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Highest-Yielding Money Market Funds ranked by 7-Day yield ( as of May 17, 2012 )
Institutional Money Funds 7-Day Yield%
Reich Tang Natixis Lq PP Trs (LQTXX) 0.27
BMO Prime MMkt Fund I (MAIXX) 0.24
DWS Daily Assets Fund Instit (DAFXX) 0.24
Fidelity Inst MM: MM Port Inst (FNSXX) 0.24
BlackRock Cash Inst MMF Inst (BGIXX) 0.23
Retail Money Funds 7-Day Yield%
Invesco Prime Private (SPVXX) 0.12
Invesco Prime Reserve (AIM39) 0.12
Flex-funds Money Mkt Retail (FFMXX) 0.10
Delaware Cash Reserve A (DCRXX) 0.10
Fidelity Select MM Portfolio (FSLXX) 0.10
Tax Exempt Money Funds 7-Day Yield%
BMO Tax-Free MMF I (MFIXX) 0.33
Federated Municipal Obl IS (MOFXX) 0.21
BofA NY Tax-Ex Res Capital (NNYXX) 0.21
BofA MA Muni Res Capital (BOMXX) 0.20
BlackRock Liq MuniCash Inst (MCSXX) 0.20

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Standard & Poor's published a paper entitled, "New Regulatory Rules Likely Will Have A Limited Impact On U.S. Nonbank Financial Company Ratings" last week, which said, "When the global financial markets are in crisis, the risk that one or a few nonbank financial companies could destabilize the financial system rises. In an effort to manage this risk, Title I of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act created the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) under the U.S. Treasury. The FSOC's purpose is to determine whether a nonbank financial company poses a threat to U.S. financial stability. If the FSOC determines that a nonbank financial company poses a threat, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve will supervise the entity and subject it to a higher level of regulatory supervision, known as "prudential standards." The FSOC recently released its final rules and plans for making these determinations."

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Inside Money Fund Intelligence

MFI PDF May 2012 Issue

Largest Money Fund Managers

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The May 2012 issue of Money Fund Intelligence features: "Stalemate: MMF Reform Stalls, Despite Fed Push", which discusses the new thinking that regulations may not be coming after all; "Thrivent's Bill Stouten Says Softer Rhetoric Warranted", our monthly fund "​profile" which interviews Thrivent Money Market Fund manager William Stouten; and, "Donahue Blasts Falsehoods Spread by Regulators", which excerpts the Federated President's recent corrections to the money fund regulatory debate.

Money Fund Intelligence features monthly news and performance information on money market mutual funds. Performance statistics include: assets, average maturity, weighted average life, expense ratios, 7-day yields, 30-day yields, 1-year, 3-yr, 5-yr, 10-yr, and since inception returns, as well as 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, which includes online access to archived issues and additional features. Bulk discounts and site licenses are available. Write info@cranedata.us or call 1-508-439-4419 to subscribe or to request more information.

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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 April 30, 2012. (MFI XLS contains percentile rankings, fund family rankings, "shadow" NAVs, and more).

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Crane Data LLC is a money market and mutual fund information company founded by Peter G. Crane and Shaun Cutts. We collect money market mutual fund, bank savings, and cash investment performance, statistics, and information and distribute rankings, news, and indexes.

Crane Data publishes Money Fund Intelligence, Money Fund Intelligence XLS, MFI Distribution Survey, the Crane Money Fund Indexes, and a series of products tracking money market mutual funds and cash investments. For a sample issue of MFI, e-mail sample@cranedata.us or call us at 1-508-439-4419.

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May 14
Paul Rice Joins Invesco

Paul Rice has joined Invesco as National Director of Liquidity Sales. Rice was previously with Deutsche Bank.

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May 02
Sansone Leaves Dexia

Frank Sansone, formerly Treasurer & Head of Cash & Liquidity, is no longer with Dexia Credit Local.

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Apr 20
Strawn Retiring from Exxon

Kathy Strawn is retiring from her role in Global Cash Management from the Exxon Mobil Corporation at the end of April. We wish her well!

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Money Fund Wisdom

Crane Data's premium database product, Money Fund Wisdom, allows users to build custom historical data queries with money fund peer groups. Wisdom includes our monthly Money Fund Portfolio Holdings collection and offers users access to the entire suite of Money Fund Intelligence products.

Crane's Money Fund Symposium

Our 4th annual Crane's Money Fund Symposium will take place June 20-22, 2012, at The Westin Pittsburgh. Visit www.moneyfundsymposium.com to register or for more details. Mark your calendars for Money Fund University 2013, scheduled for Jan. 24-25, 2013 in New York City, and watch for us at the European Money Fund Summit, Nov. 19-20, in Frankfurt, Germany (www.moneyfundsummit.com).