IMF warns funds holding illiquid assets risk undermining financial stability

Woodford-style run poses vulnerabilities

Valeria Martinez
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The International Monetary Fund has warned that an investor run from daily-dealing open-ended funds with hard-to-sell assets in periods of market stress could threaten global financial stability.

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