| Morgan Stanley Inst Liq Prime MMP Inst (MPFXX) | 3.92 |
| BlackRock Lq TempCash Inst (TMCXX) | 3.92 |
| Federated Hermes Inst Prime Obligs IS (POIXX) | 3.90 |
| JPMorgan Prime MM Capital (CJPXX) | 3.89 |
| Western Asset Prem Inst Liq Res Capital (WAAXX) | 3.87 |
| Morgan Stanley IL Liq MMP Wealth (MWMXX) | 3.94 |
| Invesco Premier Institutional (IPPXX) | 3.90 |
| Allspring MMF Prm (WMPXX) | 3.90 |
| First American Ret Prime Obligs X (FXRXX) | 3.89 |
| JPMorgan Liquid Assets Capit (CJLXX) | 3.88 |
| Vanguard Municipal MMF (VMSXX) | 3.22 |
| Federated Hermes Inst Tax-Fr Cash Tr Pr (FTFXX) | 3.22 |
| JPMorgan Inst Tax Free MM Capital (JOCXX) | 3.17 |
| Western Asset Select Tax Free Res Sel (CIFXX) | 3.13 |
| BlackRock Liq MuniCash Inst (MCSXX) | 3.13 |
ICI's latest monthly "Trends in Mutual Fund Investing - August 2026" and "Month-End Portfolio Holdings of Taxable Money Funds" show money fund totals increasing $71.3 billion, or 0.9%, in August to $7.928 trillion. MMFs increased by $711.8 billion, or 9.9%, over the past 12 months (through 8/31/26). Money funds' August asset increase follows a decrease of $43.7 billion in July, an increase of $75.9 billion in June, $157.2 billion in May, a decrease of $100.5 billion in April and $16.9 billion in March, and an increase of $59.9 billion in February. Bond fund assets increased $35.0 billion to $5.717 trillion in August 2026. (Note: Thanks once more to those of you who attended our European Money Fund Symposium in Paris last week! Mark your calendars for next year's show in London, Sept. 23-24, 2027!)
MFI PDF September 2026 Issue |
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The September 2026 issue of Money Fund Intelligence features: “WSJ: Investors Cling to Cash; MMFs Not Trailing Inflation,” which reviews recent coverage of investors holding cash in money market funds; “European Money Fund Assets Hit Record $1.7 Tril.; Holdings,” which discusses the latest MFI International asset and portfolio holdings data; and, “Digital Deals Proliferate: New Focus on Asia, Corporates,” which covers new tokenized fund and digital cash deals. Each monthly issue of Money Fund Intelligence features news, performance information and rankings on money market mutual funds. Statistics include: assets, weighted average maturity, weighted average life, expense ratio, 7-day yield, 30-day yield, 1-year, 3-yr, 5-yr, 10-yr, and since inception return, as well as 7- and 30-day 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, and include online access to archived issues and additional features. Bulk discounts and site licenses are available. Write info@cranedata.com or call 1-508-439-4419 to subscribe or to request more information. |
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 August 31, 2026. (MFI XLS contains percentile rankings, fund family rankings, MNAVs, WLA, portfolio composition, and more).
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