| DWS ESG Liduidity Fund (ESIXX) | 2.44 |
| Goldman Sachs FS MM Inst (FSMXX) | 2.38 |
| Federated Inst Prime ObIigs IS (POIXX) | 2.37 |
| State Street Inst Liquid Res Prem (SSIXX) | 2.36 |
| Dreyfus Cash Mgmt Institutional (DICXX) | 2.36 |
| Fidelity Inv MM: MM Port Inst (FNSXX) | 2.37 |
| Vanguard Prime MMF Adm (VMRXX) | 2.36 |
| JPMorgan Liquid Assets Capit (CJLXX) | 2.31 |
| Federated Prime Cash Oblig WS (PCOXX) | 2.29 |
| Goldman Sachs Investor MM Inst (FMJXX) | 2.29 |
| Wells Fargo Muni Cash Mg MM Prem (EMMXX) | 1.62 |
| Vanguard Municipal MMF (VMSXX) | 1.60 |
| Federated Municipal Obligs WS (MOFXX) | 1.60 |
| Fidelity Inv MM: Tax Exempt I (FTCXX) | 1.58 |
| Schwab Municipal MF Ultra (SWOXX) | 1.56 |
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Crane Data released its December Money Fund Portfolio Holdings Wednesday, and our most recent collection of taxable money market securities, with data as of Nov. 30, 2018, shows big increases in Treasuries, Repo and CDs. Money market securities held by Taxable U.S. money funds (tracked by Crane Data) increased by $41.7 billion to $3.026 trillion last month, after increasing $61.0 billion in Oct., decreasing by $13.3 billion in Sept. and decreasing $24.1 billion in August. Repo continued to be the largest portfolio segment, breaking over $1.0 in total for the first time, followed by Treasury securities, then Agencies. CP remained fourth ahead of CDs, Other/Time Deposits and VRDNs. Below, we review our latest Money Fund Portfolio Holdings statistics. (Visit our Content center to download the latest files, or contact us to see our latest Portfolio Holdings reports.)
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 The December 2018 issue of Money Fund Intelligence features: "Money Funds Beat Bond Funds; First Time in Decade," which looks at returns and asset flows of bonds vs. MMFs; "JPMorgan Live w/European Reform Lineup; New VNAVs," a review of JPMAM's new VNAV fund ratings; and, "Asset Whiplash from Wed.; WAMs at Record Lows in '18," which reviews a huge drop then spike in assets this week, and fund WAMs. 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 inquiry@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 Nov. 30, 2018. (MFI XLS contains percentile rankings, fund family rankings, MNAVs, WLA, portfolio composition, and more). 
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Dec 13
Bloomberg on "Death of Fed Funds"
Bloomberg writes on "The Death of Fed Funds?" The article says, "The debate to replace the Federal Reserve's key interest rate has begun. Spurred by declining volumes and the dominance of a few participants in the market for fed funds, the central bank has started discussing potential alternative policy ...
Dec 07
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Nov 28
Groark Moves to Western
Tom Groark, formerly with J.P. Morgan Asset Management, is now with Western Asset Management.
Nov 07
Baklanova Joins New York Fed
Viktoria Baklanova has joined the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in a "Financial Risk Oversight" function. She was previously at the Department of Treasury's Office of Financial Research and "will be conducting oversight of counterparties that engage in transactions with FRBNY, including reverse repo activities."
Oct 29
O'Donnell Joins Northern
A press release tells us, "Brian O'Donnell has joined Northern Trust Asset Management as Head of Business Strategy, Enablement and Administration for the Funds and Managed Accounts Group.... O'Donnell joins from BlackRock, where he was Head of Americas Cash & Liquidity Sales and Distribution."
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We hope you'll join us for our next Money Fund University, which will be January 17-18, 2019 in Stamford, Conn. We're also taking registrations for our next Bond Fund Symposium, which will be held March 25-26, 2019 in Philadelphia. Finally, mark your calendars for our next big show, Money Fund Symposium, which will take place June 24-25, 2019, in Boston, and our next European Money Fund Symposium, which will be held Sept. 23-24, 2019, in Dublin. (Watch for details in coming weeks.) We hope to see you in Stamford, Philly, Boston or Dublin in 2019!
Bond Fund Intelligence Daily
Crane Data, which has been tracking money market mutual funds since 2006 and tracking bond funds since 2015, recently launched its high-end bond fund product "suite," Bond Fund Wisdom. We're also conducting a "beta" test of a new Bond Fund Intelligence Daily product. BFI Daily tracks a group of bond funds and ETFs and includes daily asset, yield and NAV changes. Bond Fund Wisdom includes our Bond Fund Intelligence newsletter, our BFI XLS monthly performance spreadsheet and indexes, the new BFI Daily, and our Bond Fund Portfolio Holdings data set. Contact us for a free trial!