On June 11, the Money Market Funds Regulations 2018 (MMFR) were published and set to go into effect on July 21. The MMFR relates to the EU Regulation on Money Market Funds (EU MMF Regulation), and ensures the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) can authorize money market funds (MMFs) and enforce the MMFR from the day that the EU MMF Regulation goes into effect.

The MMFR amends the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA) to allow the FCA to authorize funds as MMFs, as well as to exercise regulatory powers over MMFs. It further amends FSMA to grant the FCA powers to authorize, and intervene in respect of, unit trusts and contractual schemes (both being subsets of MMFs).
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On October 18, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (Division) released an interpretive advisory for futures commission merchants (FCMs) that addressed implementation of a recent no-action letter regarding investments in money market funds (MMFs).

Recent changes to Securities and Exchange Commission rules would have prohibited FCMs from investing customer funds in MMFs that invest primarily in corporate debt securities (Prime MMFs), or MMFs that invest primarily in US government securities and that voluntarily elect to be subject to liquidity fees or redemption restrictions (Electing Government MMFs).
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