Mutual funds

Vanguard Group is looking to make its investors think long-term when it comes to their investments via a new social media campaign dubbed "My Life Ticker".

Legg Mason has announced a series of executive appointments and departures following the hiring of Joseph Sullivan as its president and chief executive officer.

Asset managers have taken notice of the the proliferation of alternative mutual funds in the retail and institutional channels and have changed their game plan accordingly.

Pioneering exchange-traded fund provider Global X Funds is adding some more frontier market flavor to its portfolio.

Two more firms are staking their claims to the growing exchange-trade fund space.

Mary Schapiro, the former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has joined Promontory Financial Group as a managing director and chairman of its governance and markets practice.

Alternative mutual fund shop Simple Alternatives has added Clark Jones as a portfolio manager expanding the investment team managing the firms’ flagship S1 Fund (SONEX).

The global exchange-traded product industry recorded its best Q1 on record amassing flows of $70.1 billion compared to the previous record of $65.5 billion set last year, according to Blackrock’s latest ETP Landscape Monthly Snapshot.

Stadion Money Management has launched the Stadion Market Opportunity Fund, which will bet on broad market, sector/region and commodity exchange-traded funds.

The majority of asset managers have increased their resources dedicated to the bank trust channel, according to new research from Cerulli Associates.

iShares is currently prepping the MSCI Colombia Capped ETF to launch within the next few months.

Investors have major trust issues with their advisors.

Logan Circle Partners, a subsidiary of Fortress Investment Goup, said Monday that it has hired a Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) lead investment officer to head a new growth equities team.

New research from PIMCO says that the majority of consultants think plan sponsors should offer their 401(k) plan participants target date or target risk strategies of the active management variety.

Pioneer Investments last month unveiled a new portfolio management team for Pioneer Emerging Markets Fund (PYEFX) and Pioneer Emerging Markets VCT Portfolio (VPIEM1V).

Houston-based Salient Partners is looking to add an active exchange-traded fund to its portfolio.

Unconstrained bond funds may see renewed interest this year, but at what risk?

Ex-Morgan Keegan Mutual Fund Directors to Settle SEC ClaimsEight former Morgan Keegan & Co. mutual-fund directors agreed to settle U.S. regulatory claims that they allowed assets backed by subprime mortgages to be overvalued as the housing market collapsed in 2007.

Total money market mutual fund assets increased by $3.68 billion to $2.629 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, March 27, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, excluding money market funds, recorded net inflows of $4.5 billion for the week ended March 27, according to Lipper.