Portfolio

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Stock and bond funds, including exchange traded funds, maintained a strong pace of net inflows in April, according to fund industry researcher Strategic Insight (SI).

Guggenheim Investments filed May 13 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register the Emerging Markets Bond Strategy Fund, part of the Rydex Series Funds.

Former BlackRock Inc. fund manager Mark Lyttleton was arrested April 30 as part of an insider trading probe by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, two people familiar with the matter said.

Goldman Sachs has filed to launch the Multi Asset Real Return Fund. The fund seeks real return by investing in inflation-sensitive assets.

Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners announced the launch of the AIP Dynamic Alternative Strategies Fund, its first mutual fund.

Independent advisors should be preparing themselves more aggressively for sale and consolidation, a new study says.

A key to the direction of Europe's future will be the economic progress of Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece.

Vanguard has kicked off a campaign to emphasize the importance that costs play in long-term investing.

Federated Investors has named Ihab L. Salib as senior portfolio manager of Federated Emerging Market Debt Fund.