Portfolio

Henderson Global Investors (North America) has gotten a bit more global.

The Iowa Regents Board, based off of a recent RFI inquiry substantiated by investment consultant Wilshire Associates, is assigned to vote on a money market mutual fund recommendation this week.

Eaton Vance Management has formed a cash management unit and has hired fund executives to help manage its new business.

The global exchange-traded product industry surpassed the $2 trillion mark last month, finishing the month with $40.2 billion of inflows, according to BlackRock’s latest ETP Landscape report.

Citi has snagged a mandate from Forward Management to provide global custody services to support the Forward Funds, a family of traditional and alternative mutual funds with assets of $6 billion.

Confluence has promoted two its key executives - James “Skip” Smith and Frederick Winston - to the roles of chief operating officer and chief financial officer, respectively.

Genworth Financial Wealth Management introduced GPS Select Solutions, multi-strategic portfolios that serve a variety of specific investment goals.

Institutional investors will broaden their ETF applications in 2013, predicted BlackRock’s iShares group.

The acquisition increases Atlanta Capital’s AUM to $950 million

BlackRock the world’s biggest money manager, is accused in a lawsuit by two pension funds of reaping “grossly excessive” compensation from securities- lending returns associated with iShares.