In a bid to boost its lagging fund performance, Putnam Investments of Boston announced today that they are merging six equity funds, moving away from team management and firing 12 portfolio managers.
Despite the wild markets, investors are not abandoning stock mutual funds.
Investors are shifting away from mutual funds toward certificates of deposit, variable annuities and exchange traded funds, according to a study that will be released next month.
Small- and mid-size record keepers that administer 401(k) programs for providers are concerned that a plan to ensure that mutual funds are not being "market timed" will be so expensive to oversee as to put some of them out of business.
Amid shrinking assets and a flood of redemptions, mutual funds that were closed to new investors are rolling out the welcome mat again.
A panel that is charged with recommending changes to the ways money market mutual funds operate is being met with skepticism by money fund experts who worry that changes might be unnecessary.
Fortress Investment Group LLC has seen more than $4.5 billion in redemption requests from clients in the year ended Sept. 30, the giant hedge fund reported in its quarterly statement yesterday.
For the five-year period ended June 30, the S&P 500 outperformed 68.6% of actively managed large-cap funds.
The Reserve Management Co. Inc. said yesterday that it has begun the initial $4.5 billion distribution to shareholders of its U.S. Government Fund.
Several prominent hedge fund managers hinted that better regulation of the hedge fund industry is a good idea, but stopped short of endorsing stricter oversight.
Legislation requiring hedge funds to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission will be reintroduced by the ranking minority member of the Senate Finance Committee.
Rydex Investments of Rockville, Md., today announced that shares of its exchange traded trust, CurrencyShares Russian Ruble Trust (XRU), will begin trading today. An exchange traded trust is similar to an exchange traded fund.
Virtually all senior hedge fund managers expect increased regulation for the alternative-asset-management industry under President-elect Barack Obama’s future administration, according to a study released today.
Foreclosure activity rose 25% in October from the same period a year ago, according to the latest data from RealtyTrac Inc. of Irvine, Calif.
The price-to-sales ratio for the 30 companies that comprise the Dow is at its lowest point since 1996, making this a great time to get nto the market, said Neil Hennessy, CIO and portfolio manager for Hennessy Mutual Funds.
The seized-up credit markets and economic uncertainty will take a toll on commercial real estate for the next few years, with rents and occupancy falling until at least the first half of 2010, said Bob Bach, chief economist with Grubb & Ellis.
October was another tough month for hedge funds, as the ripple effects of the global credit crunch continued to force managers to unwind portfolio positions.
Van Kampen Funds Inc. today announced the launch of the Van Kampen Retirement Strategy Funds, a new series of target date funds.
The New York Federal Reserve Bank on Nov. 24 will begin funding five special-purpose vehicles to finance the purchase of certain assets from money market mutual funds through its Money Market Investor Funding Facility program.
