JPMorgan Prime MM Capital (CJPXX) | 4.13 |
Federated Hermes Inst Prime Obligs IS (POIXX) | 4.12 |
BlackRock Lq TempCash Inst (TMCXX) | 4.12 |
Morgan Stanley Inst Liq Prime Inst (MPFXX) | 4.11 |
Western Asset Prem Inst Liq Res Capital (WAAXX) | 4.07 |
Invesco Premier Institutional (IPPXX) | 4.17 |
UBS Prime Preferred Fund (UPPXX) | 4.13 |
Allspring MMF Prm (WMPXX) | 4.13 |
Morgan Stanley IL Liq MMP Wealth (MWMXX) | 4.12 |
Schwab Prime Adv MF Ultra (SNAXX) | 4.09 |
Federated Hermes Muni Oblig WS (MOFXX) | 2.79 |
Goldman Sachs Inv Tax-Ex MMF In (FTXXX) | 2.76 |
Allspring Nat T-F Prem (WFNXX) | 2.69 |
Vanguard Municipal MMF (VMSXX) | 2.66 |
Fidelity Inv MM: Tax Exempt I (FTCXX) | 2.62 |
A press release titled, "BlackRock Introduces '40 Act 2a7 Money Market Fund in GENIUS-aligned Form," is subtitled, "As BlackRock's cash management business surpasses $1 trillion in assets under management, the firm introduces a GENIUS Act-aligned '40 Act 2a-7 money market fund to meet growing demand in the stablecoin market." It tells us, "BlackRock announced a strategic update to one of its money market funds, reflecting a refined investment approach designed to enhance liquidity, align with emerging regulatory frameworks, and support the evolving needs of clients." (Note: As of Sept. 30, Crane Data shows BlackRock with $665.6 billion in U.S. money funds and $342.4 billion in European or "offshore" money funds, for a total of $1.008 trillion.)
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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The Investment Company Institute's latest weekly "Money Market Fund Assets" report shows money fund assets decreasing by $17.8 billion to $7.367 trillion. But assets have still risen in 3 of the last 4 weeks, and 11 of the past 13 weeks. MMFs rose $19.9 billion the prior week to a record $7.385 trillion, after rising $50.5 billion two weeks prior. MMF assets are up by $900 billion, or 13.9%, over the past 52 weeks (through 10/15/25), with Institutional MMFs up $528 billion, or 13.7% and Retail MMFs up $372 billion, or 14.2%. Year-to-date, MMF assets are up by $517 billion, or 7.5%, with Institutional MMFs up $267 billion, or 6.5% and Retail MMFs up $250 billion, or 9.1%. ICI's weekly release says, "Total money market fund assets decreased by $17.75 billion to $7.37 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, October 15, the Investment Company Institute reported.... Among taxable money market funds, government funds decreased by $14.96 billion and prime funds decreased by $3.27 billion. Tax-exempt money market funds increased by $473 million." ICI's stats show Institutional MMFs decreasing $15.9 billion and Retail MMFs decreasing $1.9 billion in the latest week. Total Government MMF assets, including Treasury funds, were $6.019 …
Paxos, which runs the stablecoin PYUSD for Paypal, is seeking a Senior Manager, Business Development. See here for details.
Tom Knight recently retired from online money market trading portal ICD. (See his LinkedIn post here.) We wish Tom all the best!
Joseph Abate is the new Head of Rates Strategy at SMBC Nikko Securities. He was previously with Barclays.
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.