Crane Data released its June Money Fund Portfolio Holdings Wednesday, and our latest collection of taxable money market securities, with data as of May 31, 2015, shows jumps in holdings of Other (Time Deposits), CD, Repo, and CP, and drops in holdings of Treasuries and Agencies. Money market securities held by Taxable U.S. money funds overall (those tracked by Crane Data) increased by $31.6 billion in May to $2.436 trillion, after dropping $49.3 billion in April, $19.2 billion in March, and $52.1 billion in February. Repos remained the largest portfolio segment, just ahead of CDs. Treasuries stayed in third place, followed by Commercial Paper. Agencies were fifth, followed by Other (mainly Time Deposits), then VRDNs. Money funds' European-affiliated securities represented 28.8% of holdings, down from 29.3% the previous month. Below, we review our latest Money Fund Portfolio Holdings statistics.
Among all taxable money funds, Repurchase agreements (repo) increased $10.7 billion (2.1%) to $527.5 billion, or 21.7% of assets, after decreasing $113.6 billion in April and increasing $98.7 billion in March. Certificates of Deposit (CDs) were up $10.8 billion (2.1%) to $524.1 billion, or 21.5% of assets, after rising $1.7 billion in April and dropping $37.4 billion in March. Treasury holdings decreased $4.2 billion (1.0%) to $408.8 billion, or 16.8% of assets, while Commercial Paper (CP) jumped $4.1 billion (1.1%) to $390.3 billion, or 16.0% of assets. Government Agency Debt decreased $3.2 billion (1.0%) to $331.6 billion, or 13.6% of assets. Other holdings, primarily Time Deposits, jumped $13.7 billion to $230.1 billion, or 9.4% of assets. VRDNs held by taxable funds decreased by $100 million to $23.5 billion (1.0% of assets).
Among Prime money funds, CDs still represent over one-third of holdings at 34.5% (up from 34.4% a month ago), followed by Commercial Paper at 25.7%. The CP totals are primarily Financial Company CP (15.1% of total holdings), with Asset-Backed CP making up 5.5% and Other CP (non-financial) making up 5.1%. Prime funds also hold 6.7% in Agencies (up from 6.5%), 4.2% in Treasury Debt (down from 5.0%), 4.7% in Other Instruments, and 5.8% in Other Notes. Prime money fund holdings tracked by Crane Data total $1.520 trillion (up from $1.492 trillion last month), or 62.4% of taxable money fund holdings' total of $2.436 trillion.
Government fund portfolio assets totaled $441 billion in May, the same as April, while Treasury money fund assets totaled $475 billion in May, down from $472 billion at the end of April. Government money fund portfolios were made up of 52.0% Agency Debt, 25.1% Government Agency Repo, 3.9% Treasury debt, and 18.1% in Treasury Repo. Treasury money funds were comprised of 69.1% Treasury debt, 30.1% Treasury Repo, and 0.8% in Government agency, repo and investment company shares. Government and Treasury funds combined total $916 billion, or 37.6% of all taxable money fund assets.
European-affiliated holdings rose $4.5 billion in May to $702.2 billion (among all taxable funds and including repos); their share of holdings fell to 28.8% from 29.0% the previous month. Eurozone-affiliated holdings decreased $400 million to $378.3 billion in May; they now account for 15.5% of overall taxable money fund holdings. Asia & Pacific related holdings increased by $5.3 billion to $291.4 billion (12.0% of the total). Americas related holdings increased $23.0 billion to $1.440 trillion, and now represent 59.1% of holdings.
The overall taxable fund Repo totals were made up of: Treasury Repurchase Agreements (up $20.0 billion to $273.6 billion, or 11.2% of assets), Government Agency Repurchase Agreements (down $9.2 billion to $164.8 billion, or 6.8% of total holdings), and Other Repurchase Agreements ($89.1 billion, or 3.7% of holdings, same as last month). The Commercial Paper totals were comprised of Financial Company Commercial Paper (up $2.8 billion to $228.8 billion, or 9.4% of assets), Asset Backed Commercial Paper (down $800 million to $83.8 billion, or 3.4%), and Other Commercial Paper (up $2.0 billion to $75.7 billion, or 3.2%).
The 20 largest Issuers to taxable money market funds as of May 31, 2015, include: the US Treasury ($408.8 billion, or 18.3%), Federal Home Loan Bank ($208.9B, 9.4%), Federal Reserve Bank of New York ($137.6B, 6.2%), Wells Fargo ($71.8B, 3.2%), Credit Agricole ($70.6B, 3.2%), BNP Paribas ($63.9B, 2.9%), JP Morgan ($60.4B, 2.7%), RBC ($58.8B, 2.6%), Bank of Nova Scotia ($57.4B, 2.6%), Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd ($55.5B, 2.5%), Bank of America ($52.2B, 2.3%), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Co. ($45.1B, 2.0%), Toronto-Dominion Bank ($43.9B, 2.0%), Natixis ($43.2B, 1.9%), Barclays PLC ($42.9B, 1.9%), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Co ($42.3B, 1.9%), Federal Farm Credit Bank ($42.0B, 1.9%), Credit Suisse ($40.1B, 1.8%), Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd. ($37.0B, 1.7%), DnB NOR Bank ASA, ($35.4B, 1.6%), and Bank of Montreal ($35.3B, 1.6%).
