Jessica Toonkel

Jessica was a reporter for InvestmentNews from 2009 to 2011 before moving on to Thomson Reuters. As of 2022 she had become Deputy Media Editor at The Wall Street Journal. She tweets at: @jtoonkel

Jessica Toonkel
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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 23, 2011
Nevada launches Putnam 529 for America adviser-sold plan

Offering gives investors access to four absolute-return funds; some fees will be waived through 2012

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 20, 2011
'Friend' of Ned is convicted of mail fraud

A Rhode Island man was convicted last week of mail fraud and money laundering after creating a fictitious friendship with Fidelity Investments chairman Edward “Ned” Johnson III as a way to bilk investors

BlackRock bags another LPL exec to beef up its DC biz
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 18, 2011
BlackRock bags another LPL exec to beef up its DC biz

Asset manager hires Robert Francis, former COO at B-D's retirement unit

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 11, 2011
What Eileen Rominger's appointment means for fund biz

The Securities and Exchange Commission's appointment of Eileen Rominger, an 11-year veteran of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, as its new director of investment management, marks the first time in decades — if ever — that the agency has named an industry executive with no legal background to the position.

SEC taps ex-Goldman exec as new mutual fund cop
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 11, 2011
SEC taps ex-Goldman exec as new mutual fund cop

Late on Tuesday, the SEC tapped Eileen Rominger to replace Buddy Donahue as the director of investment management. Ms. Rominger knows a little something about the topic: She's been a portfolio manager for three decades.

INVESTING ETFS MAR 08, 2011
B-Ds slow to stuff wraps with ETFs

Mutual funds still dominate retail fund assets in broker-dealer wrap programs

Despite Grail bail, subadviser aims to stick in active-ETF biz
INVESTING ETFS MAR 08, 2011
Despite Grail bail, subadviser aims to stick in active-ETF biz

RiverPark looking at launching actively managed exchange-traded funds; 'going to tread slowly'

Columbia's purchase of Grail could make Ameriprise big-time ETF player
INVESTING ETFS MAR 08, 2011
Columbia's purchase of Grail could make Ameriprise big-time ETF player

Acquisition by company's subsidiary gives financial industry giant entrée into the market for active offerings

Schwab unveils it first-ever ETF list — and it features lots of Schwab funds
INVESTING ETFS MAR 08, 2011
Schwab unveils it first-ever ETF list — and it features lots of Schwab funds

Brokerage firm's inaugural list of exchange-traded funds targets retail investors; 48 funds in all, 11 from Schwab.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 07, 2011
Stocks of smaller banks likely to come up big

With megabanks besieged by regulators and facing a public backlash over the 2008 credit crisis, portfolio managers increasingly are looking at smaller banks as a value play in the financial services sector