| JPMorgan Prime MM Capital (CJPXX) | 3.70 |
| Morgan Stanley Inst Liq Prime MMP Inst (MPFXX) | 3.70 |
| Federated Hermes Inst Prime Obligs IS (POIXX) | 3.69 |
| BlackRock Lq TempCash Inst (TMCXX) | 3.67 |
| Western Asset Prem Inst Liq Res Capital (WAAXX) | 3.62 |
| Morgan Stanley IL Liq MMP Wealth (MWMXX) | 3.73 |
| Invesco Premier Institutional (IPPXX) | 3.70 |
| Allspring MMF Prm (WMPXX) | 3.69 |
| JPMorgan Liquid Assets Capit (CJLXX) | 3.68 |
| Federated Hermes Prime Cash Oblig WS (PCOXX) | 3.66 |
| Vanguard Municipal MMF (VMSXX) | 2.40 |
| Allspring Nat Tax-Free Prem (WFNXX) | 2.40 |
| Federated Hermes Tax-Free Oblig WS (TBIXX) | 2.39 |
| JPMorgan Municipal MM Instit (IJMXX) | 2.39 |
| Schwab Municipal MF Ultra (SWOXX) | 2.34 |
The Investment Company Institute published its weekly "Money Market Fund Assets" report Thursday, which shows money fund assets increasing by $7.8 billion to $7.811 trillion, after decreasing by $53.0 billion the previous week and rising by $38.7 billion to a record high $7.856 trillion two weeks prior. Assets have risen in 22 of the last 28 weeks and 30 of the past 37weeks. MMF assets are up by $779 billion, or 11.1%, over the past 52 weeks (through 4/1/26), with Institutional MMFs up $547 billion, or 13.2% and Retail MMFs up $232 billion, or 8.1%. Year-to-date in 2026, MMF assets are up by $78 billion, or 1.0%, with Institutional MMFs up $38 billion, or 0.8% and Retail MMFs up $39 billion, or 1.3%.
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. |
The table below is excerpted from our monthly spreadsheet product, Money Fund Intelligence XLS. It shows the largest money market mutual fund managers as of January 31, 2022. (MFI XLS contains percentile rankings, fund family rankings, MNAVs, WLA, portfolio composition, and more).
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A press release titled, "Plume Launches First RWA Payroll Pilot With Toku Using WisdomTree's Tokenized Money Market Fund (WTGXX), Enabling Employees to Turn Salaries Into Yield-Bearing Assets," tells us, "Plume, the leading RWA blockchain powering real-world yield and onchain asset management, ... announced a first-of-its-kind payroll pilot developed in collaboration with stablecoin payroll provider, Toku, using shares of the tokenized money market fund, WTGXX, from global financial innovator, WisdomTree. The pilot demonstrates how tokenized real world assets can interact with existing payroll workflows, giving employees the option to receive a portion of their pay in shares of a regulated money-market fund rather than receiving all compensation in cash." The post says, "Through the program, Plume employees can elect to receive a portion of their salary in shares of WisdomTree's tokenized money market fund, WTGXX. The process removes the need for employees to purchase crypto, interact with exchanges, or manually move funds onchain, allowing compensation received in fund shares to begin earning yield from the day it is paid. Plume purchases the corresponding fund shares via WisdomTree Connect and delivers those shares to participating employees, who will hold the shares in verified wallets linked to their WisdomTree Prime account. Employee participation is voluntary and subject to meeting WisdomTree Prime eligibility requirements (including wallet verification), but does not alter how salaries are calculated or paid." James Huang, Head of Operations at Plume, comments, "Payroll is one of the most widely used financial rails in the world, yet it has barely evolved. By allowing employees to receive part of their salary directly into regulated, yield-bearing money-market funds, we' …
Cory Ryan joined Barclays to head NY Sales. He was previously with Jefferies. Meanwhile London-based Steve Collins is no longer with Barclays.
Mike Cloherty has joined CIBC as Head of US Rates Strategy. He was previously with UBS.
Thrivent is seeking a Senior Money Market Portfolio Manager in Minneapolis. The posting says, "The Money Market Portfolio Manager is responsible for the management of the organization’s 2(a)7 mutual funds and the overall management of the organization’s cash holdings across multiple accounts and portfolios."
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.