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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INVESTING ETFS JAN 30, 2011
Vanguard ETFs rate high

Affluent investors increasingly are turning to exchange-traded funds over mutual funds, and when it comes to their sentiments about the providers of those ETFs, clients rate The Vanguard Group Inc. above all others

Vanguard yanks filings for new muni bond funds
INVESTING FIXED INCOME JAN 27, 2011
Vanguard yanks filings for new muni bond funds

Company decides to delay launch of six tax-exempt mutual funds and ETFs; 'consternation' about muni market

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 23, 2011
American biggest loser in outflows last year

Offerings from American Funds, Fidelity Investments and The Vanguard Group Inc. had the biggest net outflows last year, according to Morningstar Inc.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 23, 2011
New SEC executive's background could bode well for fund industry

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

INVESTING ETFS JAN 21, 2011
Buying U.S. One vaults Russell into active ETFs

INVESTING ETFS JAN 21, 2011
Vanguard yanks filings for new muni bond offerings

In light of the extreme volatility in the municipal bond market, The Vanguard Group Inc. has withdrawn the documents it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch three muni bond index funds and three exchange-traded funds, as first reported on InvestmentNews.com.

INVESTING ETFS JAN 20, 2011
First Trust adding nine international funds to AlphaDex series

First Trust Portfolios LP has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch nine international exchange-traded funds as part of its AlphaDex series.

Regulators probe muni bond conflicts of interest
INVESTING FIXED INCOME JAN 19, 2011
Regulators probe muni bond conflicts of interest

SEC subpoenas documents in Massachusetts; 'these products are top of mind'

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 16, 2011
Money fund industry wants B-Ds to handle reporting burden

Like other brokerage firms, The Charles Schwab Corp. is known to be self-protective about its discount brokerage customers. And like other firms, it has sued former brokers whom it suspects of violating prohibitions against soliciting clients.

Money fund industry aims to foist reporting burden onto B-Ds
NEWS RIAS JAN 12, 2011
Money fund industry aims to foist reporting burden onto B-Ds

To avoid future panics in money market funds, the mutual fund industry is calling on federal regulators to force broker-dealers to disclose information about their money fund clients.