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Money Fund Industry Embraces SEC’s Rules

The SEC's changes were less threatening than rule-making by the Financial Stability Oversight Council.

By Dave Michaels, Bloomberg | Updated on July 24, 2014

Given a choice between a regulator whose mission is to promote growth through investment, or an unfamiliar committee dominated by the Federal Reserve, the mutual-fund industry opted for the devil it knew.

The threat of regulation by the Financial Stability Oversight Council, an umbrella group charged with monitoring regulators’ blind spots, encouraged fund companies to negotiate with the Securities and Exchange Commission on new rules for money-market mutual funds that were approved yesterday. The strongest provisions affect funds that hold about one-third of the industry’s assets, while those catering to retail investors and holding U.S. government securities were exempted.

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