Mutual funds

Salient Partners has made a new addition to its institutional sales team.

Andy Brooks just wants to get something done, about the structure of equity markets.

Direxion Funds, based in Boston, is known for creating innovative tactical exchange-traded funds, particularly leveraged index funds.

Fidelity Investments has rolled out a smartphone application for NetBenefits 401(k) plan participants.

Barry Evans has been named president of John Hancock Asset Management North America.

Credit Suisse has filed with the SEC to launch the Gold and Income Strategy Fund, which will be available in Institutional shares

To bring alternative investments to a wider investor base, Goldman Sachs Asset Management has launched the Goldman Sachs Multi-Manager Alternatives Funds.

While April inflows for long-term mutual funds stood at a healthy $37.8 billion, they continued to moderate from levels seen earlier this year, according to Morningstar.

While April inflows for long-term mutual funds stood at a healthy $37.8 billion, they continued to moderate from levels seen earlier this year, according to Morningstar.

Neuberger Berman has filed with the SEC to offer an Emerging Markets Income Fund.

To bring alternative investments to a wider investor base, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has launched the Goldman Sachs Multi-Manager Alternatives Fund (GMAMX, GMCMX, GSMMX, GIMMX, GRMMX).

Jerry W. Miller has been named head of asset and wealth management, Americas at Deutsche Bank, a newly created position.

New rules being considered for U.S. money-market mutual funds will make them safer for investors while forcing some smaller providers out of the business, Moody’s Investors Service analysts said this week in a research report.

The United States is the best market for fund investors based on criteria such as investor protection, transparency, fees, taxation, and investment distribution, according to Morningstar’s Global Fund Investor Experience report.

John Hancock Investment Management Services has filed with the SEC to launch the Global Equity Fund.

Roberto Sanchez-Dahl, and Paolo Valle, formerly managers of the Federated Emerging Market Debt Fund, have joined Manulife.

Stock and bond funds, including exchange traded funds, maintained a strong pace of net inflows in April, according to fund industry researcher Strategic Insight (SI).

Vanguard has rolled out the Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund, the company’s first international fixed income offering available to U.S. investors.

Alex Freemon, 23, was happy to go door to door selling mutual funds for Edward Jones & Co., after graduating from college. But he quit in March when it didn't pay off.

Stock and bond funds, including exchange traded funds, maintained a strong pace of net inflows in April, according to fund industry researcher Strategic Insight (SI).