Mutual funds

FMR LLC, the parent of Boston-based Fidelity, is looking to raise $250 million through a debt offering, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. But how the company plans to use the capital is anybody’s guess at this point.

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services has launched its first multiple series trust focused on exchange-traded funds in a partnership with Exchange Traded Concepts, an advisor that helps money managers launch their own private label ETF-products.

Thomson Reuters has introduced a model that can determine which stocks are likely to be bought and sold from a fund manager’s portfolio.

U.S. securities regulators have widened their inquiry into the trillion-dollar market for exchange-traded funds, according to a person familiar with the matter.

A new study by is looking to answer the age-old question: Do active investment managers (e.g., mutual funds and hedge funds) add value above and beyond simply investing in an index?

Thomson Reuters has introduced a model that can determine which stocks are likely to be bought and sold from a fund manager’s portfolio.

Investment Company Institute President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens argues that the SEC's upcoming proposal to tighten the regulation of money market funds will harm investors, damage financing for businesses and governments and jeopardize the economic recovery.

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James Roche is stable asset sales director for Standard Insurance Company's ("The Standard") stable value products (SVPs). Here, Roche walks through the key tenets behind stable value funds.

The leadership team for Citi Capital Advisors (CCA) disclosed in a memo yesterday that the global alternative asset management platform for institutional and ultra high net worth investors will soon be under employee ownership separate from its parent company.

The asset manager cut about 90 jobs this week, including those of analysts, portfolio managers and distribution workers. AllianceBernstein also will consolidate or close some of its smaller funds.

ICI president Paul Schott Stevens Thursday argued that the SEC's upcoming proposal to tighten the regulation of money market funds will harm investors, damage financing for businesses and governments and jeopardize the economic recovery. Here’s his speech.

After two weeks of decline, total money market mutual fund assets increased by $2.86 billion to $2.659 trillion in the week ended Wednesday, Feb. 15, according to the Investment Company Institute.

S&P Capital IQ has published a paper that outlines a new method for analyzing how macroeconomic figures can lead to microeconomic results. That is to say, choices of what companies to put in a mutual fund’s holdings.

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After two weeks of decline, total money market mutual fund assets increased by $2.86 billion to $2.659 trillion in the week ended Wednesday, February 15, according to the Investment Company Institute.

S&P Capital IQ has published a paper that outlines a new method for analyzing how macroeconomic figures can lead to microeconomic results. That is to say, choices of what companies to put in a mutual fund’s holdings.

Growth will be selective, so while some countries enjoy good times others will suffer severe recessions forecast global economy

Seventeen muni groups are urging members of Congress to reject President Obama's proposal to place a 28% cap on the value of tax-exempt interest, warning it will hurt the market and that its retroactivity will reverse nearly 100 years of legislative history.

BlackRock has launched seven iShares exchange-traded funds, including its first fixed-income ETFs to focus on specific industries and mortgage-backed securities.