Investment funds

So what does a quartet of space ships beaming up a cow and an exploding airbag have to do with investment management?

Look out for a switch in sub-advisers for one Touchstone Investments fund.

Morningstar has launched the Morningstar US Real Asset Index, a diversified portfolio of liquid assets that traditionally provide a hedge against inflation, including Treasury inflation-protected securities, real estate investment trusts, and commodity stocks and futures.

Two firms are touting the launch of a new high income fund.

Nasdaq OMX Group said it hired Bradley J. Peterson as its global chief information officer.

After four consecutive weeks of negative flows, mutual funds finally enjoyed a week of stellar sales.

DoubleLine Capital has unveiled its latest equity funds just a few weeks after hiring away two portfolio managers from TCW Group.

Fidelity Investments has closed off one of its funds to new investors.

EIG Global Energy Partners has reached a deal with the TCW Group whereby EIG will publicly support the buyout of TCW by the Carlye Group.

Looks like Vanguard isn't the only company into mass hirings.

Pyxis Capital is ramping up its sales force with the addition of four wholesalers to cover Texas, Illinois, California and the Northeast.

Cole Wilcox, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of Longboard Asset Management, has some lofty goals for the alternative mutual fund shop this year.

DoubleLine Capital has unveiled its latest equity funds just a few weeks after hiring away two portfolio managers from TCW Group.

ING has quietly erased an alternative mutual fund from its portfolio.

Quant shop Analytic Investors has hired Paul Runge as a Director of Business Development to focus on institutional investors, with an emphasis on public pension plans.

Indie firm Global X Funds has launched yet another fund this week.

The TCW Group has appointed Meredith Jackson as General Counsel, effective January 15.

Pioneer Investments ventures further into Western Europe and Latin America with a new hire today.

Russell Indexes today announced a global alliance with NYSE Euronext to include the transition of RussellTick, an index feed for real-time, intra-day values for the Russell family of indexes to NYSE Technologies’ Global Index Feed protocol.

Global Thematic Partners has been fired as a subadvisor to the DWS Global Thematic Fund (SGQAX), effective January 31, according to a regulatory filing.