Apr
02
Money-Funds Overhaul Spurs Shakeup of Dollar Financing Markets
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Foreign banks shift funding to areas such as repo agreements
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Regulators’ post-crisis reforms mean to avoid repeat of 2008
Regulators’ effort to stamp out risk in the $2.6 trillion U.S. money-fund industry is creating unintended ripple effects across financial markets, with far-reaching consequences for companies and investors.
Far less cash than anticipated has returned to the higher-yielding slice of the money-fund world, after the overhaul that took effect in October led to a $1 trillion exodus from what are known as prime funds. They’ve been the principal buyers of the commercial paper that companies and both foreign and domestic banks have sold for decades to obtain short-term U.S. dollar-denominated financing…
Money-Funds Overhaul Spurs Shakeup of Dollar Financing Markets
