Crane Data released its October Money Fund Portfolio Holdings data last week, and our latest collection of taxable money market securities, with data as of Sept. 30, 2013, shows a jump in Repos (the debut of the tri-party repo program from the New York Fed added $44.7 billion to repo totals), CDs and Agencies, increases in VRDNs, Treasuries and Treasuries, and a sharp drop in CP and "Other" holdings (which includes Time Deposits). Money market securities held by Taxable U.S. money funds overall (those tracked by Crane Data) increased by $55.3 billion in September to $2.472 trillion. Portfolio assets rose by $1.1 billion in August and $68.9 billion in July, but fell $30.1 billion in June. CDs remained the largest holding among taxable money funds, followed by Repo, then Treasuries, CP, Agencies, Other, and VRDNs. Money funds' European-affiliated holdings (including repo) dropped to 27.5%. Below, we review our latest portfolio holdings statistics.
Among all taxable money funds, Certificates of Deposit (CD) holdings increased by $14.2 billion to $524.8 billion, or 21.2% of holdings. Repurchase agreement (repo) holdings moved into the second largest holdings spot with a jump of $41.4 billion to $489.0 billion, or 19.8% of fund assets. Even with concerns over the debt ceiling, Treasury holdings increased by $8.1 billion to $483.0 billion (19.5% of holdings) but dropped into the third place spot. Commercial Paper (CP), the fourth largest segment, plunged $22.5 billion to $391.8 billion (15.9% of holdings). Government Agency Debt increased by $14.2 billion; it now totals $362.8 billion (14.7% of assets). Other holdings, which include Time Deposits, fell by $11.7 billion to $162.8 billion (6.6% of assets). VRDNs held by taxable funds rebounded by $11.7 billion to $57.5 billion (2.3% of assets). (Crane Data's Tax Exempt fund data was released in a separate series on Friday.)
Among Prime money funds, CDs still represent about one-third of holdings, or 34.0%, followed by Commercial Paper (25.4%). The CP totals are primarily Financial Company CP (13.9% of holdings) with Asset-Backed CP making up 6.2% and Other CP (non-financial) making up 5.3%. Prime funds also hold 7.0% in Agencies, 6.3% in Treasury Debt, 2.3% in Other Instruments, 5.5% in Other Notes, and 2.6% in Other (including Time Deposits). Prime money fund holdings tracked by Crane Data total $1.544 trillion, or 62.5% of taxable money fund holdings' total of $2.472 trillion.
European-affiliated holdings decreased by $42 billion in September to $678.7 billion (among all taxable funds and including repos); their share of holdings fell to 27.5%. Eurozone-affiliated holdings fell too (down $8.8 billion) to $375.9 billion in Sept.; they now account for 15.2% of overall taxable money fund holdings. Asia & Pacific related holdings inched up by $2.2 billion to $291.8 billion (11.8% of the total), while Americas related holdings jumped by $94.9 billion to $1.500 trillion (60.7% of holdings).
The Repo totals were made up of: Government Agency Repurchase Agreements (up $2.7 billion to $223.7 billion, or 9.1% of total holdings), Treasury Repurchase Agreements (up $41.4 billion to $197.8 billion, or 8.0% of assets and Other Repurchase Agreements (down $2.8 billion to $67.4 billion, or 2.7% of holdings). The Commercial Paper totals were comprised of Financial Company Commercial Paper (down $26.6 billion to $214.9 billion, or 8.7% of assets), Asset Backed Commercial Paper (up $317 million to $95.2 billion, or 3.9%), and Other Commercial Paper (up $3.8 billion to $81.6 billion, or 3.3%).
