September 1, 2010 - Among the top five providers of exchange-traded funds, Vanguard is the only one to make gains in 2010, climbing 10 percentage points to become a true iShares challenger.
August 30, 2010 - Eighth week of positive inflows, with 1H10 flows topping $19 billion.
August 27, 2010 - Outside of currency and fixed-income plays, active exchange-traded funds are struggling to gather meaningful assets.
August 27, 2010 - Outflows slowed to $597.3 million the week ending Aug. 23 after hemorrhaging $4.99 billion the week before, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com. Total assets declined slightly to $340.75 billion from $341.34 billion.
August 27, 2010 - Investment funds, lawmakers and other fund experts say that target-date funds need to increase the amount of information they provide investors to understand their investment risk. But they dont want the Securities and Exchange Commission to change the way the funds are named.
August 26, 2010 - Providers are ramping up products to tap into investors lust both for global diversification and fixed income. Are you ready?
August 25, 2010 - A recent realignment of The Hartford Financial Services Group resulted in a new position for Jim Davey running the companys mutual fund business.
August 16, 2010 - The St. Louis brokerage firm added 12 model portfolio to its mutual fund and exchange-traded fund advisory program, Edward Jones Advisory Solution.
August 16, 2010 - BlackRock Inc., the world's largest money manager, said on Monday it will buy Taiwanese fund management firm Primasia Investment Trust.
August 13, 2010 - Computer-coding error in quant strategy appears to be cause for the firing.
August 11, 2010 - Moody's report finds that more than three dozen money market funds stood on the brink of breaking the buck.
August 10, 2010 - This week's Editor's Desk takes a look at what investors are actually paying in the controversial 12b-1 fees.
August 7, 2010 - Charles Schwab announced on Thursday three new, low-cost bond exchange-traded funds with no online trading commissions for Schwab clients. This is in addition to the eight equity ETFs that Schwab already offers. The Schwab Bond ETFs provide exposure to three types of U.S. Treasuries – short-term, intermediate-term and inflation-protected securities. “There is growing demand from investors, traders and advisors for ETFs at a low cost,” said Peter Crawford, senior vice president at Schwab. “Fixed Income ETFs are
August 5, 2010 - David Tyrie headed up personal retirement services at Putnam Investments.
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