Mutual funds

Whitebox Advisors today unveiled its second alternative mutual fund to the retail market.

Aberdeen Asset Management has launched the Aberdeen Emerging Markets Debt Fund (AKFAX) in response to continued growing investor interest in the emerging market debt asset class.

One commodity fund has received the dreaded Negative rating from Morningstar.

Total money market mutual fund assets increased by $31.24 billion to $2.578 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, November 7, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

Defined contribution plan participants for the most part seem largely unaffected by updated fee disclosure requirements.

WisdomTree Investments has dodged a legal bullet.

Retirement accounts and contributions are growing bigger, according to Fidelity Investments.

Nottingham, an investment administration firm providing turnkey accounting and portfolio record keeping services for hedge funds and mutual funds, has added 10 r new mutual funds from three fund families to its platform.

Broadridge Financial Solutions has made two executive appointments to fill out its management team.

Total estimated outflows from long-term mutual funds were $488 million for the week ended Wednesday, October 31, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

With Obama in office for a second term, the markets are likely to do well, the fiscal cliff will probably be resolved and Dodd-Frank and Obama's healthcare legislation are here to stay, said current and former MFS investment experts during the firm’s post-election webcast for financial advisors.

Liberty Street Advisors has launched the Capital Innovations Global Agri, Timber and Infrastructure Fund (INNAX, INNCX, INNNX), to bet on global stocks in agribusiness, timber and infrastructure.

In response to the damage and disruption inflicted by Hurricane Sandy, the Securities and Exchange Commission has confirmed that it will extend the deadline for regulatory filings for publicly traded companies, investment advisors and other regulated entities.

Total estimated outflows from long-term mutual funds were $488 million for the week ended Wednesday, October 31, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

Pioneer Investments is expanding its sales team in the Asia Pacific region with the additions of Martin Park as a sales director in Korea, Hiromi Wada as a Japan representative and Matthew Marks as Sales Director Institutional Asia.

The Fidelity U.S. Dividend Fund is managed by James (Jim) Morrow who runs a similar fund for U.S. investors.

Pyxis Capital has launched the Pyxis iBoxx Senior Loan ETF, which the firm is touting its new offering as the only ETF to track the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Leveraged Loan Index, a measure of the broad loan market comprised of 100 of the most liquid, tradable leveraged loans.

Newfleet Asset Management, an affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners, has named David Albrycht as president and chief investment officer.

American Century Investments has appointed Patrick Bannigan to the position of executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective earlier this week on Nov. 5.

Global exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products experienced inflows US$13.5 billion of net new assets in October, which is lower than the $40 billion of net inflows in September 2012, according to data from ETFGI.