The 20 largest Issuers to taxable money market funds as of Sept. 30, 2013, include the US Treasury (19.6%, $483.4 billion), Federal Home Loan Bank (8.7%, $215.7 billion), BNP Paribas (2.6%, $65.1B), Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd (2.5%, $62.7B), Bank of Nova Scotia (2.5%, $60.5B), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Co (2.4%, $58.7B), JP Morgan (2.3%, $57.2B), Federal National Mortgage Association (2.3%, $56.5B), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Co (2.3%, $56.3B), Bank of America (2.2%, $54.9B), Credit Agricole (2.2%, $53.9B), Citi (2.1%, $53.8B), RBC (2.2%, $53.1B), Credit Suisse (1.9%, $46.3B), Barclays Bank (1.8%, $45.5B), Federal Reserve Bank of NY (1.8%, $44.7B), Deutsche Bank AG (1.8%, $43.8B), Bank of Montreal (1.5%, $37.6B), Wells Fargo (1.5%, $37.5B), and Toronto-Dominion Bank (1.5%, $37.3B).
The 10 largest Repo issuers (dealers) (with the amount of repo outstanding and market share among the money funds we track) include: Bank of America ($46.6B, 9.5%), Federal Reserve Bank of New York ($44.7B, 9.1%), BNP Paribas ($42.8B, 8.8%), Goldman Sachs ($29.8B, 6.1%), Barclays ($29.8B, 6.1%), Citi ($28.8B, 5.9%), Credit Agricole ($26.7B, 5.5%), RBC ($25.1B, 5.1%), Credit Suisse ($24.2B, 4.9%), and Deutsche Bank ($23.9B, 4.9%).
The 10 largest CD issuers include: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Co ($50.8B, 9.7%), Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd (8.6% $44.7B, 8.6%), Bank of Nova Scotia ($36.6B, 7.0%), Bank of Montreal ($33.4B, 6.4%), Toronto-Dominion Bank ($30.3B, 5.8%), Rabobank ($21.1B, 4.0%), Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd ($196B, 3.7%), National Australia Bank Ltd ($17.4B, 3.3%), Credit Suisse ($14.8B, 2.8%), and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce ($13.9B, 2.7%). The 10 largest CP issuers include: JP Morgan ($25.2B, 7.7%), Commonwealth Bank of Australia ($15.4B, 4.7%), Westpac Banking Co ($14.7B, 4.5%), General Electric ($12.3B, 3.8%), FMS Wertmanagement ($12.1B, 3.7%), Toyota ($10.8B, 3.3%), RBC ($10.3B, 3.1%), NRW.Bank ($10.1B, 3.1%), HSBC ($9.4B, 2.9%), and DnB NOR Bank ASA ($9.4B, 2.9%).
The largest increases among Issuers of money market securities (including Repo) in September were shown by: Federal Reserve Bank of New York (up $44.7B to $44.7B), Federal Home Loan Bank (up $18.8B to $215.7B), Credit Agricole (up $11.6B to $53.9B), US Treasury (up $8.0B to $483.4B), BNP Paribas (up $8.0B to $65.1B), and Rabobank (up $6.1B to $26.5B). The largest decreases among Issuers included: Deutsche Bank (down $19.8B to $43.8B), Societe Generale (down $17.4B to $31.2B), Lloyds TSB Bank Plc (down $13.1B to $12.3B), Barclays (down $9.7B to $45.5B), Swedbank AB (down $7.6B to $10.1B), and DnB NOR Bank ASA (down $7.5B to $23.5B).
The United States is still by far the largest segment of country-affiliations with 51.4%, or $1.271 trillion. Canada remained in second place (9.2%, $227.7B) ahead of France (8.6%, $212.7B). Japan was again fourth (7.3%, $181.2B) and the UK (4.9%, $122.0B) remained fifth. Sweden (3.8%, $93.3B) and Australia (3.6%, $90.0B) moved into sixth and seventh place ahead of Germany (3.3%, $80.7B) among country-affiliated securities and dealers. The Netherlands (3.0%, $73.0B) and Switzerland (2.6%, $63.5B) continued to round out the top 10. (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 Sept. 30, 2013, Taxable money funds held 22.2% of their assets in securities maturing Overnight, and another 13.2% maturing in 2-7 days (35.5% total in 1-7 days). Another 20.9% matures in 8-30 days, while 25.0% matures in the 31-90 day period. The next bucket, 91-180 days, holds 14.4% of taxable securities, and just 4.2% matures beyond 180 days.
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