excerpt/ The Unintended Consequences of These New Rules Could Kill the Rally - Or Worse
by Shah Gilani
Dear Wall Street Insights & Indictments Reader,
Starting October 14, 2016, institutional prime money market funds won't be able to price themselves at a constant $1.00 a share.
New SEC rules will require these giant funds to value shares based on actual market prices for underlying assets in their portfolios.
That means their per-share prices will fluctuate on a daily basis.
While that's not exactly good news, it gets worse.
The rules allow funds to charge up to a 2% redemption fee when investors want out.
But the killer is, funds can put up "gates" that prevent investors from selling shares.
Besides problems investors will have with the new rules, unintended consequences affecting companies and municipalities that rely on selling their commercial paper and other short-term debt instruments to these big funds could end up killing the market.
Starting October 14, 2016, institutional prime money market funds won't be able to price themselves at a constant $1.00 a share.
New SEC rules will require these giant funds to value shares based on actual market prices for underlying assets in their portfolios.
That means their per-share prices will fluctuate on a daily basis.
While that's not exactly good news, it gets worse.
The rules allow funds to charge up to a 2% redemption fee when investors want out.
But the killer is, funds can put up "gates" that prevent investors from selling shares.
Besides problems investors will have with the new rules, unintended consequences affecting companies and municipalities that rely on selling their commercial paper and other short-term debt instruments to these big funds could end up killing the market.
