Reportedly money is generated (4)
I believe the answer is:
bred
'is generated' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'reportedly money' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'money' becomes 'bread' (bread is a kind of money).
'bread' is a homophone of 'BRED'.
(Other definitions for bred that I've seen before include "Reared" , "Brought up, propagated" , "Bore" , "Brought forth" , "Gave rise to" .)