Money Fund Assets Power Through Qtrly Corporate Tax Payment Date. Assets of
money market mutual funds rose by $4 billion to a record $2.534 trillion despite the presence of
June 15, a quarterly corporate tax payment date which normally drains assets from funds.
ICI reports that retail money fund assets increased by $
4.
9 billion to $
1.
030 trillion while
institutional assets decreased by $967 million to $1.505 trillion. `Money fund assets have grown by $398 billion, or 18.6%, over the past 52 weeks, and by $152 billion, or 6.4%, year-to-date. Assets should decline temporarily as we approach quarter-
end, but should continue their skyward march in July.