Investment funds

Alternative mutual fund shop Simple Alternatives has added Clark Jones as a portfolio manager expanding the investment team managing the firms’ flagship S1 Fund (SONEX).

The global exchange-traded product industry recorded its best Q1 on record amassing flows of $70.1 billion compared to the previous record of $65.5 billion set last year, according to Blackrock’s latest ETP Landscape Monthly Snapshot.

Stadion Money Management has launched the Stadion Market Opportunity Fund, which will bet on broad market, sector/region and commodity exchange-traded funds.

The majority of asset managers have increased their resources dedicated to the bank trust channel, according to new research from Cerulli Associates.

iShares is currently prepping the MSCI Colombia Capped ETF to launch within the next few months.

Investors have major trust issues with their advisors.

Logan Circle Partners, a subsidiary of Fortress Investment Goup, said Monday that it has hired a Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) lead investment officer to head a new growth equities team.

New research from PIMCO says that the majority of consultants think plan sponsors should offer their 401(k) plan participants target date or target risk strategies of the active management variety.

Pioneer Investments last month unveiled a new portfolio management team for Pioneer Emerging Markets Fund (PYEFX) and Pioneer Emerging Markets VCT Portfolio (VPIEM1V).

Houston-based Salient Partners is looking to add an active exchange-traded fund to its portfolio.

Unconstrained bond funds may see renewed interest this year, but at what risk?

Ex-Morgan Keegan Mutual Fund Directors to Settle SEC ClaimsEight former Morgan Keegan & Co. mutual-fund directors agreed to settle U.S. regulatory claims that they allowed assets backed by subprime mortgages to be overvalued as the housing market collapsed in 2007.

Total money market mutual fund assets increased by $3.68 billion to $2.629 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, March 27, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, excluding money market funds, recorded net inflows of $4.5 billion for the week ended March 27, according to Lipper.

Today, mutual fund firms are not only facing heightened regulatory scrutiny, they are navigating a highly digital media world moving at breakneck speed. Combustion between the two can be devastating to a brand.

Eaton Vance Corp. asked U.S. regulators for permission to start a series of actively managed exchange-traded funds that wouldn’t disclose their holdings daily.

PALM DESERT, Calif.-Developing products to meet intermediary demands always is a challenge. But a whole new can of worms opens up, once that product hits the market.

The week ended March 20 was a relatively good one for mutual fund flows. 

April 1st may be the opening date of a new DoubleLine Capital fund, but rest assured DoubleLine ain't kidding about betting on equities. 

Natixis Global Asset Management has launched the Aurora Horizons Fund (AHFAX), an alternative multi-strategy mutual allocated across multiple hedge fund managers.