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Bond funds attract $5.31 billion of new money in the week.

Cambridge CTO will provide chief technology officer expertise for funds.

Baltimore-based global investment management firm has added Craig Sidall, a veteran of institutional investment consulting and client management, as VP and consultant relations manager focusing on Canada.

Jensen Portfolio tops the list of domestic, large-cap funds

Money market funds continue to waive big chunks of their management fees as yields on cash instruments remain too low to charge the full amount.

Instead of focusing on fund holdings, brokers want to hear how fund offerings can enhance a portfolio and help them grow their business.

"Uncertainty and doubt remain in the marketplace," according to Strategic Insight.

For the managers of the Thornburg International Value Fund, troubles across the Atlantic are just weak spots in what is, overall, a solid market for overseas investments.

The new offerings were developed in response to client demand for actively managed emerging market equity and global bond strategies.

If your clients’ eyes glaze over at the mere mention of money markets, remind them of the dark days when these safe investments were suddenly risky.

The company hopes to use the new office to expand through family offices, financial advisors and high-net-worth invetors.

When it comes to large-cap equity investing, smaller asset management firms are proving to outperform their larger peers in the asset class, according to research compiled by Northern Trust.

Paladyne Systems has launched a new turnkey front-to-back office service for start-up hedge funds called Paladyne FastStart.

The new European Union hedge fund passport rule the European Parliament is soon to vote on, will permit all hedge funds, including those in the U.S., to operate throughout all of Europe’s 27 nations—but it would also subject them to the strict compensation rules.

The Women Advisors Forum opens Monday with food for this thought: That gender equality is the basis for intelligent investing.

Market-linked CDs’ winning features are pushing indexed annuities off banks’ product shelves.

The Hartford’s Canadian fund business is comprised of 18 mutual funds. The deal is expected to close in December.

Outflows among tax-exempt money market funds rose to $2.31 billion in the week ending Oct. 18, causing total net assets to recede to $327.99 billion, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.

For anyone born today, the cost of four years at a private college will be about $440,000 by the time they arrive at those hallowed halls.

The online brokerage giant, which has been hampered for years by bad loans from its banking unit, has seen trading activity continue to decline as a result of the "flash crash."