Reserve Primary Fund
The Reserve Primary Fund was a large money market mutual fund.
On September 16, 2008, during the Global financial crisis of September–October, 2008, it lowered its share price below $1 ("breaking the buck") because of exposure to Lehman Brothers debt securities. This resulted in demands from investors to return their funds as the financial crisis mounted.[1] Normally, the net asset value of money market funds is kept at $1.
The Reserve had multiple other funds frozen because of this failure. It has liquidated a few funds, and post periodic updates about plans to liquidate other funds on their website.
As of October 27, 2009, more than $3.5 billion sat in the Primary fund, most in a special reserve held aside to be used for costs and expenses, including legal fees.[2] In November 2009, a U.S. district judge ordered the fund to make pro-rata distribution of almost all remaining assets to shareholders.[3] As of December 2014, the fund had paid out 99.1 cents per share.[4]
References
- ↑ "Money Market Funds Enter a World of Risk" article by Tara Siegel Bernard in The New York Times September 17, 2008
- ↑ Attorney: Court Order On Primary Fund's Unwinding Days Away
- ↑ Reserve Primary Fund Ordered to Make Pro-Rata Payout (Update2)
- ↑ Primary Fund-In Liquidation Update, Federal Court Approves Final Distribution, September 23, 2014
External links
- Reserve Fund website
- "Fund Update tax reporting", December 14, 2011
- Reserve Fund website
- "The Primary Fund-In Liquidation, The Yield Plus Fund-In Liquidation"
- "ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING YIELD PLUS FUND-IN LIQUIDATION (Formerly known as Reserve Yield Plus Fund) DATE OF FINAL DISTRIBUTION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016"