Mutual funds

Federated Investors reported earnings per EPS of $0.36 for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2011 as compared to $0.45 for the same quarter last year. Net income was $36.9 million for Q4 2011 compared to $46.4 million for Q4 2010.

Janus reported fourth quarter net income of $35.7 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, compared with net income of $27.4 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, in the third quarter 2011 and net income of $65.9 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter 2010.

Invesco issued financial results for the year and three months ended Dec. 31, 2011. "Invesco’s efforts to provide strong, long-term investment performance to our clients contributed to the third year of long-term organic growth." said Martin Flanagan, president and CEO.

The chief executive officer of NYSE Euronext said at the Davos economic summit that he 'misjudged the process' that would be needed to get his company's merger with Deutsche Boerse approved.

The head of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations called for an end to private letter rulings from the Internal Revenue Service which have “essentially opened the floodgates” for mutual funds to speculate in commodities from offshore tax havens such as the Cayman Islands.

The head of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations called Thursday for an end to private letter rulings from the Internal Revenue Service which have “essentially opened the floodgates” for mutual funds to speculate in commodities, from off-share tax havens.

BNY Mellon has opened its first wealth management office in the Cayman Islands as part of an effort to expand the firm’s global capabilities to serve international clients, the wealth manager announced Wednesday.

The Global Investment Committee of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney said in its January 2012 market commentary that it expects not just Europe, but the United States, to slip into recession.

State Street Global Advisors is not only going to sell its own funds and partner with other asset managers that do not have the regulatory wherewithal to go it alone.

Investors pulled $484 million from stock funds over the past week, a reversal from the previous week when investors sent $1.42 billion their way.

According to statistics released today by the Investment Company Institute, investors pulled $484 million from stock funds over the past week, a reversal from the previous week when investors sent $1.42 billion their way.

James Boyle, president of John Hancock Financial Services, announced that Brian Heapps, CLU, ChFC, was named president of John Hancock Financial Network (JHFN).

AdvisorShares Investments announced that the AdvisorShares Accuvest Global Opportunities ETF will begin trading tomorrow, January 26. ACCU is managed by Accuvest Global Advisors, an investment adviser that manages over $300 million in global portfolio assets.

Guggenheim Investments announced a new open-end mutual fund offering: Guggenheim Municipal Income Fund. The fund is the latest addition to its recently expanded suite of fixed-income mutual funds..

Aston Asset Management said that its mutual fund assets under management exceeded $10 billion, as of the close of business on January 19. Aston surpassed the $10 billion mark shortly after celebrating its five-year anniversary.

Investors pulled $4 billion out of exchange-traded funds that invested in emerging markets last year, making them the least popular form of ETFs in 2011.

Payroll and benefits outsourcing provider Paychex has launched Paychex Advisor Select 401(k), an offering designed for fee-based financial advsors.

State Street Corporation announced the expansion of its global servicing capability for exchange traded funds. Now leveraging state-of-the-art cloud-enabled technology, State Street’s ETF servicing solution, TotalETFSM, drives full automation of an ETF.

BATS Global Markets (BATS announced the iShares MSCI Norway Capped Investable Market Index Fund will begin trading today on BATS Exchange, the first of nine new exchange traded funds sponsored by BlackRock to begin trading on the Exchange beginning this week

Electronic alpha capture is poised to become a major workflow tool for every portfolio manager and broker-dealer to help prioritize insights gleaned from incoming data and options, a new report from Tabb Group indicates.