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Investment fund assets worldwide increased 5.8 percent to Euro 14.4 trillion at the end of the third quarter of 2005. Net cash flow to all funds worldwide was a robust Euro 250 billion in the third quarter of 2005, compared with Euro 132 billion in the second quarter. Third-quarter inflows to long-term funds were more than 50 percent higher than in the second quarter. Money market fund flows swung strongly into positive territory with a Euro 49 billion inflow worldwide, mainly resulting from inflows in the United States.