U.S. Money Funds’ Euro Bank Holdings Rebound

 The 10 biggest prime U.S. money market funds boosted their holdings of securities of euro-area lenders by $5.8 billion in July, after European Central Bank measures eased bank funding concerns. The funds raised investment in the region’s banks to $42.6 billion at the end of July from a one-year low of $36.8 billion at the end of June, a monthly survey by Bloomberg Brief: Risk found. That marks the funds’ first increase in bank holdings in the euro region since January.

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