#52026DC0350Commission review of EU money market fund resilience
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The report finds that EU money market funds generally hold enough liquid assets to handle heavy investor withdrawals, including during market stress. It says fund managers typically keep liquidity buffers above the legal minimums and were able to rebuild them after shocks such as COVID-19 market turmoil and the UK LDI crisis. The Commission does not propose new binding minimums. Instead, it points to practical warning levels: 20% weekly liquid assets for variable net asset value funds and 40% for stable net asset value funds. Fund managers and national supervisors are expected to use these levels to spot funds that may need closer monitoring.
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Key Changes
- Confirms that the current EU money market fund framework is broadly effective in managing liquidity risk.
- Sets non-binding weekly liquid asset benchmark levels of 20% for VNAV funds and 40% for CNAV and LVNAV funds.
- Encourages fund managers and national supervisors to increase monitoring when funds stay below those benchmark levels.