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Webinar on New Research on Money Market Funds’ “Shadow Pricing” and Historical Data 

The Investment Company Institute (ICI) hosted a webinar and conference call on January 25, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. EST in Washington, DC to present new research on money market funds, titled Pricing of U.S. Money Market Funds.

HIGHLIGHTS

Speakers:

  • ICI Chief Economist Brian Reid

Topics:

  • Factors that can impact money market funds’ per-share market values, known as “shadow prices.”
  • The SEC’s beginning to publish a snapshot of money market funds’ shadow price data with a 60-day lag starting January 31, 2011—a requirement that was included in the SEC’s adoption of new regulations in January 2010 to require enhanced liquidity, credit quality and maturity standards for money market funds.