Private Placement 3c-7 Funds Attracting Interest Says Business Finance. In a recent article, "
Cash Diets, Nimble Companies" in
Business Finance, a publication picked up at the
Treasury Management Association of New England show last week, we found a mention of "
enhanced cash" funds. The article says these
3c-7 funds are growing in popularily, normally limit liquidity to T+
1, and yield 5-
10 basis points over money funds, citing
Christopher Martin of
JPMorgan Chase Liquidity Products. "
Cash-
plus", "
money fund-
plus" or "
enhanced cash" funds are offered by most large institutional cash managers, including:
American Beacon,
Barclays,
BlackRock,
Columbia,
Evergreen,
General Electric,
Lehman,
Morgan Stanley,
The Reserve and
Western. The
Crane Enhanced Cash Index, which tracks these funds, returned 5.
37% annualized for the month of March 2007 vs. 5.
15% for the
Crane Institutional Money Fund Index.