Mutual funds

According to a survey of advisors, the answer is yes, but in other asset classes, there is no clear-cut leader.

Build America Bonds have entered a world of their own.

Dan Martino, manager of the T. Rowe Price Media and Telecommunications Fund, has two big advantages over competing fund managers.

Grail Partners’ chairman likens the future role of ETFs to the advent of personal computers.

A couple of interesting surveys were released this week—and when mixed with some anecdotal evidence, they offer advisors some food for thought.

Kip Meadows, the CEO of Nottingham Investment Administration, talks about some of the trends expected for the fund industry.

Investors are displaying renewed faith in mutual funds, Strategic Insight says.

New money flowing into foreign equity funds offsets withdrawals from those that invest in U.S. stocks.

According to Janus, the ending point of glidepath is just one of several mysteries surrounding target-date funds.

As markets continue to be volatile, Putnam believes investors will be more focused on reducing risk and earning returns that beat inflation.

So it almost looked like the six-month-long nightmare in funds flowing out of mutual funds that invest in U.S. stocks, long-term, was ending.

Money market funds continue to waive big chunks of their management fees as yields on cash instruments remain too low to charge the full amount.

According to BlackRock, if broker-dealers end up losing money on those fees, they will eventually compensate by serving clients on advisory programs called wrap accounts.

To further round out its index fund and ETF offerings across multiple asset classes, Vanguard has introduced the Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate Index Fund, which will also have an exchange-traded fund share class.

Dupree Funds is launching a taxable municipal bond fund this week, just the second effort at creating a mutual fund devoted to Build America Bonds.

Global X Funds has launched the Global X Gold Explorers ETF, which it says is the first exchange-traded fund to invest in gold exploration companies.

Bond funds attract $5.31 billion of new money in the week.

Aston Asset Management, in partnership with Crosswind Investments as sub-advisor, has launched the Aston/Crosswind Small Cap Growth Fund.

With close to $2.16 billion of assets, the fixed-income fund can be managed in a nimble style — increasing and decreasing positions without moving the market to its detriment.

Jensen Portfolio tops the list of domestic, large-cap funds