Investors contributed $13.6 billion to money market funds last week, bringing total net assets to $2.93 trillion, according to Money Fund Report data, Dow Jones reports.
Institutional investors contributed $11.0 billion, individual investors added $2.65 billion and taxable money fund assets increased by $12.3 billion to $2.49 trillion.
The seven-day simple yield for taxable funds remained at an average of 4.42%, while the average compound yield fell to 4.51% from 4.52%. Thirty-day simple yields declined from 4.48% to 4.46%, while 30-day compound yields dropped from 4.58% to 4.56%.
The seven-day simple yield for nontaxable funds fell from an average of 3.00% to 2.96% and the average compound yield decreased from 3.04% to 3.00%. The 30-day simple yield fell from 3.11% to 3.04%, and the 30-day compound yield dropped from 3.16%to 3.09%.
TIAA-CREF Institutional MMF/Retail was the fund with the highest seven-day compound yield among retail taxable general-purpose money funds at 4.95%, followed by Fidelity Money Market Fund at 4.94% and Fidelity Cash Reserves at 4.93%.
Tax-free funds added $1.4 billion, putting total tax-free assets at $442 billion.
Alpine Municipal MMF/Investor was the fund with the highest seven-day compound yield among retail tax-free money-market funds at 3.45%, followed by Vanguard OH Tax-Exempt MMF at 3.43% and Vanguard Tax-Exempt MMF at 3.42%.
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