Citi Launches Solutions for New Money Market Fund Regulations
Citi’s Global Transaction Services has announced that its investor services business is launching a complete range of services designed specifically to help fund clients comply with new money market rules put forth by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In particular, the new offerings help funds with the implementation and monitoring of liquidity, maturity and credit quality limits as well as reporting and disclosure requirements as required by the new amendments to the Rule 2a-7 regulations.
“Citi’s expanded suite of money market capabilities will enable our clients to respond swiftly and thoroughly to the required regulations without additional resources or infrastructure investments,” said Bob Wallace, North America head of Citi’s securities and fund services.
As a key component of the suite of money market services, Citi has developed enhanced monitoring capabilities to address the new limits on weighted average maturity and holdings in illiquid and lower quality securities. The solution measures daily and weekly liquid asset levels and the weighted average life of a money market portfolio.
Citi’s capabilities also include support for the new stress test requirement. The analytical tools test the fund’s ability to maintain a stable net asset value per share based upon certain hypothetical events, such as increases in short-term interest rates, increases in shareholder redemptions, downgrades or defaults of portfolio securities, and widening or narrowing of spreads between yields on an appropriate benchmark. The scenario analyses can also be combined, as suggested by the SEC.
In addition, monthly money market fund (MMF) disclosure and reporting requirements are supported by the expanded capabilities. Citi will provide data and coordinate with fund advisors for the completion of new Form N-MFP and assist in the monthly website postings of portfolio holdings.