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Henry Blodget, former cheerleader for the dot-come bubble, names the big fund managers that got taken to the cleaners with the Facebook IPO.

BlackRock remains the behemoth in ETF/ETP assets under management, with a global market share of over 38% and a U.S. market share of more than 40%.

Investors poured $7.2 billion into bond funds last week, while pulling $3.6 billion from funds that invest in U.S. stocks.

Victory Capital Management has selected Citi Transaction Services for a range of middle office outsourced services.

Newfleet Asset Management has named Frank Ossino a senior portfolio manager of the Virtus Senior Floating Rate Fund.

U.S. bond fund investors have been more reliant on government bonds and corporates than their European counterparts but that will change if rates stay low.

JonesTrading Institutional JonesTrading to Acquire Conifer SecuritiesServices said it signed a letter of intent to acquire Conifer Securities from the Conifer Group.

As sales of ETFs boom, the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy has released an investor bulletin on the investment vehicle.

WallachBeth Capital, an institutional brokerage firm, has created the WallachBeth Healthcare Research Group.

Equity fund investors appear to be exiting from mutual funds and investing in ETFs instead. Fixed income funds are a different story.

On August 30, the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration participant fee disclosure rule, dubbed ERISA 404(a)(5), will go into effect.

First Trust Advisors has rolled out the First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund and the Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund.

On August 10, 2012, U.S. debt yields put you asleep. But you better be on your toes, with the adventure involved in emerging market bonds.

Bond fund sales grew at a record pace during the first half of 2012, according to Strategic Insight. Equity funds recorded net redemptions in aggregate.

Money-market fund companies obtained permission to support 155 of their funds during the financial turmoil of 2007 and 2008, and six more funds got the same go- ahead since the crisis, according to a list provided to Congress by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

oward C. Greene, the lead portfolio manager for the John Hancock Bond Fund, has just passed the 10-year milestone at the helm of the $1.4 billion fund.

The Value Line Asset Allocation Fund has been added to the Schwab Mutual Fund OneSource Select List. The fund is ranked in Lipper's top 12% for the 10-year period.

Setting up a mutual fund in China or India may be appealing to U.S. fund companies because of the growing affluence and high savings rates in those countries. But it is a long and multi-faceted process.

The last decade has been rough for the mutual fund industry. This means boards of directors must have the tools for overseeing compliance and take on the oversight.

On August 13, 2012, Somewhere in the world this week, Jeffrey Gundlach is smiling.