Mutual Funds

Fidelity Investments has named Jeffrey S. Feingold to run the $17.4 billion Magellan Fund, replacing Harry Lange, who oversaw a two-thirds decline in assets in what was once the largest U.S. mutual fund

Now that the National Football League's lockout is history, Putnam Investments has teamed up with the New England Patriots in a new marketing arrangement.

First, and most important, a large part of the late summer sell-off was precipitated by a growing belief that the United States and the global economy were about to enter another recession.

Bill Gross, manager of the world's biggest mutual fund, is seeking to reassure clients that he hasn't lost his touch after he misjudged the extent of the economic slowdown, causing his Pimco Total Return Fund to trail rivals this year

Bruce Berkowitz's Fairholme Capital Management will hold a 90-minute conference call with BofA CEO Brian Moynihan on Aug. 10 during which investors in the Fairholme Fund, which holds 92.6 million shares of the bank, will get to ask about its sagging share price.

Fed head criticizes rater's proposal to reveal which funds might be bailed out during market panics

The top fund hawkers generally take the same approach to winning over advisers

BlackRock Inc., which controls 42% of the exchange-traded-fund market, is calling on its peers and regulators to raise their standards in terms of transparency and oversight of ETFs

Morningstar Inc. will begin ranking exchange-traded-fund managed portfolios, the company said last week in Chicago at its ETF Invest Conference

Raymond James Financial Inc. aims to have a no-fee ETF program up and running within six months.

The Institute is worried that a recent report about synthetic ETFs actually tarred all exchange-traded funds. That, in turn, led to 'inflammatory media coverage.'

With the Sept. 13 deadline on pay-to-play rules looming, mutual fund companies are in heated discussions with broker-dealers about getting access to customer information that they need to comply

As the mutual fund industry continues to migrate toward the alternatives arena, financial advisers might find individual fund selection among the more challenging parts of their job

BlackRock Inc. will give its retail clients access to alternative investments through mutual funds

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking public comment on financial products aimed especially at members of the military.

Many don't realize the restrictions that apply to such investments; 'stable-value, not guaranteed'

Mutual fund investors are running for cover

BlackRock Inc. may be touting its new indexed target date series, but it will face some tough competition from established players in the market.