Stability Watchdog Calls for Money-Market Reforms to Accelerate

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The Financial Stability Board is urging authorities to strengthen rules that would prevent money-market funds from facing a liquidity crunch.

The difficulty of cashing out investments to keep up with investor demands continues to be the biggest weak spot for money market funds globally, the group said in a report. Local regulators should consider whether rules, such as minimum liquidity requirements, need to improved, wrote the authors.