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Investors are lowering their expectations for their retirement lifestyles, but is that enough? Not according to a new survey from BlackRock.

Bond funds had estimated inflows of $7.50 billion, compared to estimated inflows of $2.59 billion for the week ended Wednesday, November 7, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

API Funds has re-upped with Huntington Asset Services through May 2014. API has been a Huntington Asset Services client since 2004.

Investors added $27.7 billion to long-term open-end funds in October, according to data from Morningstar. Taxable-bond funds led the way with inflows of $29.6 billion, while U.S.-stock funds saw outflows of $8.3 billion.

Is Vanguard engaged in a fee war in the mutual fund space? Not according to Vanguard Chairman Bill McNabb.

Charles Fernandez, former president of Florida-based Fairholme Capital Management, has launched the Barnstar Opportunities Fund, a multi-disciplinary, special situations long-bias fund.

Russell Investments is broadening its portfolio and skill sets with the launch of its first internally managed, non-cash retail fund, dubbed the Russell Strategic Call Overwriting Fund.

Investors yanked a record volume of cash from BlackRock Inc.’s exchange-traded fund that buys junk bonds as the notes lose value for the first month since May.

The Investment Company Institute and the chairman of the ICI Money Market Working Group, William McNabb, who is also the chief executive officer of Vanguard, are speaking out against the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s meeting yesterday to discuss money market fund regulation.

Prudential Retirement has strengthened its stable value team with the appointment of Michael Davis as its new head of stable value.