Banking crisis pushed over $286B to money market funds in two weeks: Report

Banking crisis pushed over $286B to money market funds in two weeks: Report

Mar 26. 2023

By Ana Paula Pereira

Many investors have rotated their portfolio investments due to the banking crisis in the past two weeks, injecting billions of dollars on money market funds in the United States.

The banking crisis has led many investors to rotate their portfolio investments in the past two weeks, sending over $286 billion into United States money market funds so far in March, according to Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR) data obtained by the Financial Times.

The top winners from investors flooding cash into U.S. money market funds in the past two weeks are Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Fidelity, according to the figures. Goldman Sachs’ money funds have received $52 billion, a 13% growth, while JPMorgan’s funds poured almost $46 billion, and Fidelity saw inflows of nearly $37 billion, says the FT. The volume of inflows is the biggest for a month since the emergence of the Covid-19 outbreaks.

A money market fund commonly offers high liquidity and low risk, which makes them a popular option for investors during uncertain times. Currently, these funds are offering their best yields in years as the U.S. Federal Reserve keeps raising interest rates to curb inflation.

In the seven days to March 22, the total money market fund assets increased by $117.42 billion to $5.13 trillion, according to a report from the Investment Company Institute. Among taxable money market funds, government funds increased by $131.84 billion and prime funds dropped by $10.83 billion. Tax-exempt money market funds shrank by $3.61 billion.