Investments

On May 1, 2012, T. Rowe closed two bond funds to new investors.

On May 1, 2012, SouthernSun launched a new fund.

The company has unveiled two new asset allocation portfolios and two new sub-advisors.

Principal Funds has added three new regional directors to the firm’s investment only team.

Tiburon Strategic Advisors' Managing Partner Chip Roame recently gave one of its fifth annual Tiburon CEO Summit Awards to David Booth, chief executive at Dimensional Fund Advisors at the Tiburon CEO Summit XXII in New York City.

It's the distribution platform driving the battle between these two investment products.

But can they keep their stellar performance going?

Greater distribution of wealth in undeveloped nations offers more options to diversify portfolios.

More money is chasing fewer coupons. Bargains are going fast.

Encouraged by strengthening fundamentals, ETF investors are riding calculated risks to fatter returns.

On April 30, 2012, Calabas, Calif.-based Rocky Peak Capital Management, LLC unveiled its first mutual fund.

On April 30, 2012, Perritt Capital Management changed the name of its Perritt Emerging Opportunities Fund.

On April 30, 2012, Principal Funds added three new hires to its I-O team.

Revenue from the sale of investment and life insurance services at banks and credit unions increased 10% in 2011, led by a significant boost in advisory services.

On April 30, Dow Jones said it was named the “Most Innovative ETF Index Provider” for the Americas region at the 8th Annual Global ETF Awards.

The big guns -- from PIMCO to State Street -- are now squaring off in one of the tiniest slices of the fund business. But it's not clear yet if there will be a payoff.

UBS has launched the ETRACS DJ-UBS Commodity Index 2-4-6 Blended Futures ETN

State Street Global Advisors last night cleaned house at the 8th Annual Global ETF Awards Dinner held in New York, taking home a series of industry awards.

Guggenheim Investments has added three new exchange-traded funds to its BulletShares lineup.

Executives managers and top operational leaders of fund companies appear to be downcast about their compensation even as financial market tensions ease.