Fund performance

DoubleLine Capital and ALPS Advisors topped Strategic Insight's list of fastest growing mutual fund managers in 2012.

Target maturity funds picked up more than $13 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012, bringing the industry’s total assets to some $485 billion, a 29% increase from a year ago, according to data from Ibbotson.

US exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products reached a new record high of $1.42 trillion at the end of January 2013, according to figures from ETFGI.

For mutual fund firms, 2013 could be a particularly challenging year.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. paid investment bankers and traders about 3% less in 2012 as shaky economies in the U.S. and Europe put a damper on deals, said two people with knowledge of the firm’s compensation.

The global exchange-traded product industry surpassed the $2 trillion mark last month, finishing the month with $40.2 billion of inflows, according to BlackRock’s latest ETP Landscape report.

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Equity mutual funds are experiencing a resurgence in the first month of the new year. But investors continue to pour money into bond funds, as interest-rates remain low fpr the foreseeable future

Total money market mutual fund assets dropped by $770 million to $2.695 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, January 30, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Jeff Knight, who previously led Putnam Investments’ Global Asset Allocation investment unit, which manages specialized multi-asset class portfolios for retail and institutional clients, has left the firm to pursue other opportunities, according to the firm.

Mutual funds that invest in U.S. stocks had another strong week, picking up $3.5 billion. They have now picked up $16.1 billion in a three-week period, a strong start after 25 weeks of declines.

First, there was the Great Recession.

Mutual funds increased their assets by $174.3 billion to $13.047 trillion in December, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Institutional investors are expected to increase their use of exchange-traded funds and institutional demand for fixed income ETFs are expected to rise, according to new findings from iShares.

Russell Indexes today launched the Russell High Efficiency Defensive Indexes, which it touts as “the first and only series of low volatility benchmarks to offer low targeted tracking error.”

Stock funds started the year with a bang.

Pioneer Investments is reshuffling its fund lineup including reorganizing four domestic equity funds and liquidating another.

First, there was the Great Recession.

Stock funds started the year with a bang.

Long-term mutual funds posted inflows of $22.04 billion for the week ended Wednesday, January 16, according to the Investment Company Institute.