Money fund assets plummeted by more than $41 billion during the week ended May 2, reports the Investment Company Institute. The largest fall in assets (more than $32 billion) was in taxable institutional funds.

That trend suggests that the activity reflects corporate cash management activity and not reallocation of portfolios by investors. If true, equity funds would not have benefited from the shift to a large extent.

Money Fund Flows ($ mm)
Week of	Total Net Flows	Retail Net Flows		Institutional Net Flows
		Taxable	Tax-Exempt	Taxable	Tax-Exempt
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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