Fund performance

Hancock Holding Company announced that the Hancock Horizon Burkenroad Small Cap Fund, celebrating its tenth anniversary, has received a five-star overall rating from Morningstar.

Fidelity Investments did something last week that a decade ago most likely was not imaginable-or feasible.

T. Rowe Price Group reported its fourth quarter 2011 results, including net revenues of $671.6 million, net income of $188.4 million, and diluted earnings per common share of $.73.

Federated Investors reported earnings per EPS of $0.36 for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2011 as compared to $0.45 for the same quarter last year. Net income was $36.9 million for Q4 2011 compared to $46.4 million for Q4 2010.

Janus reported fourth quarter net income of $35.7 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, compared with net income of $27.4 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, in the third quarter 2011 and net income of $65.9 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter 2010.

Invesco issued financial results for the year and three months ended Dec. 31, 2011. "Invesco’s efforts to provide strong, long-term investment performance to our clients contributed to the third year of long-term organic growth." said Martin Flanagan, president and CEO.

The Global Investment Committee of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney said in its January 2012 market commentary that it expects not just Europe, but the United States, to slip into recession.

AdvisorShares Investments announced that the AdvisorShares Accuvest Global Opportunities ETF will begin trading tomorrow, January 26. ACCU is managed by Accuvest Global Advisors, an investment adviser that manages over $300 million in global portfolio assets.

Guggenheim Investments announced a new open-end mutual fund offering: Guggenheim Municipal Income Fund. The fund is the latest addition to its recently expanded suite of fixed-income mutual funds..

Known as the Citi RAFI Bond Index Series, the series will include sovereign and corporate bond indices and use fundamental measures to weight the index components.

Aston Asset Management announced that its mutual fund assets under management exceeded $10 billion, as of the close of business on January 19. Aston surpassed the $10 billion mark shortly after celebrating its five-year anniversary.

Money Management Executive is nearing its 20th year of operation. For two decades, the newsweekly has been providing top executives in the asset management business with the information and insight they need to get their jobs done effectively.

Bank of America’s Global Wealth and Investment Management business saw its 2011 fourth quarter net income decline precipitously compared to the fourth quarter of 2010 as lower transactional activity offset higher net interest income and asset management fees.

When it comes to bond funds — or any mutual funds — past performance is not the best way to analyze them. Instead, S&P Capital IQ Analyst Todd Rosenbluth suggests investors should consider the credit risk of the underlying bonds, as well as a fund’s duration, i.e. price sensitivity to changes in interest rates.

Standard & Poor’s Capital IQ research unit said it has developed a method of forecasting negative and positive earnings surprises of a magnitude of 5% or larger.

Morningstar is no longer just looking backwards -- focusing on three-, five- and 10-year returns. The fund ratings giant is now looking ahead to the future, as well.

Know what to pay attention to and what to ignore.

Morningstar is no longer just looking backwards-focusing on three-, five- and 10-year returns. The fund ratings giant is now looking ahead to the future, as well.

Did you have the foresight to invest heavily for your clients in Pacific Investment Management Co.'s 25-year zero-coupon U.S. Treasury exchange-traded bond fund, one year ago?

Know what to pay attention to and what to ignore.