Money-Fund Assets Hit a Record High

Money market mutual fund assets rose 0.6%, to a record $699.21 billion, in the week that ended June 28, the Investment Company Institute reported.

Most of the gains came in retail money market funds, which attracted $2.83 billion in fresh assets to close the week at $489.43 billion.

That includes $393.79 billion in taxable funds, up $3.21 billion, and $95.64 billion in tax-exempt funds, off $382.7 million.

Funds for institutional investors took in $1.41 billion in the week, ending with a balance of $209.77 billion.

Taxable institutional funds held $185.46 billion, up $1.14 billion, while tax-exempt funds had $24.31 billion of assets, for a $270.9 million pickup.

The institute, in Washington, bases its report on a weekly survey of nearly 1,000 money market mutual funds.

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