Tag: money market funds

The slower response to interest-rate changes may benefit retirement plan investors, if the Fed continues to cut.

Instead, they would likely adopt liquidity fees, though Chair Gensler did not say so explicitly.

Opponents say the proposed regulation on mutual funds would create a two-tiered system that disadvantages retail and retirement investors.

The new rules are designed to increase MMF liquidity and protect investors from runs on the funds, starting in 2024.

The firm cited ‘technical’ issues in a letter of acceptance for overstating projections for 8.5 million accounts.

Traders favored stable value funds, with outflows coming from target-date funds and company stocks.

Traders favored equities in the beginning of the third quarter as Wall Street posted gaining, but they preferred fixed-income funds...

The latest data from Alight Solutions show two above-normal trading days in August, with investors favoring equities during 13 of...

Stable value funds topped inflows, while most outflows were from target-date funds, according to Alight Solutions data.

All but three days in the month had net trading flows going from equities to fixed income.

The latest data from Alight Solutions shows 12 above-normal trading days in May.

The latest data from Alight Solutions shows there were no above-normal trading days in April.

’Swing pricing’ and liquidity minimums have at least one large asset manager threatening to exit the market.

Investors had net trading dollars move from equities to fixed income during more than two-thirds of the first quarter’s trading...

The proposed amendments are designed to address potential runs on money market funds during times of market stress.

Vanguard makes changes to money market fund lineup, and S&P Dow Jones Indices announces changes to the DJIA.

Stable value funds took in 64% of the inflows and money market funds, 24%, according to the Alight Solutions 401(k)...

Echoing a move last enacted during the Great Recession, the federal government is reportedly seeking to temporarily guarantee money market...

Since their introduction, TDFs usage has grown to dominate the retirement plan investment landscape, and innovation will continue this growth.

Among other things, the agency found some TDFs had marketing materials with asset allocation disclosures that differed from the TDFs’...