Money Funds Gain Across the Board

Assets invested in money market mutual funds grew 0.74%, to $898.17 billion, in the week that ended Nov. 20, the Investment Company Institute reported.

The gains affected all categories of funds, with the biggest stream of new cash flowing into taxable funds for retail investors. These portfolios closed the week with $493.29 billion of assets, up $3.46 billion.

Balances of tax-exempt retail funds rose to $111.45 billion, up $791.8 million.

On the institutional side, taxable portfolios grew by $1.83 billion, to $263.35 billion. Tax-exempt funds for institutional investors picked up $534.8 million, to end at $30.08 billion.

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

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