Money Market News
Crane Data's latest monthly Money Fund Portfolio Holdings statistics will be sent out Monday, and we'll be writing our regular monthly update on the new December data for Tuesday's News. But we also already uploaded a separate and broader Portfolio Holdings data set based on the SEC's Form N-MFP filings on Friday. (We continue to merge the two series, and the N-MFP version is now available via our Portfolio Holdings file listings to Money Fund Wisdom subscribers.) Our new N-MFP summary, with data as of December 31, includes holdings information from 987 money funds (down 1 from last month), representing assets of $8.298 trillion (up from $8.056 trillion a month ago). Prime MMFs rose to $1.229 trillion (down slightly from $1.229 trillion), or 14.8% of the total. We review the new N-MFP data and we also look at our revised MMF expense data, which shows charged expenses were mostly flat and money fund revenues rose to $21.6 billion (annualized) in December.
Crane Data's latest monthly Money Fund Market Share rankings show assets sharply higher among the largest U.S. money fund complexes in December, after also jumping in November. Assets have increased in 17 of the past 18 months (only April 2025 saw declines). Money market fund assets rose by $123.5 billion, or 1.5%, last month to a record $8.111 trillion. Total MMF assets have increased by $398.8 billion, or 5.2%, over the past 3 months, and they've increased by $930.2 billion, or 13.0%, over the past 12 months. The largest increases among the 25 largest managers last month were seen by JPMorgan, Fidelity, BlackRock, Federated Hermes and Morgan Stanley, which grew assets by $40.7 billion, $36.1B, $28.4B, $16.1B and $14.3B, respectively. Declines in December were seen by American Funds, Vanguard, Allspring, PGIM and Columbia, which decreased by $31.5 billion, $7.5B, $6.8B, $1.6B and $876M, respectively. Our domestic U.S. "Family" rankings are available in our MFI XLS product, our global rankings are available in our MFI International product. The combined "Family & Global Rankings" are available to Money Fund Wisdom subscribers. We review the latest market share totals, and look at money fund yields, which were lower in December.
The January issue of our flagship Money Fund Intelligence newsletter, which was sent to subscribers Thursday morning, features the articles: "Yields Drop to 3.6%; Assets Break Through $8.1 Trillion," which discusses the decline in yields but continued jump in assets; "ICI: Worldwide MMFs Jump in Q3'25 to $12.7T; China $2T," which looks at the latest MMF statistics outside the U.S.; and "Top Money Funds of 2025; 17th Annual MFI Awards," which reviews the best performing MMFs of 2025. We also sent out our MFI XLS spreadsheet Thursday a.m., and we've updated our Money Fund Wisdom database with 12/31/25 data. Our January Money Fund Portfolio Holdings are scheduled to ship on Monday, Jan. 12, and our January Bond Fund Intelligence is scheduled to go out on Thursday, Jan. 15.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston posted a research paper, "A Framework for Understanding the Vulnerabilities of New Money-Like Products." It states, "Money and money-like assets are central components of our financial system and economy. As such, the recent emergence of new types of nonbank money-like products, such as stablecoins, tokenized money market funds (MMFs), and money market exchange-traded funds (MMETFs), could be transformative for finance. These nonbank products may offer significant potential benefits, such as enhanced liquidity and higher returns for investors as well as reduced costs for a wide range of transactions, from everyday consumer purchases to large international deals. At the same time, like other money-like assets, such as uninsured deposits and MMFs, the new products can be susceptible to costly, disruptive runs and thus contribute to financial system vulnerabilities."
Money fund yields (7-day, annualized, simple, net) increased by 1 bp to 3.58% on average during the week ended Friday, January 2 (as measured by our Crane 100 Money Fund Index), after decreasing 1 bp the week prior. Fund yields should inch lower in coming days as they digest the last of the Fed's Dec. 10 25 bps rate cut. Yields were 3.58% on 12/31/25, 3.78% on 11/30, 3.90% on 10/31, 3.94% on 9/30, 4.11% on 8/31, 4.12% on 7/31, 4.13% on 6/30, 4.14% on 3/31/25 and 4.28% on average on 12/31/24. MMFs averaged 4.75% on 9/30/24, 5.10% on 6/28/24, 5.14% on 3/31/24 and 5.20% on 12/31/23.
Happy New Year! We hope you had a nice Holiday season and break. Crane Data is ramping up preparations for its 2026 conference calendar. We hosted our latest "basic training" Money Fund University event a little over 2 weeks ago, and we're now getting ready for our next show, Bond Fund Symposium, which is March 19-20, 2026, in Boston, Mass. But our focus will soon shift to our big show, Crane's Money Fund Symposium, which will take place June 24-26, 2026 at The Hyatt Regency Jersey City, in Jersey City, NJ. The draft agenda for the largest gathering of money market fund managers and cash investors in the world is now available and registrations are now being taken. Money Fund Symposium attracts money fund managers, marketers and servicers, cash investors, money market securities dealers, issuers, and regulators. We review the MFS preliminary agenda, as well as Crane Data's other 2026 conferences, below.
