Fund performance

Dimensional Fund Advisor has made its way onto Paychex’s Open Fund Select and Advisor Select platforms. Paychex provides of payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing services, including 401(k) plan recordkeeping, for small- to medium-sized businesses.

As the asset management industry evolves, innovative product options are being introduced to compliment traditional pooled vehicles.

Now you can say it is so: Abigail Johnson last month was named president of Fidelity Investments and, effectively, successor to her father, Edward "Ned" Johnson, chief executive officer of Fidelity Investments.

Herb Morgan has a good barometer to tell how hot the market for exchange-traded funds is getting.

Theresa Hamacher was named to her current position as president of NICSA (the National Investment Company Service Association) in March 2008.

The $5.5 billion Franklin Templeton Founding Funds Allocation last week got a Negative rating from research shop Morningstar.

Global assets invested in exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products reached a record $1.76 trillion through the end of August 2012.

Can it possibly be? Technology stocks are paying the most dividends?

The pullout from domestic stock funds continued last week, to the tune of $3.7 billion. But bond funds got another big influx.

As investing in alternatives such as real estate, private equity funds, hedge fund strategies and commodities grow in popularity, the way these are being used by institutions and investment advisors is changing.

Does religion play a key part in the way investors and managers place bets on their mutual funds?

Crisis may be the new normal for investors, but it's also the stark reality of the communications landscape.

Can it possibly be? Technology stocks are paying the most dividends?

As investing in alternatives such as real estate, private equity funds, hedge fund strategies and commodities grow in popularity, the way these are being used by institutions and investment advisors is changing.

Total U.S. mutual fund assets increased by $161.5 billion to $12.338 trillion in July, according to the Investment Company Institute’s official survey of the mutual fund industry.

New York-based Drexel Hamilton Investment Partners, the investment adviser for each of Drexel Hamilton 8IP Asia Pacific Equity Fund and the Drexel Hamilton FOUR European Equity Fund, this week decided to liquidate the two mutual funds.

For the week ended August 22, investors pulled an estimated $4.48 billion from U.S. mutual funds, substantially more than the $2.72 billion they withdrew the week before.

Loomis, Sayles & Company is closing its Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund (LCGRX) to new investors on September 14.

Global exchange-traded fund assets have increased by 13.9% from $1.35 trillion to $1.54 trillion year-to-date, through the end of July 2012.

Rydex is nixing its Long Short Equity Strategy Fund because of “unfavorable market conditions,” according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.