Tag: Mutual funds

Total 529 college savings plan assets were an estimated $144.4 billion in Q4 2011, according to data from Financial Research Corporation (FRC), a division of Strategic Insight.

Net cash contributions to long-term mutual funds around the world came in at around $200 billion for 2011, down from almost $1 trillion in both 2010 and 2009,...

DST Systems Inc. announced a new administrative solution that makes retirement income products more widely available to sponsors of defined contribution retirement plans and their participants. 

Investors put an estimated net $35 billion in net inflows into stock and bond mutual funds in the U.S. in January 2012, reports Strategic Insight (SI).  

Bennett Group Financial Services (BGFS) launched four mutual funds consisting of A shares available through financial professionals, banks, brokerages and insurance companies for their clients.

Investment Guidance Solutions (IGS) launched a mutual fund investing tool called IGSignals.

Total assets in exchange-traded fund (ETF) managed portfolio strategies rose 43% in 2011, according to a report from Morningstar.

A survey of U.S. plan sponsors conducted by Finadium looked at the attitudes and opinions of institutional investors across securities lending, collateral management and custody.

Strategic Insight (SI) reports investors withdrew an estimated net $22 billion from stock and bond mutual funds in the U.S. in December. 

Franklin Templeton Investments launched Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Real Return Fund for U.S. investors. 

Brown Advisory added a new mutual fund, the Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund.  

Robeco Investment Management launched two mutual funds.

 Granite Investment Advisors introduced The Granite Value Fund, an actively managed equity value fund.

Ariel Investments launched two all-cap no-load mutual funds.

MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has launched MassMutual Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund, the latest addition to the MassMutual Funds families.

Janus Capital Group launched three funds. 

November was another "risk-off" month for mutual fund investors with $6.3 billion in long-term outflows, according to data from Morningstar.

TIAA-CREF has launched the Global Natural Resources Fund.

The U.S. mutual fund industry is on track for $80 billion in net inflows for the year; more than $100 billion less than 2010 or 2009.

William Blair Funds launched the William Blair Macro Allocation Fund on November 29.