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Money Market Fund Industry Overview 2010 GIOA Conference March 25, 2010. Deborah A. Cunningham, CFA Executive Vice President Chief Investment Officer 10-34457. Money Market Overview. A Review of 2009 Sectors / Regulatory Changes Money Market Funds Taxable Tax-Exempt Offshore Outlook.
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Money Market Fund Industry Overview2010 GIOA ConferenceMarch 25, 2010 Deborah A. Cunningham, CFAExecutive Vice PresidentChief Investment Officer 10-34457
Money Market Overview • A Review of 2009 • Sectors / Regulatory Changes • Money Market Funds • Taxable • Tax-Exempt • Offshore • Outlook
Money Market Industry Focus • 2007 Liquidity Issues – SIV’s • 2008 Credit Issues – Lehman Brothers • 2009 Zero Yield – 0-.25% Target FF Rate • 2010 Regulatory Changes – Supply Constraints
Money Market Yields Source: Bloomberg
Outlook • ON rates increasing • Additional supply • FRB Reverse Repo • Yield Curve begins to steepen • Eventual Fed tightening • Gradual, well-telegraphed • Regulatory Changes
Key Changes to Rule 2a-7 • Should have a maximum WAM of 60 days; • Should have a maximum WAL of 120 days; • Should hold a minimum of 10% in cash, U.S. Treasury securities or securities that convert into cash within one day; • Should hold a minimum of 30% in securities that mature within one week; • Must operate “know your investor” procedures to enable reasonably foreseeable redemption requests to be met; • Must conduct periodic stress testing; • Must disclose portfolio holdings on a monthly basis; and • Must make available to the public the shadow NAV of the fund on a monthly basis, but with a 60 day delay.