Mutual Funds

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INVESTING ETFS JUN 20, 2008
Barclays might receive cash infusion

Barclays PLC might receive about $927 million from Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. to bolster its depleted balance sheet.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 19, 2008
Target date funds tops for retirement plans

Target date funds are benefiting from the requirement that 401(k) plans include qualified default investment alternatives.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 17, 2008
Wasatch to close funds to new investors

The firm's Micro Cap Value Fund and International Opportunities Fund will close to new retail investors June 30.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ETFS JUN 17, 2008
PowerShares unveils metal and oil ETNs

The ETNs are designed to track the short and leveraged performance of base metals and oil.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 16, 2008
Fund expects privatization trend

Infrastructure investing is the new name of the game for the Phoenix Global Utilities Fund (PGUAX), which will become the Phoenix Global Infrastructure Fund, effective Aug. 18.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 16, 2008
Funds charging performance fees outperformed

Performance fees appear to deliver what they promise, at least by a little, according to a study by New York-based research firm Lipper Inc.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 16, 2008
Many fund managers don't buy own picks

“Invest as I say, not as I do,” is the philosophy of many fund managers, according to a study by Morningstar.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 16, 2008
Ameriprise has high hopes for Threadneedle

Ameriprise Financial Inc. hopes its new Threadneedle Funds brand will appeal to third-party financial intermediaries.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 16, 2008
Ex-Fidelity exec tapped for top job at Putnam

In a move to bolster its battered image, long-suffering Putnam Investments last week said that it is hiring industry veteran and former Fidelity Investments executive Robert L. Reynolds as its president and chief executive, effective July 1.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 16, 2008
Upfront sales loads all but disappear

The debate about high mutual fund commissions and conflicts at the point of sale should be put to bed because sales of funds with high upfront commissions are a small part of overall sales, according to a recently released report.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 16, 2008
Target date funds increase equity exposure

Managers of target date funds have increased their allocations to equities, on average, but some of the funds' specific investment strategies are difficult to discern, a new study from Financial Research Corp. has found.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ETFS JUN 13, 2008
ETF assets rose $17 billion in May

Total assets at the end of the month were $612 billion, according to State Street Global Advisors.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ETFS JUN 12, 2008
Rydex launches inverse ETFs

Select Sector ETFs aim to offer magnified and inverse exposure to indexes in the energy, financial, technology and health-care sectors.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 09, 2008
A turbulent decade for fund industry started off well

The mutual fund industry, buffeted by volatile markets, unprecedented scandals and new competition, has had a tough time over the past 10 years.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 09, 2008
Advisers' role evolves as 401(k) plans come to dominate

During the past decade, 401(k) plans have elbowed defined benefit plans to become the primary retirement vehicle for most Americans.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ETFS JUN 09, 2008
Once a mere curiosity, ETFs now outshine mutual funds

Exchange traded funds were an oddity at the start of the decade.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ETFS JUN 09, 2008
Mutual fund big three will continue to dominate market

In 2018, the mutual fund business will look much like today's, industry experts predict.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 06, 2008
FundQuest and United Planners offer UMA

The platform will include eight product solutions, four mutual fund portfolios and the FundQuest ActivePassive Portfolio.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 04, 2008
Forward and Accessor fund firms combine

Forward Management will buy Accessor Capital Management, creating a combined firm with $5 billion under management.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ETFS JUN 04, 2008
Three Vanguard ETFs split

Three exchange traded funds from The Vanguard Group Inc. declared a 2-for-1 stock split today.

By Bloomberg