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The Aquila Group of Funds has appointed Craig DiRuzzo as a regional sales manager focusing on the Tax-Free Fund of Colorado, a municipal bond fund that invests in Colorados municipal and state projects, and Aquilas two nationally distributed mutual funds Aquila Three Peaks High Income Fund and Aquila Three Peaks Opportunity Growth Fund.
January 29 -
State Street Global Advisors today marked the twentieth anniversary of the first exchange traded fund, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by reminiscing on the early years of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF.
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Russell Indexes today launched the Russell High Efficiency Defensive Indexes, which it touts as the first and only series of low volatility benchmarks to offer low targeted tracking error.
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Stock funds started the year with a bang.
January 28 -
Russell is looking for a new director of defined contribution.
January 28 -
A meeting at the $79 billion Oregon Investment Council (OIC) last Wednesday resulted in two new investments, Jeff Sinks, communications director for the Oregon State Treasury, confirmed to Investment Management Mandate Pipeline, a sister publication to Money Management Executive.
January 28 -
Hatteras Funds earlier this month announced that its Hatteras Managed Futures Strategies Fund (HMFIX, HMFAX) is now available on the Charles Schwab Mutual Fund OneSource Platform.
January 28 -
John M. Jack McCarthy, who became a widely quoted stock market bull during a 32-year career at Lord Abbett & Co., where he managed the flagship Affiliated Fund (LAFFX), has died. He was 85.
January 25 -
News headlines today are riddled with fines and lawsuits against some of the biggest financial brands in the world, even as regulators crack down and push major legislative overhauls into implementation, such as 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act in the U.S. and Retail Distribution Review (RDR) in the UK.
January 25