Investment funds

ProShares is readying a merger arbitrage exchange-traded fund to launch sometime in January, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

Franklin Templeton Investments' parent Franklin Resources has effectively expanded its alternatives offerings.

Look for more flexible offerings from MFS Investment Management thanks to new funds in its target date suite.

The Epiphany Funds Trust has appointed Mutual Shareholder Services as its transfer agent, administrator and fund accounting firm effective November 1, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

Henderson Global Investors is liquidating two international equity funds in December.

ING Financial Partners, the broker dealer of ING U.S., has developed a new practice management program designed to help financial advisors address lifetime income planning needs of their near-retirement clients.

Relationships help fund firms retain assets, says Cogent Research.

The SSgA Tuckerman Active REIT Fund will soon be looking for another subadvisor.

Bill Gross, who runs the world’s biggest mutual fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., said there is no evidence that investment is being spurred by the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing program.

The NASDAQ's parent group is acquiring a new index provider.

Hurricane Sandy kicked up total estimated inflows to long-term mutual funds to $5.45 billion for the week ended Wednesday, October 24, according to the Investment Company Institute.

The registered investment advisor is becoming a portfolio manager, more than an advisor.

In real estate, the three keys are location, location and location. But in the case of Charles Schwab's latest ETF Investor Snapshot, the keys are real estate and more real estate.

Credit conditions in China warrant special attention in light of the country's considerable size and systemic importance to the global economy.

Investors have been flocking to alternative mutual funds and ETFs - and are being punished for it.

Funds specializing in gold and other precious metals glittered in the third quarter, but many other stock and bond categories also performed exceptionally well.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro today made the following statement in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

Transamerica has added four mutual funds to its retail lineup today including Transamerica Tactical Allocation, Transamerica Tactical Rotation, Transamerica Income & Growth, and Transamerica Enhanced Muni.

With liquidity still in short supply in equities and exchange-traded funds after the reopening of markets Wednesday, NASDAQ cancelled all trades in the first two minutes of activity in the Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (VOOG).

Waddell & Reed Financial’s net income plunged in the third quarter due to losses from the sale of its Legend group of subsidiaries to First Allied Holdings.