367: L&G explains: What does the term ‘money market fund’ actually mean?

Update: 2025-05-29

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What is a money market fund? Why do investors use them? And how might the path of interest rates, technological change and regulation affect the outlook for these funds?

Our guest for this podcast is Ross McDonald, a Liquidity Investment Specialist at L&G, to learn more about this sometimes overlooked – but crucial – part of the investor’s toolkit.

All data is sourced from Bloomberg as at 22 May 2025 unless otherwise stated.

For professional investors only. Capital at risk. It should be noted that diversification is no guarantee against a loss in a declining market.

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