"Treasury funds are riskier than you thought" writes Financial Week, joining the debate over whether prime money funds are safer than Treasury money funds. "Surprisingly, new research indicates that these "prime" funds may be safer than Treasury funds as well, thanks to their diversification. John Bilson, a finance professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, recently published research in support of this contrarian idea, in an attempt to influence a Securities and Exchange Commission debate that currently favors Treasury money funds," says FW.