Investment funds

PALM DESERT, Calif.—Developing products to meet intermediary demands is one challenge but a whole new can of worms is opened once that product hits the market.

The second set of reforms of the money market mutual fund industry now being considered will be an “interesting test case” of regulators’ ability to conduct effective analysis of the costs and benefits of rules they institute, according to a former director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

PALM DERSERT, Calif. Hurricane Sandy caused major disruptions in the financial services industry.

BlackRock is cutting about 300 jobs, extending a reorganization that included the shakeup of its investment units last year.

A managing director of Charles Schwab Investment Management said the money market mutual fund industry has ‘nothing to hide’ about the value of its assets. Floating the stated value of each share of a fund, however, would result in “a lot of imposed inconvenience.’’

Company A last year pumped up its revenues by 44.6%-from a base of $108.2 billion.

The Two Roads Shared Trust is prepping a managed futures offering to launch within the next few months.

Federal regulators would “like to codify exemptive relief” from provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, so they can focus on more innovative fund applications.

Putnam Investments expects investors to continue prioritizing risk mitigation and income generation in the current investing environment.

PALM DESERT, Calif – Is the Financial Stability Oversight Council out to undermine the Securities and Exchange Commission’s “role, independence, and democratic process”?

Norm Champ, the director of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management, said the regulator will be asking “tough questions” of fund directors. A key focus: Are fund directors stretched too thinly, overseeing too many funds?

The general counsel for the advocacy group that represents the investment fund industry said Monday that financial transaction taxes harm investors, retirement savers, market operations, economic growth and investment returns.

The trade group will open an office in the center of finance and international business to gather “real-time information” about Asian markets.

Neuberger Berman Group has announced it will begin offering a zero-sales-charge share class.

Denver-based Cambiar Investors will close the Cambiar Small Cap Fund (CAMSX) to new investors on April 30.

Putnam Investments LLC, the asset manager in its fifth year of a turnaround effort by Chief Executive Officer Robert L. Reynolds, introduced six new mutual funds, including two aimed at investors weary of stock swings.

Westwood Holdings Group last week announced that the Westwood Income Opportunity mutual fund has surpassed $1 billion in assets.

Exchange Traded Concepts is in a good place right now.

The minutes from the most recent Federal Open Market Committee meeting have been poured over by countless pundits who have shown the same level of consensus that Congress has on the sequester.

Well, it sounded like a good deal.