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MountainView Securities, a broker/dealer focused on the fixed income markets, has hired Amber Lindsay as Managing Director of Fixed Income Sales.

For the better part of two years, Mary Schapiro told anyone who would listen that the federal government could not afford another bailout and that the money market mutual fund industry would have to backstop itself.

Ben Johnson, who has led Morningstar’s passive fund research in Europe and Asia, has been named director of passive fund research globally.

Looks like the "ETF fee war" is waging on.

The world of communications in the mutual fund industry is rife with buzzwords and phrases. They come in and out of favor as funds and fund managers seek to gain competitive advantage by repositioning an asset class or investment strategy as "the next big thing."

Sure, investors still feel nervous, companies are hesitating to spend cash, and all attention is on fixed income and bond funds. But Neil Hennessy of Hennessy Funds insists equity mutual funds are the way to go.

My favorite lobbying move of the year came in early May, in, of course, Washington, D.C.

2012 has been a good year for John Hancock Funds.

Hurricane Sandy disrupted financial markets in a way not seen since 1888, when a blizzard dumped 40 to 50 inches of snow across the tri-state area, forcing the New York Stock Exchange to close for two days that March

Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. has introduced a bill that would merge the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to form the Securities Derivatives Commission.

John Hancock Funds has had a solid 2012, but it's not about to let the good times stop rolling

American Century Investments has renamed its Inflation Protection Bond (APOIX) fund to Short Duration Inflation Protection Bond fund to better reflect the fund’s strategy.

Think you've got your target-date planning down pat? Think again.

For the better part of two years, Mary Schapiro told anyone who would listen that the federal government could not afford another bailout and that the money market mutual fund industry would have to backstop itself.

Analytic Investors is welcoming back a familiar face. The firm has named George Matthews Head of Consultant Relations and Business Development.

John Hancock Financial, the US division of Manulife Financial Corporation, has named Sebastian Pariath as head of John Hancock Operations, effective January 1, 2013.

Christmas came early for the FPA Perennial fund this year in the form of a Gold rating from Morningstar.

Fidelity Investments is fast becoming the mutual fund provider choice du jour among advisors north of the border.

Perhaps it's time to ditch the thinking that money market and stable value funds are the only major cash preservation vehicles.

BMO Global Asset Management as added the BMO Short Tax-Free Fund (MTFYX, MTFIX) to its lineup.