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MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 03, 2009
Vanguard to meld two money market mutual funds

The Malvern, Pa.-based fund firm will merge the $6.7 billion Vanguard Treasury Money Market Fund (VMPXX) into the lower-cost $21.8 billion Vanguard Admiral Treasury Money Market Fund (VUSXX).

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 03, 2009
The Capital Group Companies to cut 820 jobs

The reductions are being made across all companies and departments among the firm’s 9,000 employees, said Chuck Freadhoff, spokesman for American Funds.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 03, 2009
Raptor Capital, Noble Partners hedge funds to fold

A pair of unrelated Boston-based hedge funds managing a total of more than $1.3 billion separately told investors today they're shutting down and returning investor cash because of recent disappointing performance.

ETFS JUN 02, 2009
Pimco unveils first ETF; files to offer six more such funds

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC today launched its first exchange traded fund and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer six more.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 02, 2009
Pending home sales spike 6.7% in April

The number of U.S. homebuyers who agreed to purchase a previously occupied home in April posted the largest monthly jump in nearly eight years, a sign that sales are finally coming to life after a long and painful slump.

FIXED INCOME JUN 01, 2009
Falling dollar, surging stocks weigh on Treasurys

Long-term bond yields climbed sharply on today as improving sentiment on the economy sapped demand for government debt.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 01, 2009
Reserve completes liquidation of its Treasury Fund

The Reserve Management Co. of New York has announced that the liquidation of the Reserve U.S. Treasury Fund (RUTXX) and distribution concluded May 29.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 01, 2009
Brookstone unveils asset management advisory group

Private-equity firm Brookstone Partners today announced the launch of Brookstone Partners Asset Management, an independently operated investment advisory group.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 31, 2009
Blackstone president sees an economic depression

Several economic gurus have seized on the recent rebound in equities to offer a generally upbeat view on a broader recovery, waxing poetic about the emergence of “green shoots” and their general feeling that a bottom in the U.S. economy may have been reached.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 31, 2009
529 plans seen benefiting from expected fee cuts

The expected reduction in front-end sales charges by large mutual fund companies may help stimulate sagging sales for Section 529 college savings plans.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 31, 2009
DWS slashes charges on a slate of funds, lowers break points

DWS Investments is lowering sales charges and break points on some of its mutual funds, a move that could foreshadow industrywide price cutting to attract disillusioned investors, according to observers.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 31, 2009
SEC to propose major overhaul of money funds

The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering a list of regulations for money market funds that goes far beyond proposed reforms issued in March by the Investment Company Institute.

ETFS MAY 31, 2009
Active ETFs need time to catch on, some say

Actively managed exchange traded funds are finally starting to trickle into the market.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 31, 2009
New balanced fund focuses on risk allocation

As might have been expected, the extreme nature of the economic downturn continues to spawn ways for investors to navigate the financial markets.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 31, 2009
Mutual fund managers to advisers: Don't abandon underperforming funds

Fund managers, urging financial advisers not to pull client assets out of underperforming funds, painted 2008 as an anomaly at the Morningstar Investment Conference 2009 in Chicago last week.

FIXED INCOME MAY 29, 2009
Long-term yields fall again as Treasurys recover

Long-term bond yields fell again on today as investors returned to the Treasury market for the second day running.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 29, 2009
Federated Investors to absorb two mutual funds from Touchstone Investments

Federated Investors Inc. announced today that the firm has reached a definitive agreement to acquire $233 million in assets of two of Cincinnati-based Touchstone Investments’ mutual funds.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 29, 2009
Trading costs on mutual funds outweigh commission fees for investors, experts say

With many managers failing to generate strong returns, trading costs are harder for investors to stomach.

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 29, 2009
Target date funds shouldn’t stand alone, most investors believe

Two-thirds of investors believe that target date funds need to be combined with other funds to achieve a proper mix for their retirement portfolios, a white paper released yesterday by Janus Capital Group Inc. of Denver suggests.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 28, 2009
Mortgage delinquencies hit record high in Q1

A record 12% of homeowners with a mortgage are behind on their payments or in foreclosure as the housing crisis spreads to borrowers with good credit. And the wave of foreclosures isn't expected to crest until the end of next year, the Mortgage Bankers Association said today.