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Schwab fee change could smack Fidelity, other fund firms
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 03, 2011
Schwab fee change could smack Fidelity, other fund firms

Brokerage plans to charge fund firms by assets on its platform -- not accounts.

By Jessica Toonkel
These two target date fund families missing the mark: Morningstar
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 03, 2011
These two target date fund families missing the mark: Morningstar

AllianceBernstein, OppenheimerFunds occupy bottom rung in latest ratings; Fidelity slips.

By Robert Steyer
DOL pension proposal could rock fund firms
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 03, 2011
DOL pension proposal could rock fund firms

Expanded definition of 'fiduciary' likely to hamstring funds that work with plan sponsors and participants.

By Darla Mercado
Vanguard, Principal latest to ax Axa Rosenberg
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 03, 2011
Vanguard, Principal latest to ax Axa Rosenberg

Vanguard decided to drop Axa Rosenberg as the manager of its $8.9 billion Explorer Fund Ticker:(VEXPX), the $492 million U.S. Value Fund Ticker:(VUVLX) and the $84 million Market Neutral Fund Ticker:( VMNFX).

By Jessica Toonkel
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS FEB 01, 2011
<font color=red>INTV:</font> The top fund families sold by indie B-Ds

Branding trumps performance in the fund world, according to the results of the latest <i>InvestmentNews</i> broker-dealer survey. Advisers prefer American Funds, despite spotty performance, while Vanguard emerges strong. <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20110123/REG/301239996&amp;issuedate=20110121&amp;sid=BD0121) More on the mutual fund results here,</a> and more on the <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreporttemplate?sid=BD0121&amp;issuedate=20110121>B-D special report here.</a>

By Mark Bruno
EMERGING MARKETS FEB 01, 2011
Advisers: Clients not spooked by Egypt — yet

While Americans in Egypt evacuate with help from the U.S. Embassy, financial advisers are considering whether investments in the embattled nation &#8212; and the rest of the Middle East &#8212; should follow.

By Liz Skinner
Where are top fund managers putting their money now?
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 31, 2011
Where are top fund managers putting their money now?

Many see 'gems' overseas, where stock valuations trail economic reality; 'investors just can't believe we're actually recovering'

By John Goff
ETFS JAN 30, 2011
Commodities ETFs can be taxing

Investors in hedge funds and limited partnerships are used to receiving these forms, which reflect an investor's proportionate share of a partnership's taxable income or loss

By Robert N. Gordon
ETFS JAN 30, 2011
Vanguard ETFs rate high

Affluent investors increasingly are turning to exchange-traded funds over mutual funds, and when it comes to their sentiments about the providers of those ETFs, clients rate The Vanguard Group Inc. above all others

By Jessica Toonkel
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 23, 2011
American biggest loser in outflows last year

Offerings from American Funds, Fidelity Investments and The Vanguard Group Inc. had the biggest net outflows last year, according to Morningstar Inc.

By Jessica Toonkel
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 23, 2011
New SEC executive's background could bode well for fund industry

The Securities and Exchange Commission's appointment of Eileen Rominger, an 11-year veteran of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, as its director of investment management marks the first time that the SEC has named an industry executive with no legal background to the position

By Jessica Toonkel
ETFS JAN 21, 2011
Buying U.S. One vaults Russell into active ETFs

By Jessica Toonkel
ETFS JAN 21, 2011
Vanguard yanks filings for new muni bond offerings

In light of the extreme volatility in the municipal bond market, The Vanguard Group Inc. has withdrawn the documents it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch three muni bond index funds and three exchange-traded funds, as first reported on InvestmentNews.com.

By Jessica Toonkel
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 21, 2011
Spotlight on: iShares Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund

Standard &amp; Poor's foresees improving real gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2011, and also foresees gains in the broader U.S. stock market following a 14% gain (as measured by the S&amp;P 1500) in 2010.

By Mark Bruno
ETFS JAN 20, 2011
First Trust adding nine international funds to AlphaDex series

First Trust Portfolios LP has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch nine international exchange-traded funds as part of its AlphaDex series.

By Jessica Toonkel
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 16, 2011
Money fund industry wants B-Ds to handle reporting burden

Like other brokerage firms, The Charles Schwab Corp. is known to be self-protective about its discount brokerage customers. And like other firms, it has sued former brokers whom it suspects of violating prohibitions against soliciting clients.

By Jessica Toonkel
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 14, 2011
TCW accuses Gundlach of 'wholesale theft'

Asset manager sues its ex-investment chief again, this time for allegedly misappropriating trade secrets

By Mark Bruno
Money fund industry aims to foist reporting burden onto B-Ds
RIA NEWS JAN 12, 2011
Money fund industry aims to foist reporting burden onto B-Ds

To avoid future panics in money market funds, the mutual fund industry is calling on federal regulators to force broker-dealers to disclose information about their money fund clients.

By Jessica Toonkel
Vanguard offers details about money fund backstop
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 12, 2011
Vanguard offers details about money fund backstop

It's been slow in coming, but the mutual fund industry is finally beginning to offer specifics about the type of backstop it wants to set up for money market funds.

By Bloomberg
Investors clueless about ETFs: Survey
ETFS JAN 12, 2011
Investors clueless about ETFs: Survey

Two out of three say they have little or no knowledge of exchange-traded funds; 'too complicated' for 15%

By Liz Skinner