Yes, the IVP Cash Management Solution provides a single platform for managing domestic and cross-border payments. It unifies all cash and security movements and FX payments.

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