Flows to money market funds rebounded in the last week. Total flows for the week ended Wednesday were $27.6 billion, reported the Investment Company Institute. The inflow is a sharp bounce back from last week when more than $41 billion were pulled from the funds.
Institutional investors dominated the activity in both weeks. This week the flow into institutional funds hit $23.45 billion after more than $30 billion was pulled from these funds last week. The bulk of this activity was in taxable funds.
Retail money funds netted $4.2 billion for the week.
Money Fund Flows ($ mm)
|
Week of
|
Total Net Flows
|
Retail Net Flows
|
Institutional Net Flows
|
Taxable
|
Tax-Exempt
|
Taxable
|
Tax-Exempt
|
May 9
|
$23,650
|
$3,020
|
$1,180
|
$22,190
|
$1,260
|
May 2
|
($41,710)
|
($7,920)
|
($2,450)
|
($32,270)
|
$925
|
April 24
|
$106.2
|
($6,190)
|
($4,970)
|
$11,920
|
($652)
|
April 17
|
($21,940)
|
($7,810)
|
($1,690)
|
($12,450)
|
($9,690)
|
April 10
|
$6,910
|
($2,590)
|
($690)
|
$10,540
|
($355)
|
April 3
|
($11,240)
|
($856)
|
$1,550
|
($12,870)
|
$947
|
Source: Investment Company Institute (ICI)
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