David Ruder, founder of the Mutual Fund Directors Forum, is retiring as its chairman but will continue as chairman emeritus of the organization.
High on the mutual fund industry's “to do” list is defeating legislation that would impose a $150 billion-per-year tax on securities transactions.
A Supreme Court ruling expected this year on the standards that courts use to determine when mutual fund fees are excessive, and a renewed focus by the SEC on 12(b)-1 fees, guarantee that the mutual fund industry will spend a good deal of time debating fees in 2010.
The rally in commodities over the past few weeks has been closely linked to the weakness of the U.S. dollar, according to Charl Malan, who is part of the investment team managing $1.7 billion in two commodity funds at Van Eck Global.
If the trend is your friend, U.S. large-cap stocks will be the place to invest over the next several months, says Jim Porter, manager of the Aston/New Century Absolute Return ETF Fund (ANENX).
The stock market's relentless charge from its March lows shouldn't be taken for granted, since no rally lasts forever, according to portfolio manager Jeffrey Beamer, who maintains a constant hedge on every position in his Lacerte Guardian Fund (LGFIX) offered by Lacerte Capital Advisers LLC.
Total money market mutual fund assets fell by $51.13 billion to $3.269 trillion for the week, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.
Legislation that in some cases would require target date fund managers to take on fiduciary responsibilities will be introduced by Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl, D-Wis.
Total assets in target date funds will grow to $2.6 trillion by 2018, attracting 80% of new and reallocated flows into defined-contribution plans for the next decade, according to a projection in a recent Casey Quirk & Associates LLC report.
In the wake of the performance meltdown of many target date funds, a growing number of 401(k) plans are adding target risk funds to their lineup.
The Global Women's Equality Fund seeks to invest in the best companies for women, rather than just screen out those companies that don't meet certain criteria.
Wells Fargo Funds Management and Evergreen Investment Management are planning a series of fund mergers, reorganizations and liquidations to form the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds family, confirmed Wells Fargo spokeswoman Laura Fay.
Total money market mutual fund assets rose by $2.59 billion to $3.272 trillion for the week, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.
The stock market is mistakenly seeing the glass as half empty, says Uri Landesman, head of global growth at ING Investment Management Americas. He cited the stock market's negative start today as evidence of “some cross-currents” that might have investors confused and conflicted.
The stock market rally has gone too far too fast, and on too little real economic recovery, claims Tom Samuels, manager of the Palantir Fund (PALIX), a global long/short fund from Palantir Capital Management Ltd.
Mutual funds could invest directly in commodities under legislation introduced Wednesday by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., and Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass.
William Stevens was named a vice president and portfolio manager at Loomis Sayles.The position is new, said spokeswoman Meg Clough.
John Hancock Funds LLC will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the next few weeks plans to launch actively managed exchange-traded funds, according to an official at the firm.
Christopher Browne, a genteel money manager who helped bring down newspaper baron Conrad Black, died Sunday of a heart attack. Mr. Browne appears to have been 63, although his firm, Tweedy Browne & Co., couldn't immediately confirm that.
