Investment funds

While U.S. investors remained net purchasers of mutual fund assets for the week ended Feb. 27, political uncertainty seems to have shaken them somewhat.

Another money market fund is making its way toward the recycling bin.

William Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, last week called out Charles Schwab & Co. for recently changing up its customer arbitration agreements by striking its investors' ability to join class action lawsuits.

Is there an actual fee war being waged among exchange-traded fund providers or are fees being adjusted merely according to standard operating procedure?

While U.S. investors remained net purchasers of mutual fund assets for the week ended Feb. 27, political uncertainty seems to have shaken them somewhat.

Are active exchange-traded funds just a gimmick? And is there a resolution in sight for any potential further reform of the money market mutual fund industry?

New York Life, the parent company of Mainstay Investments, has hired Don Desiderato as senior managing director and chief technology officer.

ALPS has launched the U.S. Equity High Volatility Put Write Index Fund (HVPW), which tracks the NYSE Arca U.S. Equity High Volatility Put Write Index.

Investors in Los Angeles–based FPA funds will be glad to hear that effective April 1, all of the FPA Funds will be available as no-load funds.

Annual reports, prospectuses, and statements of additional information from fund families provide information for investors that can be very instructive about their fund's relative tax efficiency.

Stock funds soar as grim forecasts prove overly pessimistic.

Scout Investments has found new leadership for its institutional distribution team.

First Trust Advisors has launched another actively managed ETF.

Vanguard today closed two funds to new investors while prepping another to launch in the second quarter.

Managed futures mutual funds? They are so 2012.

The largest purveyor of money market mutual funds in the United States this month told the Financial Stability Oversight Council that no further reform of such funds is necessary.

2013 is looking good so far for mutual funds.

PIMCO has launched the PIMCO Emerging Markets Full Spectrum Bond Fund (PFSIX), which it touts as a "one stop" fixed income strategy to bet on investment opportunities in the developing world.

For the week ended Feb. 20, investors steered an estimated $11.29 billion into mutual funds, down 11% from the previous week.

Franklin Templeton plans to open three new offices in Italy.