This paper uses a quasi-natural experiment to estimate the premium investors are willing to pay to hold money-like assets. The 2014 SEC reform of the money market fund (MMF) industry reduced the money-likeness only of prime MMFs, by increasing the information sensitivity of their shares, and...

On September 16, 2008 following heavy losses on its holdings of Lehman Brothers commercial paper in the wake of the Lehman bankruptcy filing, The Reserve Primary Fund "broke the buck" when its net asset value fell below the $1.00 per share target traditionally maintained by money market mutual...

This paper considers the economic implications of supporting ``prime" money market funds with capital buffers. The main findings are twofold. First, relatively small capital buffers are capable of absorbing daily fluctuations between a fund's shadow price and its amortized cost. The ability to...

Little is known about the factors that affect banks' relative preferences for collateralized and uncollateralized funding. We examine the determinants of the collateralized-uncollateralized funding decision using a unique dataset. We decompose the relative collateralized-uncollateralized funding...

This study examines cross-sectional differences among money market mutual funds (MMMFs) in the context of sponsoring fund families. The study finds that flows to family non-MMMFs are negatively related to family MMMF flows, and family non-MMMF cash flow volatility is positively related to family...

This article discusses the current laws and regulations of Singapore that govern the offer and sale of a closed-end private equity fund's limited partnership (or similar) interests by the fund's sponsor to residents of Singapore. In general: Exemptions are available for offerings restricted to,...