Standard and Poor's announced a change to its Principal Stability (
money fund) ratings, allowing exclusion of Federally guaranteed student loans from S&
P'
s "
illiquid basket" criteria. The company says all extendible asset-
backed CP (
XABCP) should be "
illiquid" unless a list of criteria is met.
Money Fund Intelligence, which lists AAA ratings, says triple-
A'
s account for almost 40% of all money fund assets.