Money market funds are generally regarded as a place where you earn an honest amount of interest while keeping your money safely tucked away. Of course, it wasn't too long ago that money market funds ...

Money-market funds pulled in $935 billion in new assets last year, pushing total assets above $8 trillion and surpassing their haul in 2024, according to new research from Morgan Stanley. The low-risk ...

* Change in money market fund assets is primarily driven by flows and can be used as a proxy for net new cash flows. Note: Components may not add to the total or compute to the $ change due to ...

Macroeconomic cycles are often defined by the environments in which certain assets tend to perform best. For example, real assets such as commodities and natural resource stocks have historically held ...

With falling interest rates and continued market volatility amid geopolitical tensions, investors may find it harder to balance risk and return – forcing many to turn to money market funds to earn a ...

There is a tremendous amount of cash sitting on the sidelines right now, particularly in short-term vehicles such as money market funds. As of early 2026, U.S. money market funds — a proxy for liquid ...

Franklin Templeton retrofits two Western Asset funds for GENIUS Act compliance and blockchain-based distribution Franklin Templeton, a global investment leader, today announced that two institutional ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. When I heard the announcement from JPMorgan Chase about the launch of MONY, its tokenized money market fund on Ethereum, I thought ...

Cryptocurrency-friendly investment firm Franklin Templeton has made two of its institutional money market funds compatible with blockchain-based finance, in a move aimed at positioning itself for the ...

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Franklin Templeton, a global investment leader, today announced that two institutional money market funds managed by its affiliate Western Asset Management are now ...

Franklin Templeton retrofits two Western Asset funds for GENIUS Act compliance and blockchain-based distribution “The Western Asset Liquidity business has long focused on helping clients move forward ...