Portfolio

Investors’ aversion to stock funds and wholesale embracing of exchange-traded, bond and go-anywhere funds in 2009 may not be an aberration but a true turning point in investor behavior, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Slow growth combined with large debts from the current crisis could set the stage for another crisis by the middle of the decade.

The merger, effective Jan. 1, boosts the assets under management of the Seattle-based firm to more than $1 billion.

Morningstar has announced its three Fund Managers of the Year for domestic stock, international stock and fixed income.

The unit is expecting double-digit growth as it expands its array of investment products.

A two-year consent decree requires the company to provide more anti-discrimination training for managers and supervisors.

TCW Group and Huntington Funds have both launched emerging markets funds, the TCW Emerging Markets Equities Fund and the Huntington Global Select Markets Fund.

The TCW Group Inc., an international asset management firm, has voluntarily withdrawn its UST/TCW Senior Mortgage Securities Fund LP from the Treasury's Public-Private Investment Program.

WASHINGTON — With rock-bottom interest rates expected to begin rising soon, regulators and industry representatives are increasingly concerned about institutions' ability to weather a boomerang effect on their funding costs.

The Wealth Hazards Worry Index now indicates that the number of people who believe the U.S. economy could enter another recession in 2010 now stands at 40%. Only 28% are confident a recession will not reoccur in 2010.