With just 4 months to go, we're ramping up preparations for the 12th Annual Crane's European Money Fund Symposium, which will take place Sept. 24-25 at the Pullman Hotel in Paris, France. The full agenda is now available and registrations are now being taken for our European money market mutual fund event. We provide more details on the show below. Our 2025 European Symposium event in Dublin attracted almost 200 money fund professionals, sponsors and speakers. Given the continued growth in money fund assets, trends like tokenization and expectations for another round of regulatory changes in Europe, we expect our show in Paris to once again be the largest gathering of money market professionals outside the U.S. (Note: We're still taking registrations for our big U.S. Money Fund Symposium show, which is next month, June 24-26, in Jersey City. We look forward to seeing you in NJ!)
"European Money Fund Symposium offers European, global and 'offshore' money market portfolio managers, investors, issuers, dealers and service providers a concentrated and affordable educational experience, and an excellent and informal networking venue," says Crane Data President Peter Crane. "Our mission is to deliver the best possible conference content and experience at an affordable price to money market fund professionals," he adds.
Registration for European Money Fund Symposium is $1,000 USD. EMFS will be held at the Hotel Pullman Paris La Defense. Hotel rooms must be booked before August 3 to receive our discounted rate of E250. Visit www.craneeurosymposium.com to register, and contact us to request the PDF brochure. (Let us know too if you'd like information on sponsorships or speaking in future years too.)
The EMFS agenda features sessions conducted by many of the leading authorities on money funds in Europe and worldwide. The Day One Agenda for Crane's European Money Fund Symposium includes: "Welcome to European Money Fund Symposium" with Peter Crane of Crane Data; followed by an "IMMFA Update: The State of MMFs in Europe" with Veronica Iommi of IMMFA and Alastair Sewell of Aviva Investors; "French Money Fund & Money Market Outlook" with Marc Fleury of BNP Paribas A.M and Vanessa Robert of Moody's Ratings; and, "Senior Portfolio Manager Perspectives," with moderator Dan Singer of J.P. Morgan Securities, Johan du Plessis of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Ketan Shah of Legal & General Investment Management, and Geeta Sharma of BlackRock.
The afternoon will consist of: "Sterling & U.K. Money Fund Issues" with Harm Carstens of DWS Investment and Paul Mueller of Invesco; "Euro & ESG Money Funds; Step CP Overview" with David Callahan of Lombard Odier Investment Management and Amandine Maes of the European Money Markets Institute; "Repo, Trading Platforms & Money Market Portals," with David Skingle of Barclays and Darren Wilson of State Street; and lastly, "Ultra-Short Bond Funds, ETF MMFs & Alt-Cash" with Warren Clayton-Howe of Invesco and Neil Hutchison of J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
The Day Two Agenda includes: "Continental & European Money Market Funds" with Corrado Camera of ICI Global, Michael Mango of S&P Global Ratings and Rudolf Siebel of BVI; "Tokenized Money Funds & Tech Issues" with Brenden Carroll of Dechert LLP, Sam Jacob of BNY and Rachel Thornton of Northern Trust; and, "U.S. Money Fund & USD Market Update" with Peter Crane of Crane Data and Rob Sabatino of UBS Asset Management.
The afternoon of day 2 will include: "Asian & Chinese Money Fund Update" with Minyue Wang of Fitch Ratings; "Dealer & Issuer Supply; CP & ABCP Roundtable" with Stewart Cutler of Barclays, Kieran Davis of Nearwater Capital and Marianne Medora of Groupe BPCE/Natixis; "Strategists Speak: Euro MM Update" with Sophia Salim of BofA Securities; and a "Regulatory Review & Potential Reforms" with Dennis Gepp of Federated Hermes and John Hunt of Sullivan & Worcester LLP.
Also, we're starting to make plans for our next Crane's Money Fund University, which will be held in Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 17-18, 2026. Money Fund University covers the history of money funds, interest rates, regulations (Rule 2a-7), ratings, rankings, money market instruments such as commercial paper, CDs and Treasuries, and portfolio construction and credit analysis. We also include segments on offshore money funds and ultra-short bond funds. Money Fund University's comprehensive program is good for both beginners and experienced professionals looking for a refresher.
Mark your calendars too for our next Bond Fund Symposium, which will be held in Philadelphia on March 22-23, 2027. (Click here to see last year's agenda.) Bond Fund Symposium is the only conference devoted entirely to bond mutual funds, bringing together bond fund managers, marketers, and professionals with fixed-income issuers, investors and service providers. The majority of the content is aimed at the growing ultra-short and conservative ultra-short bond fund marketplace.
Finally, Crane Data is making final preparations for our big show, Money Fund Symposium, which is scheduled for June 24-26, 2026 in Jersey City, N.J. The agenda has been finalized and registrations are still being taken.
Money Fund Symposium attracts money fund managers, marketers and servicers, cash investors, money market securities dealers, issuers, and regulators for 2 1/2 days of sessions, socializing and networking. Visit the MF Symposium website at www.moneyfundsymposium.com for more details. Registration is $1,000. Alas, our hotel block is sold out, but some nearby hotels still have space. We hope you'll join us next month in Jersey City! (E-mail us at info@cranedata.com to request the full brochure.)
Let us know if you'd like more details on any of our events, and we hope to also see you in Paris in September, in Greenwich in December, or in Philadelphia in March 2027. Thanks to all of our speakers, sponsors and attendees for your support!
