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MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 10, 2010
Hennessy eyes nixing 12(b)-1 fees on two funds

Management isn't convinced it needs the marketing fees to attract assets; 'bang for the buck'?

By Jessica Toonkel
ETFS AUG 10, 2010
ETF providers take action after recent 'flash crash'

As regulators and stock exchanges try to figure out what caused the 1,000-point stock market drop May 6, exchange-traded-fund providers are doing damage control.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
ETFS AUG 10, 2010
ETF providers want say on flash-crash rules

As regulators and stock exchange officials discuss putting rules in place to make sure that the market volatility of May 6 never happens again, exchange-traded-fund providers are making sure considerations are made for their offerings

By Bloomberg
H-P's slide bad news for three Fidelity funds
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 08, 2010
H-P's slide bad news for three Fidelity funds

Investors in three of Fidelity Investments' mutual funds have the most to lose in the wake of the resignation of Hewlett-Packard Co. chief executive Mark Hurd, though analysts said that they think that the stock is a better buy now as a result of the scandal.

By Jessica Toonkel
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 06, 2010
Morningstar unveils three new fund categories

Morningstar Inc. has introduced three mutual fund categories to make it easier for investors and financial advisers to do specific searches and more accurate peer comparisons.

By Jessica Toonkel
Investors yanking assets from Legg Mason funds
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 05, 2010
Investors yanking assets from Legg Mason funds

Legg Mason Inc. fell as much as 3.6 percent in New York trading after reporting that fund withdrawals more than doubled from the prior quarter.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 04, 2010
Ex-Wachovia gurus roll out first mutual funds at Riverfront

Riverfront Investment Group, the asset manager founded by former investment gurus from Wachovia Securities, is launching three mutual funds.

By Dan Jamieson
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 03, 2010
Broker-dealers blast SEC pricing plan for mutual fund fees

Brokerage executives are slamming the SEC's proposal to allow broker-dealers to set their own sales charges on mutual funds, claiming that it could create problems for both the industry and individual investors.

By Bruce Kelly
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 01, 2010
12(b)-1 proposal may hurt investors, advisers contend

The Securities and Exchange Commission's proposal last week to revamp 12(b)-1 fees could have a number of unintended consequences that could hurt investors rather than help them, according to some observers.

By Jessica Toonkel
ETFS JUL 29, 2010
Nuveen jumps into ETF market

Nuveen hopes this type of arrangement is just the first of many as it hopes to subadvise more muni bond ETFs

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 26, 2010
Q&A: AllianceBernstein's Peter Kraus

It's been just over a year since Peter Kraus took over as CEO of AllianceBernstein LP.

By Bloomberg
ETFS JUL 23, 2010
Invesco to slow parade of new products after launching small-cap ETFs

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC today launched nine small-cap-sector exchange-traded funds, but that's going to be the last new offerings the firm rolls out for a while.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
Janus rolls out a new value income fund
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 22, 2010
Janus rolls out a new value income fund

Janus Capital Group Inc. has introduced a value income fund using managers from both its internal fixed-income team and its Perkins Investment Management LLC subsidiary.

By Jessica Toonkel
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 22, 2010
Janus losing portfolio manager of $2.4B fund

Laurent Saltiel, manager of Janus Capital Group Inc.'s $2.44 billion Worldwide Fund, will leave the firm at the end of May.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 22, 2010
ETFs' siren song still lures managers

As a new crop of money managers and investment banks enters the hot market of exchange-traded funds, the challenge already has proved too much for some in a sector where scale is key.

By Thao Hua
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 20, 2010
Money managers' assets slipped 4% in 2009

While the market recovered in 2009, most asset managers did not, according to a report Tuesday from The Boston Consulting Group.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 20, 2010
Advisers weighing Goldman's push into 401(k) market

Goldman Sachs Asset Management's effort to expand its small defined-contribution business by offering custom target date funds has caught the attention of advisers.

By Darla Mercado
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 18, 2010
American Funds plans to open mortgage, municipal bond funds

Capital Group Cos., the largest U.S. manager of stock mutual funds, asked regulators for permission to open its first new fixed-income products in four years.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH JUL 18, 2010
Web tool's promise: A way to find funds that are likely to succeed

A new tool that is marketed as being able to help identify the most likely mutual funds to outperform the market promises to stir up debate among both financial advisers and providers.

By Davis Janowski
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 16, 2010
Spooked by spikes? This fund provides buffer against market volatility

Given the recent swings on the stock market, nervous investors might want to consider a fund that dampens volatility. One such fund: the Goldman Sachs Absolute Return Tracker Fund Ticker:(GARTX).

By Bloomberg