Morgan Stanley Inst Liq Prime Inst (MPFXX) | 4.38 |
JPMorgan Prime MM Capital (CJPXX) | 4.37 |
BlackRock Lq TempCash Inst (TMCXX) | 4.34 |
Federated Hermes Inst Prime Obligs IS (POIXX) | 4.34 |
Invesco Govt & Agency Premier (AGIXX) | 4.33 |
Morgan Stanley IL Liq MMP Wealth (MWMXX) | 4.40 |
Allspring MMF Prm (WMPXX) | 4.38 |
Invesco Premier Institutional (IPPXX) | 4.38 |
JPMorgan Liquid Assets Capit (CJLXX) | 4.36 |
UBS Prime Preferred Fund (UPPXX) | 4.36 |
Federated Hermes Muni Oblig WS (MOFXX) | 3.04 |
JPMorgan Inst Tax Free MM Capital (JOCXX) | 2.94 |
Vanguard Municipal MMF (VMSXX) | 2.92 |
Western Asset Select Tax Free Res Sel (CIFXX) | 2.91 |
Allspring Nat Tax-Free Prem (WFNXX) | 2.88 |
The Investment Company Institute's weekly and Crane Data's daily money fund asset series both hit new records as of Wednesday, April 2. ICI's latest "Money Market Fund Assets" report shows money fund assets rising $17.6 billion to $7.032 trillion, after rising $11.8 billion the week prior and falling $21.8 billion two weeks ago. Money fund assets have risen in 24 of the last 35, and 35 of the last 50 weeks, increasing by $728.1 billion (or 11.6%) since the Fed cut on 9/18/24 and increasing by $1.054 trillion (or 17.6%) since 4/24/24. MMF assets are up by $920 billion, or 15.1%, in the past 52 weeks (through 4/2/25), with Institutional MMFs up $465 billion, or 12.6% and Retail MMFs up $455 billion, or 18.7%. Year-to-date, MMF assets are up by $181 billion, or 2.6%, with Institutional MMFs up $32 billion, or 0.8% and Retail MMFs up $149 billion, or 5.5%.
MFI PDF February 2022 Issue |
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![]() The February 2022 issue of Money Fund Intelligence features: "Fee Waivers Poised to Shrink, MMF Revenue Ready to Jump," which discusses recent earnings calls and expectations for Fed hikes to remove waivers; "Money Fund University '22 Highlights: Supply, New Regs," which quotes from our latest basic training conference; and, "Swing Pricing Main Focus in SEC's Money Fund Reforms," which covers articles explaining the SEC's controversial fee proposal. Each monthly issue of Money Fund Intelligence features news, performance information and rankings on money market mutual funds. Statistics include: assets, weighted average maturity, weighted average life, expense ratio, 7-day yield, 30-day yield, 1-year, 3-yr, 5-yr, 10-yr, and since inception return, as well as 7- and 30-day gross yields. MFI also contains tables of the top-yielding and the largest money funds, and our benchmark Crane Money Fund Indexes. Subscriptions are $500 a year, and include online access to archived issues and additional features. Bulk discounts and site licenses are available. Write info@cranedata.com or call 1-508-439-4419 to subscribe or to request more information. |
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A press release titled, "BNY Expands Digital Asset Platform with Launch of Innovative On-Chain Offering" tells us, "The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation ('BNY') (BK) ... announced the expansion of its Digital Asset Platform with the launch of its Digital Asset Data Insights product, designed to securely and efficiently deliver both on- and off-chain data across blockchain networks. The launch underscores BNY's ambition to serve an expanded, fundamental role in the lifecycle of tokenized assets.... BlackRock will be the first client to leverage this product. BNY will broadcast fund accounting data for the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund ('BUIDL' or 'the Fund'), its tokenized short-term U.S. Treasury fund. BNY currently acts as fund administrator and custodian of the Fund's assets." Robert Mitchnick, Head of Digital Assets at BlackRock, comments, "BNY's enablement of off-chain data insights to public blockchains is an unprecedented event and a significant milestone for the industry. By enhancing data transparency and accessibility for our investors, BNY has set a new standard for digital asset innovation." Another article from the Financial Times, "Stablecoin operator Circle files for IPO as revenues jump to $1.7bn," says, "Tuesday's filing shows Circle's revenues on the reserves it maintains to back its USDC stablecoin jumped to $1.66bn last year, from $1.4bn in 2023. The group holds most of its reserves in a money-market fund run by BlackRock, and benefited from US interest rates of 5 percent or more for most of last year as the …
Sullivan & Worcester announced that Michael Davalla has joined the firm's Investment Management Practice Group as Counsel. (See the release here.) Davalla was previously with K&L Gates.
Jim Griffin is now Managing Director and Head of Global Liquidity Relationship Management at Invesco. He was previously at KKR and Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Laura Glenn joined RBC Global Asset Management. She was previously at Public Trust Advisors.
Please join us for our next live conference, Bond Fund Symposium, which will take place in person March 28-29, 2022 in Newport Beach, Calif. Bond Fund Symposium focuses on ultra-short bond funds and investing beyond money market funds. Also, mark your calendars for our next big show, Money Fund Symposium, which is scheduled for June 20-22, 2022 in Minneapolis, Minn., and for our next European Money Fund Symposium, which is scheduled for Sept. 27-28, 2022 in Paris, France. Finally, thanks to those who attended and supported our recent Money Fund University. We'll hold our next MFU on Dec. 15-16, 2022 in Boston, Mass. Watch for details in coming months. Let us know if you'd like more information on any of our shows, and we hope to see you back out on the road soon! Note that conference recordings and materials are available to conference attendees and Crane Data subscribers at the bottom of our "Content" page.