The Investment Company Institute's latest weekly "Money Market Fund Assets" report shows money fund assets surging higher by $59.9 billion to a record $7.733 trillion after increasing by $7.5 billion the previous week. Assets have risen in 13 of the last 15 weeks and 21 of the past 24 weeks. MMF assets are up by $883 billion, or 12.9%, over the past 52 weeks (through 12/30/25), with Institutional MMFs up $541 billion, or 13.1% and Retail MMFs up $342 billion, or 12.5%. Year-to-date, MMF assets are also up by $883 billion, or 12.9%, with Institutional MMFs up $541 billion, or 13.1% and Retail MMFs up $342 billion, or 12.5%. (Note: Happy New Year from Crane Data! Thanks for your readership and support in 2025 and best of luck in 2026!)
The Investment Company Institute's latest monthly "Trends in Mutual Fund Investing - November 2025" and "Month-End Portfolio Holdings of Taxable Money Funds" show money fund totals increasing $107.7 billion, or 1.4%, in November to a record $7.575 trillion. MMFs have increased by $862.0 billion, or 12.8%, over the past 12 months (through 11/30/25). Money funds' November asset increase follows an increase of $146.8 billion in October, $104.5 billion in September, $123.4 billion in August, $69.0 billion in July, $29.3 billion in June and $84.7 billion in May. Assets decreased $63.8 billion in April and $10.9 billion in March. But they increased $99.0 billion in February, $31.9 billion in January and $139.3 billion in December. They rose $171.5 billion last November. Bond fund assets increased $32.4 billion to $5.501 trillion, and bond ETF assets increased to $2.22 trillion in November 2025.
Money market mutual fund assets surged by $76.4 billion on Friday (12/26), breaking the $8.1 trillion barrier for the first time ever and hitting a record $8.104 trillion, according to our Money Fund Intelligence Daily. Assets have risen $94.8 billion in the week through Friday and they've jumped by $121.7 billion in December month-to-date (through 12/26). Year-to-date in 2025, they've gained $930.3 billion (13.0%) in assets. MMF assets increased by $132.8 billion in November, $142.1 billion in October, $105.2 billion in September and $132.0 billion in August. They rose by $63.7 billion in July, $6.7 billion in June and $100.9 billion in May. But MMFs decreased $24.4 billion in April. Assets increased by $2.8 billion in March, $94.2 billion in February, $52.8 billion in January, and $110.9 billion last December. (Note: Happy Holiday and Happy New Year from Crane Data and Money Fund Intelligence!)
On Dec. 4, Crane Data published a "Link of the Day," "Irish Funds Post Tokenization Paper," which quoted from a press release on the paper, "Mind the Gap: Operational Considerations for the Tokenisation of Irish-Domiciled Funds." Today, we quote from the full piece, which says, "Ireland is a leading EU domicile for fund products notably in the money market funds (MMFs) space, in private asset strategies and has been at the forefront of innovation for exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Ireland offers a robust regulatory framework, global distribution reach, and operational expertise. Tokenisation, through the use of DLT, presents a transformative opportunity for funds by enabling faster settlement, enhanced transparency, and unlocking innovative and new functionality opportunities.... MMFs may benefit from real-time cash management and automated compliance."
The Investment Company Institute's latest weekly "Money Market Fund Assets" report shows money fund assets inching higher by $7.5 billion to a record $7.673 trillion after increasing by $10.7 billion the previous week. Assets have risen in 12 of the last 14 weeks and 20 of the past 23 weeks. MMF assets are up by $868 billion, or 12.7%, over the past 52 weeks (through 12/23/25), with Institutional MMFs up $513 billion, or 12.5% and Retail MMFs up $355 billion, or 13.1%. Year-to-date, MMF assets are up by $823 billion, or 12.0%, with Institutional MMFs up $490 billion, or 11.9% and Retail MMFs up $333 billion, or 12.2%. (Note: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Crane Data! Thanks again to those who attended our Money Fund University in Pittsburgh last week. Attendees and subscribers may access the conference materials via our "Money Fund University 2025 Download Center.")
J.P. Morgan Asset Management recently published a "Liquidity Insight" titled, "Tokenization: Transforming Money Market Funds for the Digital Era." They write, "The financial industry is undergoing a profound transformation as tokenization reshapes how money market funds are structured, traded, and accessed. As blockchain technology moves further into mainstream finance, tokenized money market funds are emerging as one of the most impactful applications." (Note: Merry Christmas and thanks again to those who attended our Money Fund University in Pittsburgh last week! Attendees and subscribers may access the conference materials via our "Money Fund University 2025 Download Center.")
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