Mutual funds

Atlantic Fund Services has a new business director.

Negative investor sentiment still plague mutual funds and ETFs, which both saw outflows in the week ended Nov. 14.

Fidelity has decided to put the brakes on two funds and fold them into a 3-star rated fund.

The Board of Trustees of Natixis Funds Trust I has decided to liquidate the Absolute Asia Dynamic Equity Fund, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

Touchstone has much to be thankful for going into the holidays next week with a special three-year anniversary for five of its funds.

The PIMCO Global Multi-Asset fund dropped one notch to a Bronze rating from a Silver rating, while the BlackRock Small Cap Growth Equity fund jumped one notch to a Neutral rating, exiting Negative territory, according to Morningstar.

FTSE Group is furthering its relationship with Vanguard by licensing two more indices: the FTSE Canada High Dividend Yield Index and the FTSE Canada All Cap Real Estate Capped 25% Index, to Vanguard as the basis of two new exchange-traded funds to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

PIMCO continues to dominate the active exchange-traded funds space in terms of assets and market share.

Another strong week of inflows for municipal bond mutual funds indicated sustained heightened demand for munis. Funds that report their flows weekly recorded inflows of $706 million for the week ended Nov. 14.

Expect significant technological advancements from Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. in 2013.

Jeffrey Gundlach, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of DoubleLine Capital, has 50 billion reasons to smile this week.

Total money market mutual fund assets decreased by $2.54 billion to $2.575 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

The Board of Trustees of Henderson Global Funds has agreed to liquid the Henderson Money Market Fund on December 28, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

Investors are lowering their expectations for their retirement lifestyles, but is that enough? Not according to a new survey from BlackRock.

Bond funds had estimated inflows of $7.50 billion, compared to estimated inflows of $2.59 billion for the week ended Wednesday, November 7, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

API Funds has re-upped with Huntington Asset Services through May 2014. API has been a Huntington Asset Services client since 2004.

Investors added $27.7 billion to long-term open-end funds in October, according to data from Morningstar. Taxable-bond funds led the way with inflows of $29.6 billion, while U.S.-stock funds saw outflows of $8.3 billion.

Is Vanguard engaged in a fee war in the mutual fund space? Not according to Vanguard Chairman Bill McNabb.

Charles Fernandez, former president of Florida-based Fairholme Capital Management, has launched the Barnstar Opportunities Fund, a multi-disciplinary, special situations long-bias fund.

Russell Investments is broadening its portfolio and skill sets with the launch of its first internally managed, non-cash retail fund, dubbed the Russell Strategic Call Overwriting Fund.