Money-Market Funds Brace for Biggest Regulatory Revamp in Years

  • US Securities and Exchange Commission set to vote Wednesday
  • Industry still uncertain as to what regulations will look like

The SEC said in June a long-awaited money-market overhaul was on its short-list.

Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg
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The money-market industry is gearing up for its biggest overhaul in years.

Conference rooms are being reserved and snacks stockpiled as participants in the $5.5 trillion space await the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s vote Wednesday on rules reshaping the money-market industry for the third time since 2008.