MMFs lengthen portfolio maturity post-Covid

- By Lorenzo Migliorato
- 07 Dec 2020

Prime money market funds (MMFs) funnelled cash into longer-dated assets than usual following March’s Covid-induced economic crisis, data from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) shows. The shift was likely prompted by a search for yield by funds starved of it in the current low-rate environment.

The average maturity of portfolio holdings for prime MMFs – those invested in commercial

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