In the repo space, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's RPP program issuance (held by MMFs) remained the largest program with $137.6B, or 26.1%, up from $106.2B a month ago. The 10 largest Fed Repo positions among MMFs on 5/31 include: JP Morgan US Govt ($16.1B), State Street Inst Lq Res ($8.5B), Morgan Stanley Inst Lq Govt ($7.7B), BlackRock Lq T-Fund ($6.4B), UBS Select Treas ($6.1B), JP Morgan US Trs Plus ($5.5B), First American Govt Oblg ($5.0B), Wells Fargo Adv Trs Plus ($4.6B), Schwab Govt MMkt ($4.2B), and Fidelity Cash Central Fund ($4.4B). The 10 largest Repo issuers (dealers) (with the amount of repo outstanding and market share among the money funds we track) include: Federal Reserve Bank of New York ($137.6B, 26.1%), Bank of America ($40.8B, 7.7%), BNP Paribas ($38.9B, 7.4%), Wells Fargo ($37.7B, 7.1%), Credit Agricole ($30.7B, 5.8%), JP Morgan ($29.5B, 5.6%), Societe Generale ($24.2B, 4.6%), Barclays PLC ($22.7B, 4.3%), Credit Suisse ($22.1B, 4.2%), and Citi ($21.1B, 4.0%).
The 10 largest issuers of "credit" -- CDs, CP and Other securities (including Time Deposits and Notes) combined -- include: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd ($48.3B, 4.8%), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Co ($42.3B, 4.2%), RBC ($41.5B, 4.1%), Bank of Nova Scotia ($40.1B, 3.9%), Credit Agricole ($39.9B, 3.9%), Toronto Dominion Bank ($37.2B, 3.7%), DnB NOR Bank ASA ($35.4B, 3.5%), Natixis ($35.3B, 3.5%), Wells Fargo ($34.0B, 3.4%), and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB ($32.5B, 3.2%).
The 10 largest CD issuers include: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd ($37.6B, 7.2%), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Co ($35.2B, 6.7%), Toronto-Dominion Bank ($33.5B, 6.4%), Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd ($30.6B, 5.9%), Bank of Montreal ($28.8B, 5.5%), Bank of Nova Scotia ($28.3B, 5.4%), Wells Fargo ($25.1B, 4.8%), RBC ($21.5B, 4.1%), Natixis ($19.2B, 3.7%), and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank ($18.5B, 3.5%).
The 10 largest CP issuers (we include affiliated ABCP programs) include: JP Morgan ($22.3B, 6.8%), Commonwealth Bank of Australia ($17.2B, 5.3%), Westpac Banking Co ($17.2B, 5.3%), RBC ($15.7B, 4.8%), National Australia Bank Ltd ($12.0B, 3.7%), Lloyds TSB Bank PLC ($12.0B, 3.7%), BNP Paribas ($11.4B, 3.5%), Bank of Nova Scotia ($10.9B, 3.3%), HSBC ($10.6B, 3.3%), and Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd ($9.4B, 2.9%).
The largest increases among Issuers include: Federal Reserve Bank of New York (up $31.5B to $137.6B), Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (up $6.2B to $32.5B), ING Bank (up $4.1B to $27.8B), Swedbank AB (up $3.9B to $22.4B), Federal Home Loan Bank (up $3.7B to $208.9B), DnB NOR Bank ASA (up $3.4B to $35.4B), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (up $3.4B to $20.6B), Goldman Sachs (up $2.8B to $14.0B), Lloyds TSB Bank PLC (up $2.8B to $25.1B), and RBC (up $2.6B to $58.8B). The largest decreases among Issuers of money market securities (including Repo) in May were shown by: Barclays PLC (down $7.6B to $42.9B), Bank of America (down $4.7B to $52.2B), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Co. (down $4.4B to $45.1B), US Treasury (down $4.2B to $408.8B), BNP Paribas (down $3.4B to $63.9B), Standard Chartered Bank (down $2.3B to $14.6B), Federal National Mortgage Association (down $2.0B to $32.2B), Citi (down $1.9B to $29.5B), Credit Mutuel (down $1.3B to $19.0B), and FMS Wertmanagement (down $900M to $8.4B).
The United States remained the largest segment of country-affiliations; it represents 49.1% of holdings, or $1.199 trillion (up $13B). France (9.9%, $240.7B) remained in second, followed by Canada (9.8%, $238.8B), and Japan (7.4%, $181.3B). The U.K. (5.1%, $124.2B) moved up to fifth, while Sweden (4.3%, $104.2B) was sixth. Australia (3.6%, $86.8B), The Netherlands (3.1%, $74.7B), Switzerland (2.5%, $60.1B), and Germany (2.0%, $49.4B) round out the top 10 among country affiliations. (Note: Crane Data attributes Treasury and Government repo to the dealer's parent country of origin, though money funds themselves "look-through" and consider these U.S. government securities. All money market securities must be U.S. dollar-denominated.)
As of May 31, 2015, Taxable money funds held 27.3% of their assets in securities maturing Overnight, and another 13.8% maturing in 2-7 days (41.1% total matures in 1-7 days). Another 22.1% matures in 8-30 days, while 12.2% matures in 31-60 days. Note that three-quarters, or 75.4% of securities, mature in 60 days or less, the dividing line for use of amortized cost accounting under the new pending SEC regulations. The next bucket, 61-90 days, holds 11.5% of taxable securities, while 10.5% matures in 91-180 days and just 2.7% matures beyond 180 days.
Crane Data's Taxable MF Portfolio Holdings (and Money Fund Portfolio Laboratory) were updated yesterday, and our MFI International "offshore" Portfolio Holdings and Tax Exempt MF Holdings will be released late this week. Visit our Content center to download files or visit our Portfolio Laboratory to access our "transparency" module. Contact us if you'd like to see a sample of our latest Portfolio Holdings Reports or our new "Holdings Reports Funds Module." The new file allows user to choose funds (pick a fund then click its ticker) and show Performance alongside Composition, Country breakout, Largest Holdings and Fund Information.
