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Reserve Primary Fund

What it does

The Reserve Primary Fund was a money-market investment fund, a series of The Reserve Fund, a registered investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust.

The fund held Lehman-issued securities and encountered a redemption crisis in September 2008. It is distinct from its investment adviser and from the Federal Reserve. This profile describes the historical fund and does not imply that it remains available for investment. The linked SEC filing is a documentary record, not a company-operated website.

SEC filing for the historical Primary Fund ↗

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Ownership & partners

No separately reviewed relationship records are available here yet. This does not imply the organization is independent or has no partners.

Latest news

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Deep dives

Markets & business modelsResearch updated Oct 7, 2026

Lehman Brothers in 2008: leverage, liquidity and the failure of a funding model →

Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy joined deteriorating real-estate exposures, a leveraged balance sheet and vanishing counterparty confidence. Repo 105 obscured reported leverage, while the collapse exposed the difference between a global financial group and the separate legal entities through which it operated.

Policy & official records

Curated library records that name Reserve Primary Fund or connect through its linked research. The official source provides full scope and status.

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