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Square Peg in a Round Hole?
By Ryan IssakainenAfter a decade of tremendous growth among both retail and institutional investors, in which assets under management eclipsed the $1 trillion mark, exchange-traded funds have yet to gain a meaningful foothold in 401(k) plans, which are still dominated by traditional mutual funds.
June 22, 2012
IPOs Thaw After Facebook Freeze, but Congress Still Feels ChillStock IPOs have finally started to show signs of thawing after last months Facebook fiasco, but bipartisan groups in Congress say the IPO process is in dire need of reform.
June 22, 2012
Cerulli Report: Mutual Fund and ETF Assets Decline in MayIn May, mutual fund assets declined by close to 5%, as flows ($14.1 billion) totaled $7.2 billion less than in April. The Cerulli report notes that taxable bonds funds contributed to the decline in flows, with their lowest monthly inflow in eight months, at just less than $8 billion.
June 22, 2012
Cerulli Report: Mutual Fund and ETF Assets Decline in MayIn May, mutual fund assets declined by close to 5%, as flows ($14.1 billion) totaled $7.2 billion less than in April. The Cerulli report notes that taxable bonds funds contributed to the decline in flows, with their lowest monthly inflow in eight months, at just less than $8 billion.
June 22, 2012
Pension Funding Proposal Could Lower Contributions Initially, Increase Over Time: SOAThe Society of Actuaries released in June a report on provisions in a law that would affect pension funding requirements in private, single-employer defined benefit plans.
June 22, 2012
Morgan Deemed 'Winner' in Moody's Bank-Rating MassacreFifteen banks in the U.S., U.K. and Europe with global capital markets operations saw their ratings cut by Moodys, some by as many as three notches.
June 22, 2012
Vanguard CIO Sauter to Retire at Year EndThe fund shop taps Tim Buckley as his future replacement.
June 21, 2012
What’s Next in ETFs? Morningstar’s Burns Gives Exclusive PeekDespite a recent promotion to mutual fund research director, Scott Burns sounds off on ETF space.