That further reduces the average credit quality of remaining borrowers underlying floating rate securities.

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Floating-rate securities, securities with puts, securities where, if certain things happened, a sinking fund kicked in.

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is floating several ideas about how to protect money market fund investors in the event of a financial panic.

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