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While the nationwide lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic continues, Crane Data remains hopeful that travel will resume later this summer and that we'​ll be able to host our annual Money Fund Symposium and European Money Fund Symposium. Crane'​s Money Fund Symposium has been shifted back from June to August 24-​26, 2020, and the show remains at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. We'​ll of course continue to monitor events carefully in coming weeks, and we'​ll be prepared to move again (​perhaps to Nov. 18-​20), to cancel, and/​or to webcast if our client base deems it unsafe. Meanwhile, we'​ll be preparing for the show and taking steps to spread out and make the event safer. The latest agenda is available, though we'​ll no doubt be tweaking this as we get closer to the summer, and registrations are being taken at www.​moneyfundsymposium.​com. (Note: We'​ll offer full refunds or credits for any cancellations.)

Our MF Symposium Agenda is scheduled to kick off on Monday, August 24 with a keynote on "Money Funds through the Decades" from Paul Schott Stevens of the Investment Company Institute. The rest of the Day 1 agenda includes: "Treasury Issuance & Repo Update," with Mark Cabana of Bank of America, Dina Marchioni of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Tom Katzenbach of the U.​S. Department of the Treasury; a "Corporate Investor, Portal & ESG MMF Discussion" with Tom Callahan of BlackRock, Tom Hunt of AFP, and Mark Adamson of Wells Fargo Securities; and, a "Major Money Fund Issues 2020" panel with Tracy Hopkins of Dreyfus/​BNY Mellon Cash Investment Strategies, Jeff Weaver of Wells Fargo Asset Management and Peter Yi of Northern Trust Asset Management. (​The evening'​s reception is sponsored by BofA Securities.)

Day 2 of Money Fund Symposium 2020 will begin with "The State of the Money Fund Industry," which features Peter Crane, Deborah Cunningham of Federated Investors and Michael Morin of Fidelity Investments, followed by a "Senior Portfolio Manager Perspectives" panel, including Linda Klingman of Charles Schwab I.​M., Nafis Smith of Vanguard and John Tobin of J.​P. Morgan Asset Mgmt. Next up is "Government & Treasury Money Fund Issues," with Mike Bird of Wells Fargo Funds and Geoff Gibbs of DWS. The morning concludes with a "Muni & Tax Exempt Money Fund Update," featuring Colleen Meehan of Dreyfus, John Vetter of Fidelity and Sean Saroya of J.​P. Morgan Securities.

The Afternoon of Day 2 (​after a Dreyfus-​sponsored lunch) features the segments: "Dealer'​s Choice: Supply, New Securities & CP" with moderator, Jeff Plotnik of U.​S. Bancorp Asset Mgmt., Robe Crowe of Citi Global Markets, John Kodweis of JPM and Stewart Cutler of Barclays; "Fund Ratings Focus: Governance, Global & LGIPs" with Robert Callagy of Moody'​s Investors Service, Greg Fayvilevich of Fitch Ratings and Michael Masih of S&​P Global Ratings; "Ultra-​Short, ETFs & Alt-​Cash Update," with Alex Roever of J.​P. Morgan Securities and Laurie Brignac of Invesco. The day'​s wrap-​up presentation is "Brokerage Sweeps, Bank Deposits & Fin-​Tech" involving Chris Melin of Ameriprise Financial and Kevin Bannerton of Total Bank Solutions. (​The Day 2 reception is sponsored by Barclays.)

The third day of the Symposium features the sessions: "Strategists Speak '​20: Fed Rates, Repo & SOFR" with Priya Misra of TD Securities and Garret Sloan of Wells Fargo Securities; "Regulatory & Misc. Issues: ESG, ETF, European," with Brenden Carroll of Dechert LLP, Rob Sabatino of UBS Asset Mgmt and Jonathan Curry of HSBC Global A.​M.; "FICC Repo & Agency Roundtable," with Owen Nichols of State Street Global Markets and Kyle Lynch of FHLBanks Office of Finance and, "Money Fund Statistics & Disclosures" with Peter Crane.

Visit the MF Symposium website at www.​moneyfundsymposium.​com for more details. Registration is $​750, and discounted hotel reservations are available. We hope you'​ll it'​ll be safe to travel and you'​ll join us in Minneapolis this August! When and if you'​re ready, attendees, speakers and sponsors should register here and make hotel reservations here. We'​ll keep you posted on our plans, so watch for updates in coming months. E-​mail us at info@​cranedata.​com to request the full brochure, or click here to see the latest.

We'​ve also pushed back the dates for our next European Money Fund Symposium, which is now scheduled for Nov. 19-​20, 2020 in Paris, France. (​It had been scheduled for Sept. 17-​18.) We'​ll be watching travel restrictions to Europe closely in coming months (​and may have to shift or cancel this too). Again, we'​ll give full refunds or credits for any events that are cancelled or that registered attendees can'​t travel to or want to cancel.

"European Money Fund Symposium offers European, global and "​offshore" money market portfolio managers, investors, issuers, dealers and service providers a concentrated and affordable educational experience, and an excellent and informal networking venue," says Crane Data President, Peter Crane. "Our mission is to deliver the best possible conference content at an affordable price to money market fund professionals," he adds. Last year'​s European Crane Symposium event in Dublin attracted 110 attendees, sponsors and speakers.

EMFS will be held at the Renaissance Paris La Defense. Hotel rooms must be booked before Thursday, October 1 to receive the discounted rate of E279 (​single) or E289 (​double). Registration for our 2020 Crane'​s European Money Fund Symposium is $​1,​000 USD. Visit www.​euromfs.​com to register, or contact us to request the PDF brochure or for Sponsorship pricing and info.

Also, mark your calendars for next year'​s Money Fund University, which is scheduled for Jan. 21-​22, 2021, in Pittsburgh, Pa, and our next Bond Fund Symposium, which is scheduled for March 25-​26, 2021 in Newport Beach, Calif. Watch for details in coming months, and let us know if you'​re interested in sponsoring or speaking. Contact us if you have any feedback or questions. Attendees to Crane Conferences and Crane Data subscribers may access the latest recordings, Powerpoints and binder materials at the bottom of our "Content page." Let us know if you'​d like more details on any of our events, and we hope to see you in Minneapolis later this summer and Paris this fall!

Finally, we'​ll spending the next month or two upgrading our virtual event capabilities, just in case, and we'​ll be launching a series of Webinars and online events in coming weeks. Mark your calendars for our inaugural event, a "Money Fund Update & Product Training," which will take place on May 21 at 2pm Eastern. (MFI subscribers will be invited and we'​ll put a notice on the website.)

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