Portfolio

Here are the top firms according to their basic payout for producers at the $400,000 mark.

The first two months of 2013 marked net flows of $140 billion into stock and bond funds, the best start for the mutual fund industry on record, according to Strategic Insight.

Altegris is taking to YouTube in an attempt to demystify the common myths about alternatives.

Nuveen Investments has pulled the plug on the shares of its Nuveen Large Cap Select Fund (FLRYX) sold to 401(k) plans.

Financial Risk Management Ltd., a unit of the world’s largest publicly traded hedge-fund manager Man Group Plc, may see the best return from its multistrategy funds of funds since 2009, said its chief investment officer.

Fidelity Investments, the biggest U.S. manager of money-market mutual funds, said there is growing agreement among company leaders and regulators to limit any new rules for the products to those eligible to buy corporate debt.

Global X Funds is banking on significant opportunities in high dividend-paying equities.

OppenheimerFunds is closing its Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund to new investors on April 12, Money Management Executive has learned.

Houston-based Salient Partners, a $17.4 billion asset management firm, has officially lifted the veil on its Salient Pure Trend Fund (SPTAX, SPTCX, SPTIX). Money Management Executive previously reported on the fund’s launch.

Assets held in 529 college savings plans increased 16.7% last year as the largest state plans continued to attract the bulk of assets.