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Fund administrator Gemini Fund Services has launched its third shared mutual fund trust, the Northern Lights Fund Trust III (NLFT III).

Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Harriet Jacobs regional sales director for its Government Markets business. Jacobs is based in Los Angeles and reports to Brent Neese, vice president of Government Markets.

Don’t be surprised to see a Vanguard coffee truck at a corner near you.

Greg Francfort, who most recently served as director of Neuberger Berman’s global equity research team, will be joining the firm’s MLG Group, which manages approximately $7 billion in assets for individuals, institutions and mutual funds.

Paul Fenner, president and founder of DreamWorks Capital Management, LLC, has launched a new investment management firm to providw investment advisory services to individuals, institutions, and small- and medium-sized businesses.

Insurer and wealth manager The Hartford is trimming its focus to a few core business areas: property and casualty, group benefits and mutual funds.

Alternative investment manager Direxion has launched an exchange-traded fund that provides investors with equal weighted exposure to the constituents of the NASDAQ-100 index.

Global accounting firm Ernst & Young has expanded its West Coast asset management tax practice with four new hires.

Quantitative hedge fund manager Hagin Investment Management has launched an equities market neutral product aimed for mutual fund investors.

Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. has selected Indianapolis, IN-based McCready and Keene, an actuarial and retirement benefits consulting firm, as the exclusive service provider for its 401(k) plan, which currently has 6,000 employees and more than $7.5 million in assets, which transferred on March 1.

Loomis, Sayles & Company has hired Jeffrey Schwartz to serve as the new co-manager of the firm’s small and mid-cap core strategies, including the Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund.

The SEC’s 
Office of Compliance Inspections and its Division of Enforcement are getting ‘increasingly collaborative.’ That may be turning routine exams into launchpads for enforcement actions.

Market Vectors, the exchange-traded product arm of Van Eck Global, is tapping into the resilience of Indonesia’s economy by launching a fund focusing on the country’s small cap equity sector.

Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Carey Lindsey as regional sales director for Houston.

Deutsche Bank’s Management Board is expanding the Group Executive Committee from 12 to 18 members, effective June 1.

The Emerald Mutual Funds have made their way home to the investment advisory firm that founded the fund family in 1992.

The people and events that took center stage.Photos by Lou Fugazy and Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Third-party administrator CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc. today revealed it added the Alta Trust Tactical Advantage collective investment trust funds to its retirement plan platform.

It might sound elementary but legal eagles from some of the country’s biggest law firms convened today at the ICI Mutual Fund conference in Phoenix, A.Z. to drive home the importance of disclosure when it comes to mutual fund registration.