Gerald Lins Discusses Developments in Money Market Funds

On this edition, Gerald Lins, General Counsel of a major investment management firm, and co-author of Regulation of Investment Companies, published by LexisNexis Matthew Bender, provides background on money market funds, recent controversies surrounding them and reforms being considered. He reviews proposals involving funds having a floating net asset value, having a capital buffer, having a liquidity fee, and a liquidity facility for prime money market funds. Copyright© 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Visit www.lexisnexis.com/community/corpsec.