Mutual funds

Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. has launched the Aberdeen U.S. High Yield Bond Fund, which will bet on below investment grade bonds.

Sentinel Investments has announced management changes at four of its mutual funds.

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Fund administrator Gemini Fund Services has launched its third shared mutual fund trust, the Northern Lights Fund Trust III (NLFT III).

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Greg Francfort, who most recently served as director of Neuberger Berman’s global equity research team, will be joining the firm’s MLG Group, which manages approximately $7 billion in assets for individuals, institutions and mutual funds.

Quantitative hedge fund manager Hagin Investment Management has launched an equities market-neutral product aimed for mutual fund investors.

Paul Fenner, president and founder of DreamWorks Capital Management, LLC, has launched a new investment management firm to provide investment advisory services to individuals, institutions and small- and medium-sized businesses.

Paul Fenner, president and founder of DreamWorks Capital Management, LLC, has launched a new investment management firm to providw investment advisory services to individuals, institutions, and small- and medium-sized businesses.

Insurer and wealth manager The Hartford is trimming its focus to a few core business areas: property and casualty, group benefits and mutual funds.

Alternative investment manager Direxion has launched an exchange-traded fund that provides investors with equal weighted exposure to the constituents of the NASDAQ-100 index.

Global accounting firm Ernst & Young has expanded its West Coast asset management tax practice with four new hires.

Quantitative hedge fund manager Hagin Investment Management has launched an equities market neutral product aimed for mutual fund investors.

U.S. equity funds take a lashing, posting estimated outflows of $2.88 billion for the week ended March 14.

Loomis, Sayles & Company has hired Jeffrey Schwartz to serve as the new co-manager of the firm’s small and mid-cap core strategies, including the Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund.

The SEC’s 
Office of Compliance Inspections and its Division of Enforcement are getting ‘increasingly collaborative.’ That may be turning routine exams into launchpads for enforcement actions.

Market Vectors, the exchange-traded product arm of Van Eck Global, is tapping into the resilience of Indonesia’s economy by launching a fund focusing on the country’s small cap equity sector.

PIMCO and the Vanguard Group received the highest favorable ratings from prospective institutional investors among leading asset managers, according to a new study released by Cogent Research.

The two mutual funds, Emerald Growth Fund and Emerald Banking & Finance Fund, are being transferred from the Forward Funds to Leola, PA-based Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust. The Trust is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emerald Advisers, Inc.

Deutsche Bank’s Management Board is expanding the Group Executive Committee from 12 to 18 members, effective June 1.