Fund performance

Morningstar today unveiled its nominees for the Morningstar Domestic-Stock Fund Manager of the Year award.

Mutual funds suffered total estimated outflows of $2.0 billion for the week ended Wednesday, December 5, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

US ETF assets totaled $1.3 trillion as of November 30, 2012 – up 24.2% year-to-date, according to State Street Global Advisors’ latest ETF Snapshot.

Exchange-traded funds saw inflows of $15.6 billion in November bring year-to-date inflows to $154.0 billion, putting them on track to match or exceed 2008’s record-setting inflows of $168.3 billion, according to data from Morningstar.

The holidays and year-end are approaching rapidly, leaving investors anxious about where to stash their abundant cash.

Financial advisors and investors now see value of investing in managed futures, particularly in times of market stress.

Investors withdrew money last month from Vanguard Group's emerging markets exchange-traded fund, the industry's largest, after the firm said it would replace the fund's index.

After two weeks of devastating outlfows, especially in domestic equities, mutual funds seem to have finally recovered their groove somewhat.

Investors withdrew money last month from Vanguard Group’s emerging-markets exchange-traded fund, the industry’s largest, after the firm said it would replace the fund’s index.

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.

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.

Kayne Anderson Rudnick, a boutique investment adviser and affiliated manager of Virtus Investment Partners, has promoted Doug Foreman to co-chief investment officer, effective January 1, 2013.

Mutual funds experienced outflows of some $5.52 billion for the week ended Tuesday, November 20, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Exchange-traded funds hit a speed bump last month after coasting through much of the year in the black.

Sure, investors still feel nervous, companies are hesitating to spend cash, and all attention is on fixed income and bond funds.

Loomis, Sayles & Company has added Peter Frick as an emerging markets debt portfolio manager alongside co-managers Edgardo Sternberg and Dave Rolley.

New research from Cerulli Associates finds that passive mutual fund assets have increased 95% since 2008, jumping from $572 billion in 2008 to $1.1 trillion through the first half of this year.

The Wilmington Rock Maple Alternatives Fund has dropped Whitebox Advisors as one its many subadvisors, Money Management Executive has learned.

A year ago, Morningstar introduced its forward-looking analyst ratings system for the mutual funds it covers in the United States.