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The median profit margins of investment advisors, both pre- and post-marketing costs, rose in 2011, according to Lipper’s latest research report, Investment Management Profitability Analysis for 2012.

There’s been a death in the Vanguard Family. Howard B. Schow, co-founder and chairman emeritus of PRIMECAP Management Company and longtime co-manager of several Vanguard funds, has passed away at 84 years old.

Saturna Capital Corporation, investment adviser to the Amana, Sextant, and Idaho Tax-Exempt Mutual Funds, has launched the Sextant Global High Income Fund, a flexible mandate fund which seeks high income from a globally diversified portfolio of debt and equity securities.

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A group of alternative mutual funds is kicking off its second annual advisor road show today in hopes of educating advisors on the benefits of alternative investing and, ultimately, winning business.

The usage of defined contribution plans and collective investment trusts is growing quickly, resulting in a big impact on the ways that pension holders invest for the future, according to research released by SEI.

It’s almost a done deal.

Chicken Little was wrong about municipal bonds and the funds that invest in them.

New York-based Fred Alger Management, Inc. today launched a new interactive timeline, dubbed "Three Leaders, One Vision," on the firm’s website detailing the history of the firm’s leadership.

New York Life Investments today said it achieved company records in both gross and net sales in 2011.

Financial advisors are increasingly turning towards alternative investments and tactical asset allocations in response to market turbulence, according to a survey released by Curian Capital.

Asset manager and fund administrator North Trust Corp. announced a number of leadership changes, including the hiring of David Fox Jr. as head of Northern’s Corporate & Institutional Services (C&IS), for the Americas. Also, Northern Trust Vice Chairman and Management Group member Sherry Barrat will retire at the end of June.

Americans held $4.5 trillion in all employer-based DC retirement plans on December 31, 2011, of which $3.1 trillion was held in 401(k) plans, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

Here is what investors get told, before investing in one set of exchange-traded notes:

Morningstar's fund analysts have assigned a Gold rating to just one fund in the past weeks: T. Rowe Price Tax-Free High-Yield (PRFHX).

Money market mutual fund assets dropped by $15.20 billion to $2.590 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, April 4, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

Transamerica Retirement Services has promoted Chad Brown to division vice president for the company’s southern region.

Olney, M.D.-based Arrow Investment Advisors has named Joseph Cunningham to the newly created role of Director of Capital Markets.

Oaks, Pa.-based SEI, a provider of investment processing, fund processing, and investment management business outsourcing services, has appointed Stephen Beinhacker as Global Head of Equities for SEI's Investment Management Unit.

Socially responsible investing has increasingly become hot over the past five years.