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INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 27, 2010
Lock 'n' load: Taking target funds tactical

A handful of big fund companies are revamping their target date offerings in hopes of limiting risk — and preventing another major blowup.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 25, 2010
Target date fund manager debate continues

If combatants in the debate over target date fund investment approaches thought that Morningstar Inc. could provide a tiebreaker, they were out of luck.

By Robert Steyer
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 25, 2010
Tax man cometh after mutual fund investors

By David Hoffman
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 25, 2010
Tax man cometh after mutual fund investors

Higher federal taxes, coupled with a rising stock market, threaten to hit U.S. fund shareholders particularly hard.

By David Hoffman
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 21, 2010
Mutual funds: 10 questions to test your IQ

Mutual funds are a cornerstone of retirement planning. Yet they're widely misunderstood.

By Associated Press
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 20, 2010
Thesis 'democratizing hedge funds' with new alternative offering

Stephen Roseman has introduced the Thesis Flexible Fund, which aims to providers investors and advisers that want a hedge-fund-like investment but also the liquidity of a mutual fund

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 18, 2010
Target date funds adding commodities

Managers of target date funds are adding commodities to their portfolio mixes, but experts wonder whether the moves are substantive or just window dressing.

By Darla Mercado
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 15, 2010
S&P picks: Aston/Montag & Caldwell Growth Fund

This large-cap growth fund's investment approach, seeking high-quality companies that are growing their near-term earnings faster than the market and trading at a discount to their intrinsic value, has been well executed.

By Standard & Poor's
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 15, 2010
Finra cracks down on credit disclosure

Morgan Keegan fallout? The securities regulator warns B-Ds that bonds in funds cannot be considered 'rated' unless a third-party actually does the rating

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
JPMorgan losing top asset management exec
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 14, 2010
JPMorgan losing top asset management exec

Eve Guernsey will retire as CEO, investment management Americas, at J.P. Morgan Asset Management by the end of 2010.

By Douglas Appell
Investors open to closed-end funds
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 14, 2010
Investors open to closed-end funds

Investors who are seeking yield in a low-return environment are finding pockets of opportunities in the peculiar world of closed-end mutual funds.

By David Hoffman
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 13, 2010
Morningstar acquires financial publisher Footnoted

Investment researcher Morningstar Inc. said Tuesday it acquired the Footnoted business of Financial Fineprint Inc., which reviews companies' regulatory filings and highlights examples of potential financial troubles or excessive compensation.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ETFS APR 07, 2010
Invesco launches first ETF targeting closed-end-fund index

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC today unveiled the first exchange-traded fund to invest in an index of closed-end funds.

By Bloomberg
REITs are still a good value, says ING Global's Ferguson
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 06, 2010
REITs are still a good value, says ING Global's Ferguson

An upturn is coming in the publicly traded real estate space, and investors need to be nimble to take advantage, says Ritson Ferguson, manager of the $1.9 billion ING Global Real Estate Fund

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 04, 2010
High court ruling opens door for more lawsuits over mutual fund fees

While the Supreme Court's ruling last week on a controversial lawsuit over mutual fund fees was viewed as a huge win by the mutual fund industry, the decision will likely put more pressure on the boards and managements of fund companies to defend their fees and could open the door to even more litigation.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
INVESTING ETFS APR 01, 2010
Mutual fund and ETF inflows: On their best run in six years

U.S. equity mutual funds and exchange-traded funds posted a seventh straight week of inflows — their longest winning run since a nine-week stretch that ended in the forth quarter of 2004 — according to data released today by EPFR Global, an industry data provider.

By David Hoffman
INVESTING ETFS APR 01, 2010
SEC rule would narrow the price gaps in ETFs

By David Hoffman
Schapiro: SEC will act on 12(b)-1 fees this year
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 01, 2010
Schapiro: SEC will act on 12(b)-1 fees this year

The Securities and Exchange Commission will reassess the 12(b)-1 fees collected by brokers as compensation for selling and servicing mutual funds, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said today.

By Sara Hansard
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 31, 2010
The 10 top-performing health care funds

These ten funds have out-performed in one of the most talked about sectors

By Mark Bruno
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 30, 2010
Nuveen to buy First American Funds for $80M

Nuveen Investments Inc., the asset manager owned by Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, agreed to buy the stock and bond funds of U.S. Bancorp's FAF Advisors unit for $80 million in cash and a 9.5 percent stake in Nuveen.

By Bloomberg