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ETFS JUN 09, 2009
Grail to launch actively managed ETFs in September

The ETFs are the RP Growth ETF, RP Focused Large Cap Growth ETF, RP Technology ETF, and RP Financials ETF. They are expected to carry a 0.89% expense ratio, and begin trading on Sept. 1.

By David Hoffman
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 08, 2009
Natixis Global Associates closes small-cap fund to new investors

Natixis Global Associates, the distribution arm of Natixis Global Asset Management, today announced that it will close the Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund (NEFJX) to new investors, effective July 31.

By Sue Asci
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 07, 2009
Junk bond funds' run is expected to hit wall soon

The stellar returns that junk bond funds are generating are unsustainable and will come to an end, fund managers and financial advisers agree, but they disagree on when that will be.

By David Hoffman
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 07, 2009
Rolling returns gather no moss, some fund managers contend

Mutual fund managers weary of trying to spin negative trailing returns are suggesting that investors look at rolling returns, but those are often difficult to obtain and can be misleading, some say.

By David Hoffman
ETFS JUN 04, 2009
New leveraged ETFs offered by ProShares

ProShare Advisors LLC is extending its dominance of the leveraged exchange traded funds market with the launch of four strategies, the company announced today.

By Jeff Benjamin
ETFS JUN 03, 2009
With ETFs, you have options

By Richard D. Romey
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 03, 2009
Vanguard to meld two money market mutual funds

The Malvern, Pa.-based fund firm will merge the $6.7 billion Vanguard Treasury Money Market Fund (VMPXX) into the lower-cost $21.8 billion Vanguard Admiral Treasury Money Market Fund (VUSXX).

By Sue Asci
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 03, 2009
The Capital Group Companies to cut 820 jobs

The reductions are being made across all companies and departments among the firm’s 9,000 employees, said Chuck Freadhoff, spokesman for American Funds.

By Sue Asci
ETFS JUN 02, 2009
Pimco unveils first ETF; files to offer six more such funds

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC today launched its first exchange traded fund and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer six more.

By David Hoffman
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 01, 2009
Reserve completes liquidation of its Treasury Fund

The Reserve Management Co. of New York has announced that the liquidation of the Reserve U.S. Treasury Fund (RUTXX) and distribution concluded May 29.

By Sue Asci
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 31, 2009
529 plans seen benefiting from expected fee cuts

The expected reduction in front-end sales charges by large mutual fund companies may help stimulate sagging sales for Section 529 college savings plans.

By Charles Paikert
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 31, 2009
DWS slashes charges on a slate of funds, lowers break points

DWS Investments is lowering sales charges and break points on some of its mutual funds, a move that could foreshadow industrywide price cutting to attract disillusioned investors, according to observers.

By Mark Bruno
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 31, 2009
SEC to propose major overhaul of money funds

The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering a list of regulations for money market funds that goes far beyond proposed reforms issued in March by the Investment Company Institute.

By Sara Hansard
ETFS MAY 31, 2009
Active ETFs need time to catch on, some say

Actively managed exchange traded funds are finally starting to trickle into the market.

By David Hoffman
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 31, 2009
New balanced fund focuses on risk allocation

As might have been expected, the extreme nature of the economic downturn continues to spawn ways for investors to navigate the financial markets.

By Jeff Benjamin
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 31, 2009
Mutual fund managers to advisers: Don't abandon underperforming funds

Fund managers, urging financial advisers not to pull client assets out of underperforming funds, painted 2008 as an anomaly at the Morningstar Investment Conference 2009 in Chicago last week.

By David Hoffman
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 29, 2009
Federated Investors to absorb two mutual funds from Touchstone Investments

Federated Investors Inc. announced today that the firm has reached a definitive agreement to acquire $233 million in assets of two of Cincinnati-based Touchstone Investments’ mutual funds.

By Sue Asci
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 29, 2009
Trading costs on mutual funds outweigh commission fees for investors, experts say

With many managers failing to generate strong returns, trading costs are harder for investors to stomach.

By Lisa Shidler
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 29, 2009
Target date funds shouldn’t stand alone, most investors believe

Two-thirds of investors believe that target date funds need to be combined with other funds to achieve a proper mix for their retirement portfolios, a white paper released yesterday by Janus Capital Group Inc. of Denver suggests.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 28, 2009
Morningstar to introduce ratings on target date funds in 3Q

Morningstar Inc. will launch ratings and research reports on target date fund series in the third quarter, according to John Rekenthaler, the firm's vice president of research.

By Caitlin Mollison