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There are several reasons for the long-term performance success of Vanguard Group’s GNMA Fund Investor Shares, but one of the simplest is this: It doesn’t have high fees weighing down its returns.

A group of House Financial Services Democrats are raising questions about whether taxpayers will be fully protected under the terms of a recent settlement over poorly underwritten loans held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

In the last two weeks of December, investors placed $507 million into U.S. equity funds, the first positive inflows since just before the Flash Crash in early May.

The Raymond James executive wrote, “the current ‘buying stampede’ is now 90 sessions long, making it the longest one ever recorded in my notes of more than 40 years. Combine that with many other ‘finger to wallet’ indicators suggesting caution and I am currently just sitting.”

Schwab will pay $118 million to settle the charges.

Assets held in domestic exchange-traded funds increased 28% last year to $994.7 billion.

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Charles Schwab with making misleading statements about its Schwab YieldPlus Fund. Schwab agreed to pay $118 million to settle the charges.

It may turn out to be a glass-half-full kind of year, after all.

The economic crisis has brought personal finance front and center, for Americans as well as others throughout the world, the ING Retirement Institute Research Institute found.

The Conference Board Measure of CEO Confidence rallied to 62 in the fourth quarter, up from 50 in the third quarter.

As the economy continues to improve and research and consulting for asset management firms at kasina grows, the firm has hired three new professionals.

MSSB and Wells Fargo have reached into each other’s advisor forces for two new wealth advisor appointments

Four out of five organizations that currently include money market funds in their short-term investment portfolios would drop them if a floating net asset value were to become a reality, according to a survey by the Association for Financial Professionals.

The Independent Directors Council on Tuesday urged regulators to preserve the $1 net asset value of money market funds, saying a floating NAV would not reduce systemic risk in any meaningful way.

It’s a nerve-wracking jolt into the electronic age, but converting your paper files to bytes streamlines both your client services and your compliance readiness.

Morningstar reported that it has found that managers who invest in their own funds remain invested more than twice as long.

BMO Financial Group announced Tuesday that it has signed a definitive agreement to buy Hong Kong-based Lloyd George Management.

Less than a week after acquiring an Ohio insurer, Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA Inc. announced it bought JFK Consulting Group, LLC, an employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm in Overland Park, Kansas.

According to a survey, four in five corporations could drop money market funds from their portfolios if funds are required to shift to a floating net asset value reporting structure.

Matt Fink, former president of the ICI, comments in the latest edition of his book on how another financial crisis may one day be in the making.