Investments

NICSA's 31st Annual Conference and Expo will have a keen focus on distribution and operational issues, according to president Theresa Hamacher.

The outlook for the asset management industry in 2013 is strikingly more positive than it has been in years.

Fidelity Financial Advisor Solutions, the Defined Contribution Investment Only unit of Fidelity Investments, is looking to grow its team of wholesalers.

Alert! Stock funds gained assets four weeks in a row, picking up $20.7 billion through January 30.

NICSA's 31st Annual Conference and Expo will have a keen focus on distribution and operational issues, according to president Theresa Hamacher.

Adoption and education.

Money market mutual fund assets dropped by $3.67 billion to $2.691 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, February 6, according to the Investment Company Institute.

ALPS Advisors is currently prepping the Barron’s 400 ETF to launch within the next few months.

The Board of Trustees of Aberdeen Asset Management has approved a proposal to close the Aberdeen Emerging Markets Fund on February 22, according to a regulatory filing.

A 5-Star ETF from ProShares Advisors has gotten a nice head-to-toe shakeup.

Exchange-traded fund flows topped $298 billion in January, according to State Street Global Advisors’ latest ETF Snapshot.

Lloyd George Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of BMO Global Asset Management, last month took over sub-advising BMO's Emerging Market Equity Fund (MIEMX), which bets on a diversified portfolio of common stocks of foreign companies located in emerging market countries.

Target maturity funds picked up more than $13 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012, bringing the industry’s total assets to some $485 billion, a 29% increase from a year ago, according to data from Ibbotson.

DoubleLine Capital and ALPS Advisors topped Strategic Insight's list of fastest growing mutual fund managers in 2012.

Net outflows among tax-exempt money market funds were down to $203.1 million and total net assets settled at $282.48 billion for the week ended Feb. 4.

Inflows to municipal bond mutual funds are shrinking, though they remained positive for a fifth straight week, as they recorded $109 million in inflows for the week of Feb. 6.

Chicago-based Calamos Asset Management has promoted James Boyne to president and chief operating officer, a position he still holds.

In a survey of 303 finance executives, 57% were more optimistic than last year about the 12-month outlook for their companies’ performance.

What do to about investors who hate paying ETF trade commissions? Charles Schwab Investment Management's answer: Hit 'em with zero-commission ETFs.

DoubleLine Capital and ALPS Advisors topped Strategic Insight's list of fastest growing mutual fund managers in 2012.