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The Morphing Of Mutual Funds In The Retirement Arena
By Linda KocoInsurance products are not the only financial vehicles that set confusion wheels a-spinning. So do retirement-minded mutual funds that have names like lifecycle, target date, ...
June 16, 2008
New Advisor for Vanguard's Explorer FundThe Board of Trustees of the Vanguard Explorer Fund has named Century Capital Management, LLC, as the seventh advisor to the $11 billion fund. This...
June 16, 2008
Mining Prospectus DataAs the SEC moves ahead with its plans for a summary prospectus for mutual funds, retirement plan providers, too, are under pressure to meet their...
June 15, 2008
Helping Boomers Build A (Green) Nest EggThe next time a boomer client asks you about how best to allocate the mutual fund portfolio of a variable insurance or variable annuity product, ...
June 15, 2008
Helping Boomers Build A (Green) Nest EggThe next time a boomer client asks you about how best to allocate the mutual fund portfolio of a variable insurance or variable annuity product, ...
June 14, 2008
A New Growth Fund from Franklin TempletonFranklin Templeton Investments recently introduced the Franklin International Growth Fund, which "employs a growth investment style and seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in...
June 13, 2008
Pershing Adds to FundVest PlatformPershing LLC, a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, has added American Funds, JennisonDryden, OppenheimerFunds and Van Eck Global to FundVest--Pershing's no-transaction-fee...
June 13, 2008
A New DirexionDirexion Funds has launched the Commodity Trends Strategy, benchmarked to the Standard & Poor's Commodity Trends Indicator (S&P CTI). The Fund gives investment advisors and investors access to a" diversified, open-ended commodity mutual fund that allows them to benefit from both rising and falling commodity prices."