Mutual funds

For alternative mutual funds, 2012 was a mixed bag.

Scout Investments, Inc. today announced that its assets under management surpassed $25 billion earlier this month, compared to 19.7 billion at the end of 2011.

Mutual funds overall may have enjoyed a hot week of flows. But not so for money market mutual funds.

Hennessy Advisors closed out 2013 with a huge ramp up in assets thanks to its acquisition of funds from FBR Funds.

Tax-exempt money market funds gave up two-thirds of the impressive gains they generated last week.

Municipal bond mutual funds recorded a second consecutive week of strong flows, as funds that report their flows weekly saw $1.44 billion in inflows for the week of Jan. 16.

Legg Mason, the money manager best known as home to stockpicker Bill Miller, is folding Miller’s Legg Mason Capital Management division into its ClearBridge Investments equity unit as assets have tumbled.

So what does a quartet of space ships beaming up a cow and an exploding airbag have to do with investment management?

Look out for a switch in sub-advisers for one Touchstone Investments fund.

Morningstar has launched the Morningstar US Real Asset Index, a diversified portfolio of liquid assets that traditionally provide a hedge against inflation, including Treasury inflation-protected securities, real estate investment trusts, and commodity stocks and futures.

Two firms are touting the launch of a new high income fund.

Nasdaq OMX Group said it hired Bradley J. Peterson as its global chief information officer.

After four consecutive weeks of negative flows, mutual funds finally enjoyed a week of stellar sales.

DoubleLine Capital has unveiled its latest equity funds just a few weeks after hiring away two portfolio managers from TCW Group.

Fidelity Investments has closed off one of its funds to new investors.

EIG Global Energy Partners has reached a deal with the TCW Group whereby EIG will publicly support the buyout of TCW by the Carlye Group.

Looks like Vanguard isn't the only company into mass hirings.

Pyxis Capital is ramping up its sales force with the addition of four wholesalers to cover Texas, Illinois, California and the Northeast.

Cole Wilcox, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of Longboard Asset Management, has some lofty goals for the alternative mutual fund shop this year.

DoubleLine Capital has unveiled its latest equity funds just a few weeks after hiring away two portfolio managers from TCW Group.