Money Funds Rise 0.13%; Retail Leads

Assets in money market mutual funds rose 0.13%, to $1.0457 trillion, in the week ended Oct. 15, the Investment Company Institute reported.

The increase was concentrated in portfolios for retail investors. These funds held $686.08 billion, up 0.4% in the week. This comprises $563.58 billion in taxable funds, up $2.58 billion, and $122.5 billion in tax-exempt funds, up $163 million.

Institutional investors, however, drained assets from money funds. Portfolios for these investors held $359.63 billion, down 0.3% in the week. Taxable funds held $322.76 billion, down $525 million; tax-exempt funds held $56.87 billion, off $546 million.

The institute, a Washington-based trade group for mutual fund companies, bases its report on a weekly survey of more than 1,000 money market funds.

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