MutualFundWire.com: SEC Warns Money Fund PMs of Tri Party Repos
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SEC Warns Money Fund PMs of Tri Party Repos


It isn't over until the fat lady sings, and in the case of money fund regulation, she hasn't stopped singing. The recently released a four page guidance, warning money fund PMs and advisers of possible trip party repo defaults, Reuters' Sarah Lynch reports.

The SEC recommended that funds and advisers look over master repurchase agreements and other documentation thoroughly to look for procedures to handle defaults. Ways to prevent future shocks to money market funds and the repo market were notably left unaccounted for in Dodd-Frank, Lynch points out.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council has been on top of things again, as they were in the money fund rule, and are advocating new rules for money funds and repos, and the SEC's guidance establishes that SEC Chairman Mary Jo White may also be interested in getting involved.

The question, again, is: Who is in charge of money fund regulations? And will Mary Jo White prove it's the SEC? Keeping tuning in to find out.

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