SEC hits MMFs with FNAVs but eurozone bank reliance wanes

US money market fund providers were faced with arguably the worst of all worlds this week when the Securities and Exchange Commission opted to impose not only redemption gates and liquidity fees — largely unopposed by the industry — but also floating net asset values. But for eurozone banks — many of which used to rely on US money funds to finance their US operations — the changes are likely to be inconsequential, after new evidence suggested their reliance on these investors has fallen.