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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FBR cuts ratings on Franklin Resources, Legg Mason
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 24, 2011
FBR cuts ratings on Franklin Resources, Legg Mason

Fund firms' reliance on faltering fixed-income sector a concern, analyst says

Legg Mason overhauls executive ranks
NEWS RIAS MAY 24, 2011
Legg Mason overhauls executive ranks

Following a quarter in which it sustained nearly $13 billion in net outflows, Legg Mason Inc. is reorganizing its senior ranks

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 23, 2011
Upbeat asset managers step up sales hiring

Mutual fund companies are beefing up their sales departments, a sure sign of optimism in an industry that was hit hard by the financial downturn

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 20, 2011
Arrow aims to jump into alternatives ETF sector

Entering mostly uncharted waters; 'not an easy place to be fishing for assets'

INVESTING ETFS MAY 20, 2011
A subadviser to Grail aims to enter active-ETF market itself

In the wake of the announcement that Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC will buy Grail Advisors LLC, one of Grail's partners is still making plans to go it alone with active ETFs

NEWS RIAS MAY 18, 2011
New muni bond tool could shock clients

Few investors grasp the damage inflation can do to long-term debt. But a new online tool from BondView might help bring clients' expectations in line with reality.

INVESTING FIXED INCOME MAY 18, 2011
Wells Fargo muni plan gets 'huge push-back' from brokers

Firm eyes restricting sales of tax-exempt instruments to clients with e-mail addresses; construed as checking up

Plan under way to up muni bond disclosure — but will it help?
INVESTING FIXED INCOME MAY 18, 2011
Plan under way to up muni bond disclosure — but will it help?

MSRB looking to boost information available to B-Ds, investors; source of that info still a bottleneck, however

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 17, 2011
Advisers in holding pattern with Wellington, Janus Funds: IN Poll

More than one-third of financial advisers surveyed are holding off on investing in any funds managed by Wellington Capital Management and Janus Capital Group Inc. until they are cleared of any wrongdoing in a recent insider-trading probe, according to an online survey conducted this week by InvestmentNews.

SEC taps ex-Janus manager to oversee money market funds
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 12, 2011
SEC taps ex-Janus manager to oversee money market funds

The SEC has hired a former Janus Capital Group Inc. portfolio manager to help oversee the $2.8 trillion money market fund industry, a new position.