TOKYO, May 15- Struggling to stem a rout in government bond prices, the Bank of Japan said on Wednesday it will pump a massive amount of cash into the Tokyo money market.
TOKYO, May 15- The Bank of Japan offered on Wednesday to pump a massive amount of cash into the Tokyo money market in an attempt to soothe a spike in government-bond yields. The central bank announced on Wednesday it will offer 800 billion yen in one-month funds and 2 trillion yen in one-year funds on Friday.
WASHINGTON, May 7- Staff at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have circulated a long-awaited draft proposing new reforms for the $2.6 trillion money market fund industry, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
UK banks' use of funding from US prime money market funds has continued to decline in early 2013, consistent with their ongoing efforts to reduce reliance on wholesale funding, Fitch Ratings says. US MMF exposures to UK banks fell to 4.3% of assets under management at end-March, a 16% decline over the last nine months and a new low over our period of study.
LONDON, May 07 UK banks' use of funding from US prime money market funds has continued to decline in early 2013, consistent with their ongoing efforts to reduce reliance on wholesale funding, Fitch Ratings says.
WASHINGTON, May 3- The top U.S. securities regulator remained tight-lipped on Friday about the details of her agency's efforts to craft reforms for money market funds, probably disappointing an audience of fund industry executives who gathered in Washington for an annual conference.
WASHINGTON, May 3- The top U.S. securities regulator remained tight-lipped on Friday about the details of her agency's efforts to craft reforms for money market funds, probably disappointing an audience of fund industry executives who gathered in Washington for an annual conference.
WASHINGTON, May 3- The top U.S. securities regulator remained tight-lipped on Friday about the details of her agency's efforts to craft reforms for money market funds, probably disappointing an audience of fund industry executives who gathered in Washington for an annual conference.
WASHINGTON, May 3- The top U.S. securities regulator remained tight-lipped on Friday about the details of her agency's efforts to craft reforms for money market funds, probably disappointing an audience of fund industry executives who gathered in Washington for an annual conference.
NEW YORK, May 2- The U.S. commercial paper market shrank this week to its smallest size since November as money market funds, which are major buyers for this type of debt, have been losing assets, Federal Reserve data released on Thursday showed.
LONDON, May 2- Short-term euro money market rates fell on Thursday after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said the bank was ready for a move to a negative deposit rate.
SHANGHAI, May 2- China's money rates eased on Thursday after a three-day holiday as cash flowed back into the market after banks and their corporate clients wound down a scramble to make tax and reserve escrow payments, traders said.
LONDON, May 1- An ECB rate cut this week would limit moves in the money market in future but may also prevent borderline healthy banks returning to the market and dull its appeal for others. While the European Central Bank is widely expected to cut its main interest rate to a record low 0.5 percent on Thursday, market prices.
PARIS, April 30 Fitch Ratings has affirmed BNP Paribas InstiCash EUR's money market fund rating at' AAAmmf'. The Luxembourg- domiciled money market fund is managed by BNP Paribas Asset Management. As at 12 April 2013, almost 90% of the fund's issuers and counterparties carried the highest short-term rating of' F1+', or equivalent.
U.S. prime money market fund exposure to Eurozone banks declined in March 2013, likely reflecting investor concerns over recent events in Italy and Cyprus, according to Fitch Ratings.
NEW YORK, April 30 U.S. prime money market fund exposure to Eurozone banks declined in March 2013, likely reflecting investor concerns over recent events in Italy and Cyprus, according to Fitch Ratings.
Treasury sells $32 bln 3- year notes, high yield 0.342 pct. NEW YORK, April 9- Prices for longer-dated U.S. The small buyside takedown suggests to us that demand for the 3- year note is not all that huge at the moment, "said Thomas Simons, a money market economist at Jeffries& Co. Thirty-year bonds fell 13/ 32 in price to yield 2.931 percent after the auction.
*Want Want China up ahead of 2012 earnings. HONG KONG, March 5- China shares rebounded from a two-month closing low on Tuesday, lifting Hong Kong markets, led by banks as concerns about policy tightening ebbed after the central bank refrained from draining funds following a sharp dip in rates in the money market.