| Dreyfus Cash Mgmt Institutional (DICXX) | 1.27 |
| UBS Select Prime Money Mkt Pref (SPPXX) | 1.26 |
| Wells Fargo Heritage Sel (WFJXX) | 1.25 |
| Morgan Stanley Inst Liq MMP Inst (MPUXX) | 1.24 |
| JPMorgan Prime MM Capital (CJPXX) | 1.22 |
| Fidelity Inv MM: MM Port Inst (FNSXX) | 1.27 |
| First American Ret Prime Obligs X (FXRXX) | 1.22 |
| Federated Prime Cash Oblig WS (PCOXX) | 1.21 |
| JPMorgan Liquid Assets Capit (CJLXX) | 1.21 |
| BlackRock Money Market Port Inst (PNIXX) | 1.19 |
| Federated Municipal Obligs WS (MOFXX) | 0.84 |
| Deutsche Tax-Exempt Money Fund (DTBXX) | 0.83 |
| Northern Trust Municipal MMkt (NOMXX) | 0.81 |
| Wells Fargo Muni Cash Mg MM Prem (EMMXX) | 0.79 |
| Schwab Municipal MF Sel (SWLXX) | 0.77 |
Money Market News
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission released its latest "Money Market Fund Statistics" summary last week. It shows that total money fund assets were up $46.2 billion in September to $3.034 trillion, with Prime funds increasing for the 9th month in a row. Prime MMFs gained $22.8 billion (after gaining $16.8 billion in August, $9.5 billion in July, and $4.0 billion in June) to $664.5 billion. Government money funds increased by $24.5 billion, while Tax Exempt MMFs fell by $1.0 billion. Gross yields were flat for Prime MMFs, but they increased for Tax Exempt MMFs. The SEC's Division of Investment Management summarizes monthly Form N-MFP data and includes asset totals and averages for yields, liquidity levels, WAMs, WALs, holdings, and other money market fund trends. We review their latest numbers below.
Inside Money Fund Intelligence
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 The October 2017 issue of Money Fund Intelligence features: "Money Fund Reform One Year Later; Slow Recovery, Changes," which reviews the past year since radical reforms were implemented; "IMMFA's Lowe on European Money Fund Reforms, LVNAV," which excerpts from the IMMFA Secretary General's recent keynote speech; and, "Worldwide MMF Assets: China Surges, Ireland Up," which reviews MMF assets in different countries. 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 Sept. 30, 2017. (MFI XLS contains percentile rankings, fund family rankings, MNAVs, WLA, portfolio composition, and more). 
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Oct 23
Schwab Earnings Talk MMFs
The Charles Schwab Corporation's latest quarterly earnings release mentions money market funds and cash in a couple of places. CEO Walt Bettinger says, "We continue to leverage our scale to provide products and services that help investors achieve their goals, while delivering great value and making it easier for ...
Oct 20
Prime Up Yet Again, 21% YTD
Oct 19
FT Alphaville on FICC Repo
Oct 18
OFR Updates MMF Monitor
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Oct 18
Bird Goes to Goldman
Alex Bird is now a Vice President of Liquidity Solutions at Goldman Sachs. He was previously with The Liquidity Marketplace and State Street FundConnect.
Oct 02
Federated's McGonigle Passes
We were saddened to learn that Federated Vice Chairman John McGonigle passed away. McGonigle was a giant of the money market fund industry, one of the foremost experts on money fund regulations in the world. Our deepest condolences to his family and colleagues at Federated. See the Obituary here.
Sep 18
ICI's Collins Replacing Reid
A press release entitled, "ICI's Sean Collins Promoted to Chief Economist" tells us, "The Investment Company Institute (ICI) announced today that Sean Collins will be promoted to serve as chief economist, effective January 1, 2018 ... following ... retirement of current ICI Chief Economist Brian Reid.... Collins will report to ICI President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens."
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Start making plans for Crane's Money Fund University, our "basic training" event, which will be held January 18-19, 2018, in Boston, Mass. Visit www.cranesmfuniversity.com for details or ask us to see the latest brochure. Also, thanks to those who attended our recent European Money Fund Symposium in Paris! Next year's event will be Sept. 24-25, 2018, in London. (See www.euromfs.com for more in coming months.) Our next Bond Fund Symposium (www.cranesbfsymposium.com) will be held March 22-23, 2018, in Los Angeles, Calif., and our next big show, the Money Fund Symposium (www.cranesmfsymposium.com) will take place June 25-27, 2018, in Pittsburgh, Pa. We’d be happy to discuss any of these events further, and we hope to see you in Boston, LA or Pittsburgh, or London next year!
Bond Fund Portfolio Holdings
Contact Pete to see our new Bond Fund Portfolio Holdings data set, or to request the latest issue of our Bond Fund Intelligence newsletter and BFI XLS performance data spreadsheet. Crane Data began publishing Bond Fund Intelligence and tracking the bond mutual fund marketplace in 2015, and we've been "beta-testing" a monthly collection of portfolio holdings of ultra-short and short-term bond funds over the past several months. We continue to expand our readership, coverage and product lineup, and we will be unveiling a new Bond Fund Wisdom product suite this summer. (See below for details on our new Bond Fund Symposium conference.) Watch for a BFI Daily product and a website dedicated to this space too in the coming year. Visit our Content Center to access the latest BFI, BFI XLS and BF Holdings issues and archives, as well as materials from our recent Bond Fund Symposium.