Proposed Money Market Fund Reforms

This webinar addresses the recently proposed money market fund reforms, with a focus on the proposal's swing pricing requirement for institutional money market funds and the requirement for government and retail funds to convert to a floating net asset value if future market conditions result in negative yields.

K&L Gates lawyers are joined by panelists from across the money market fund industry to discuss the substance of the proposed rules, the operational challenges they present, and the potential implications for money market fund sponsors and service providers.

Topics include:

• Swing pricing
• Overview of swing pricing and requirements for its implementation
• Swing factors
• Operational concerns
• Potential Alternatives
• Conversion to floating NAVs in negative interest rate environments
• Removal of ability to implement reverse distribution mechanisms or other stabilizing measures
• Requirements for when a fund would convert to FNAV
• Potential Alternatives