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Enhanced Cash Report™
Record-low yields for Rule 2a-7 money-market mutual funds have some investors shopping for more yield by accepting some additional principal risk and iMoneyNet’s Enhanced Cash Report™ is the best source to assess options in the fixed-income continuum that spans the space beyond money funds to short-term bond funds. Each quarterly issue provides exclusive in-depth information about more than 230 domestic and offshore portfolios that held some $450 billion in combined assets (as of Sept. 30, 2009). Valuable tools from this trusted source serve asset managers, investors and vendors alike in an evolving market segment.
Features
- Trend Analysis- Enhanced Cash Report™ provides category definitions and details the number of domestic and offshore Cash Plus Funds, Enhanced Cash Funds and Ultrashort Bond Funds, and their respective total assets. Key statistics are compared to what happened in those categories during previous quarters. The Fund News section reports the latest developments affecting funds operating in this space, such as legal action taken against certain fund sponsors whose returns suffered in the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis and its impact on credit markets. Another section, Rating Highlights, reports about funds garnering a new or upgraded rating from a major rating agency or undergoing a rating downgrade or withdrawal and the reasons behind such actions. Fund Alert showcases funds added to the report during the past three months as well as the funds that are no longer reporting to iMoneyNet.
- Portfolio Features and Strategies- Every issue contains sections detailing each reporting portfolio’s features and strategies. Features cited include minimum initial investment amounts, fees and expense structures, performance benchmarks employed, assets, WAMs, durations, and NAV range, plus returns ranging from the most recent quarter out to 5 years. The Strategies section specifies the types of securities each fund is invested in -- and which types of securities may not be held by certain portfolios. In some cases, special notes are added about maximum or minimum concentrations allowed for Treasury, government or investment-grade securities, etc.
- Summary Data- This table shows investors and industry players alike a graphic representation of which types of funds are increasing or decreasing in number and where the asset growth is occurring. The Enhanced Cash Report™ Summary, which tracks U.S.-based portfolios and funds denominated in three non-U.S. currencies (euros, pounds sterling and francs), converts all asset figures to U.S. dollars for easy comparisons.
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