S and P Rates UMB Scout MMF Prime and Victory Institutional MMF AAAm.
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services announced that it has awarded its
AAAm principal stability fund rating to
UMB Scout Money Market Fund Prime (UMPXX), managed by
UMB Bank subsidiary Scout Investment Advisors, and to
Victory Institutional Money Market Fund, managed by
Key Bank subsidiary Victory Capital Management. A
triple-A rating reflects "
the fund's extremely strong capacity to maintain principal stability and to limit exposure to principal losses due to credit, market and/or liquidity risks." Separately, S&
P said it rated the
Broward County Investment Portfolio AAAf/S1+, the first
county local government investment pool in Florida to receive this rating. Many institutional investors require independent AAA ratings in their capacity as fiduciaries.