Section  9 Money Market Funds

Article 47
“Money-market fund” refers to a fund in which the total amount of utilization for bank deposits, short-term bills, and repurchase transactions accounts for no less than 70 percent of the total asset value of the fund.
“Repurchase transactions” as referred to in the preceding paragraph includes short-term bills and securities.

Article 48
In addition to the provisions of Article 10, a SITE shall observe the following conditions in investing a money-market fund:
1. Fund investment shall be through bank deposits, short-term bills, securities, and repurchase transactions at financial institutions with a credit rating at or above a prescribed level issued by an FSC-approved or recognized credit-rating institution.
2. The fund’s total amount of investment in the short-term bills or securities issued, guaranteed, or endorsed by any one company other than a financial institution may not exceed ten percent of the fund’s net asset value.
3. The total amount of the fund’s deposits at any one financial institution or investments in short-term bills or securities issued, guaranteed, or endorsed by that institution may not exceed ten percent of the fund’s net asset value.
4. With the exception of government bonds, the total amount of the fund’s investment in securities with a long-term credit rating at or below a prescribed level from an FSC-approved or recognized credit-rating institution may not exceed ten percent of the fund’s net asset value.
5. The fund may not invest in the short-term bills of the SITE under which it is managed or in short-term bills issued by a company with an interest in the SITE.
6. The fund may not invest in stocks or other types of equity securities.
Where a company or a financial institution referred in subparagraphs 2 and 3 of the preceding paragraph meets the requirements set out by the FSC, the percentage restriction on a money market fund’s investment or deposit in the company or financial institution may be raised to 20 percent of the fund’s net asset value. However, the amount of the money-market fund’s investment in short-term bills issued by any one company or financial institution may not exceed 10 percent of the issuer’s net worth as stated in its most recent CPA-audited and attested financial report.

Article 49
The weighted-average duration of a money-market fund may not exceed 180 days, and shall be calculated in terms of the repurchase transaction period when the investment vehicle is a repurchase transaction.
Money-market fund investment shall be limited to investment vehicles with a remaining maturity of not more than one year, provided that this restriction shall not apply to repurchase transactions.