Fund performance

There's nothing quite like the feeling of coming out from under a guardian's wing.

Jeffrey Gundlach is starting his New Year the way he ended 2012.

Money market reform. Operations. Competition from and opportunity in exchange-traded funds.

Total money market mutual fund assets increased by $37.78 billion to $2.705 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, January 2, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Morningstar today unveiled its 2012 U.S. Fund Manager of the Year award winners in the allocation, alternatives, domestic stock, international stock, and fixed income categories.

Morningstar today gave props to a few funds that that the research firm said went from worst to first in 2012.

Total money market mutual fund assets increased by $28.39 billion to $2.665 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, December 26, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

Morningstar has reaffirmed or identified 38 funds as Morningstar Medalists, giving out Gold ratings to 17 funds.

For the week ending Wednesday, December 26, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds reported net inflows of $3 billion, excluding the inflows of $18.2 billion to money market accounts, according to data from Lipper.

Total estimated outflows from long-term mutual funds were $4.49 billion for the week ended Wednesday, December 19, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

Base salaries for hedge fund and mutual fund managers are projected to increase 3.5% and incentive pay is projected to rise by 0-10% from 2011 to 2012, according to a new study from Greenwich Associates and Johnson Associates.

The U.S. News & World Report today named its mutual fund winners for 2012, including a once-fallen star manager and a mutual fund trade group.

The combined assets of the nation’s exchange-traded funds rose in November by $26.06 billion, or 2.1%, to $1.295 trillion.in November, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

Exchange-traded funds have had a banner year, reaching a new peak of $1.7 trillion in assets held, at the end of November.

While the bloom is still on the alternative mutual fund rose, 2012 hasn't been as kind to alternatives as in years past.

Investors redeemed $6.57 billion from mutual funds for the week ended Wednesday, December 12, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

Bill McNabb, chief executive officer of the Vanguard Group, has 130 billion reasons to smile this holiday season.

The old-school model of hiring an investment consultant to dispense advice to sponsors of pension funds and endowments about prospective investment managers is passing away.

Morningstar today reported that stock mutual funds shed another $14.1 billion in November and are on pace to surpass 2008’s record outflow of $96.7 billion.

Exchange-traded funds have had a banner year, reaching a new peak of $1.7 trillion in assets held, at the end of November. That's a gain of 24.5%, from last year. And a doubling from four years ago.