| JPMorgan Prime MM Capital (CJPXX) | 3.70 |
| Morgan Stanley Inst Liq Prime MMP Inst (MPFXX) | 3.69 |
| Federated Hermes Inst Prime Obligs IS (POIXX) | 3.69 |
| BlackRock Lq TempCash Inst (TMCXX) | 3.67 |
| Western Asset Prem Inst Liq Res Capital (WAAXX) | 3.63 |
| Morgan Stanley IL Liq MMP Wealth (MWMXX) | 3.72 |
| Invesco Premier Institutional (IPPXX) | 3.71 |
| Allspring MMF Prm (WMPXX) | 3.69 |
| JPMorgan Liquid Assets Capit (CJLXX) | 3.67 |
| Federated Hermes Prime Cash Oblig WS (PCOXX) | 3.66 |
| JPMorgan Municipal MM Inst (IJMXX) | 2.19 |
| Schwab Municipal MF Ultra (SWOXX) | 2.17 |
| Western Asset Select Tax Free Res Sel (CIFXX) | 2.17 |
| Vanguard Municipal MMF (VMSXX) | 2.16 |
| Morgan Stanley Inst Liq T-E Wealth (TEWXX) | 2.14 |
A press release titled, "Invesco and Superstate Advance Institutional Tokenization Through USTB Partnership," tells us, "Invesco Ltd., a leading global asset management firm, and Superstate, the premier financial technology firm reshaping capital market infrastructure, ... announced a collaboration in which Invesco Advisers, Inc. will become investment manager of Superstate Short Duration US Government Securities Fund (USTB). USTB, Superstate's tokenized short-duration U.S. treasuries fund, will continue to be powered by Superstate's best-in-class tokenization technology. Through this collaboration, Invesco will become the first asset manager to utilize Superstate's digital transfer agent infrastructure."
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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The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis wrote earlier this month on "Financing R&D Spending: The Role of Corporate Cash Holdings." The summary says, "Research and development (R&D) investment and productivity growth have long been recognized as central drivers of economic growth. Yet innovation is inherently difficult to finance externally: It is intangible, risky and subject to severe asymmetric information. As a result, firms with higher R&D intensity -- R&D expenditures divided by total assets -- tend to hold a larger share of their assets in cash." It tells us, "In recent years, with the need to invest in artificial intelligence (AI), it has become more important to understand the role of cash. For example, 'hyperscalers' have announced their investment plans on their AI-related projects at unprecedented levels. In this blog post, we will explore how cash holdings and R&D intensity of U.S. firms have changed over time. We will also discuss possible implications of these trends for the future given the increase in AI-related investment." The study explains, "For our analysis, we studied firms that are U.S. incorporated and publicly traded between 1979 and 2024 using S&P Compustat data. We focused on nonfinancial and nonutility firms because financial firms are likely to hold cash for different reasons, such as liquidity requirements, and utility firms are likely to be regulated. Variables were inflation-adjusted to 2017 U.S. dollars and were converted into U.S. dollars if reported in other currencies." It adds, "The first figure displays the distribution of the cash ratio among firms from 1979 to …
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."
"Deutsche Hires von Sprecher" says a brief in the Securities Finance Times. It explains, "Deutsche Bank has appointed Cassandra von Sprecher as global head of agency securities lending sales." She was formerly with State Street and formerly Casandra (Cassie) Jones.
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.