SEC Approves New Rules to Address Run Risks in Money Market Funds
On July 12, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") voted, by a 3-2 vote, to adopt money market fund reforms that will significantly impact the regulatory framework governing money market funds ("money funds"...more
The Staff of the Division of Investment Management (Staff) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) has published responses to frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding the SEC’s 2014 amendments...more
In This Issue: - Regulation: Long-Awaited Money Market Fund Rules Adopted - SEC Staff Offers Guidance Regarding Investment Advisers and Proxy Advisory Firms - SEC Staff Closes Loophole on BDC Asset...more
At a meeting held on July 23, 2014, the SEC voted 3-2 to adopt amendments (the “Amendments”) to various regulatory requirements affecting money market funds (“MMFs”). The Amendments, which are set forth in SEC Release No....more
A divided Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted rules that will require floating net asset values (NAVs) for institutional money market funds and give most money market funds the discretion to impose liquidity...more
On July 23, the SEC adopted amendments to the rules that govern money market mutual funds. The new rules require a floating net asset value (NAV) for institutional prime money market funds to fluctuate, which allows the daily...more
Yesterday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), by a vote of 3 to 2, approved amendments to Rule 2a-7 and other rules that govern money market funds under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Amendments”)....more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has proposed sweeping amendments to Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”) and other rules relating to money market funds (“money funds”).1 The...more
Financial Services analysis: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed wide-ranging reforms to the regulation of money market funds (MMFs). But do they go far enough and will they revive investor confidence?...more
The SEC Proposed Money Market Fund Reforms - On Wednesday, June 5, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) voted unanimously to propose rules that would reform the way that certain money market funds...more