Investments

Ask any advisor and he or she will tell you that clients can’t get enough of long-term growth mutual funds. Here’s an interactive slide show featuring the five best performers so far this year.

On April 18, Reuters reports that the chief operating officer of Guggenheim Investments and two other top executives were let go this week as part of a reorganization at the firm, according to three people familiar with the situation.

On April 17, 2012, Bob Reynolds said Putnam is currently prepping an active ETF offering.

On April 18, 2012, Thomson Reuters announced that it will now offer clients of three investment data providers, FundCount, Quantifi and SAGE SA, access to Thomson Reuters DataScope Select platform for non-streaming, cross-asset, global content

On April 17, 2012, Guggenheim Investment Advisory, a division of Guggenheim Partners, has hired Citi to provide a complete suite of services including middle office, fund administration and custody for Guggenheim’s hedge fund investment platform.

On April 17, 2012, Two mutual fund heavyweights yesterday were recognized for their focus on consumer needs, innovation and fiduciary services..

Fund administration service provider Gemini Fund Services, LLC and Cole-boutique law firm Frieman Mallon & Hunt LLP have joined forces to launch Two Roads Shared Trust.

Mutual fund assets within Defined Contribution Investment Only programs, which are used to support 401(k) retirement plans, have been growing in size and disparity in recent years.

On April 17, 2012, Vericimetry launched it first mutual fund.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied up 194.13 points to close at 13,115.54 Tuesday while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 stormed up 54.42 points and 21.21 points, respectively.

On April 17, 2012, Fund administration service provider Gemini Fund Services, LLC and Cole-boutique law firm Frieman Mallon & Hunt LLP have joined forceS to launch Two Roads Shared Trust, a shared mutual fund trust.

On April 17,CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc., a third-party recordkeeping and administration company, has added the collective investment funds and exchange-traded funds advised by First Trust Advisors L.P to its retirement platform.

Chip Roame, managing partner of Tiburon, Calif.-based research shop Tiburon Advisors, is bullish on index and alternative investment products.

In April 17, 2012, Two industry bodies, the Investment Company Institute and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, filed a suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the amendment to Rule 4.5 of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Liz Kirscher is leaving her post as presidnet of research firm Morningstar's data division. A replacement has not been named.

On April 17, 2012, The Vanguard Group was recognized as the most effective full service investment advice brand online by Heardable Inc., a Temecula, California-based firm which measures corporate online performance.

On April 17, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. said it is starring at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. Well, sort of.

On April 17, Tiburon's Chip Roame shared his views on the industry with fellow participants in NYC.

On APril 17, 2012, Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. has proposed merging the Wellington West Franklin Templeton Balanced Retirement Income Fund into Quotential Balanced Growth Portfolio.

On April 17, 2012, Investment services provider BNY Mellon was selected by Touchstone Investments to provide a variety of services, including mutual fund accounting and administration, transfer agency, and blue sky services for 14 additional Touchstone mutual funds.