Mutual funds

Stock funds started the year with a bang.

Russell is looking for a new director of defined contribution.

A meeting at the $79 billion Oregon Investment Council (OIC) last Wednesday resulted in two new investments, Jeff Sinks, communications director for the Oregon State Treasury, confirmed to Investment Management Mandate Pipeline, a sister publication to Money Management Executive.

Hatteras Funds earlier this month announced that its Hatteras Managed Futures Strategies Fund (HMFIX, HMFAX) is now available on the Charles Schwab Mutual Fund OneSource Platform.

Jonathan Baum, the chairman and CEO of Dreyfus, resigned from the firm on Monday, Jan. 21, to pursue other interests, Morningstar reports.

John M. “Jack” McCarthy, who became a widely quoted stock market bull during a 32-year career at Lord Abbett & Co., where he managed the flagship Affiliated Fund (LAFFX), has died. He was 85.

News headlines today are riddled with fines and lawsuits against some of the biggest financial brands in the world, even as regulators crack down and push major legislative overhauls into implementation, such as 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act in the U.S. and Retail Distribution Review (RDR) in the UK.

Jonathan Baum, the chairman and CEO of Dreyfus, resigned from the firm on Monday, Jan. 21, to pursue other interests, Morningstar reports.

Who better to help kickoff an educational alternatives summit series than Jeffrey Gundlach?

For alternative mutual funds, 2012 was a mixed bag.

Exchange-traded products are on a roll, following up a record year of flows with a major milestone the first month of the new year.

The Investment Company Institute is proposing that prime money market funds impose temporary “gates” and fees to halt redemptions during times of market stress.

Inflows to municipal bond mutual funds, while still robust, have fallen for a second straight week, to $871 million from funds that report their flows weekly.

Houston-based Salient Partners earlier this month added the Pure Trend Fund, a managed futures offering, to its growing list of alternative mutual funds.

Northern Trust Corporation is expanding its middle office outsourcing service with a brand new position.

BMO Global Asset Management has one more milestone to help establish its presence in the U.S.

Janus said fourth-quarter profit declined 13% as clients pulled out money for the 14th consecutive quarter.

President Barack Obama will nominate former US attorney Mary Jo White to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, replacing incumbent Chairman Elisse Walter, the New York Post reports.

Institutional investors are currently showing more interest in environmental, social, and governance investing, according to new research from Cerulli.

Long-term mutual funds posted inflows of $22.04 billion for the week ended Wednesday, January 16, according to the Investment Company Institute.