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By Kara P. Stapleton"Target date funds have been arguably the biggest newsmaker this decade in the defined contribution business," notes John Rekenthaler, vice president of research and new...
March 01, 2008
Legg Mason Names Fetting New CEOLegg Mason has appointed Mark R. Fetting, 53, as the firm's president and CEO, with Legg Mason co-founder and Chairman Raymond "Chip" Mason serving as...
March 01, 2008
A New Global Force?Sovereign wealth funds -- government-owned funds often amassed from petrodollar surpluses and geared toward investment in foreign industrial and financial assets -- have become seemingly...
March 01, 2008
Fund Sales to Face More PressureBoston-based Financial Research Corporation has projected that mutual fund net sales should grow 2 percent a year and reach $340 billion by 2012. Other products,...
March 01, 2008
Quant ExplorerWhen the markets are as volatile as they were in January 2008, with news about ratings agencies, banks, broker/dealers, and the bond insurers growing darker...
February 22, 2008
Vanguard Gets New PresidentVanguard's Board has elected William McNabb as its new president and as a director effective March 1, replacing John Brennan. McNabb, 50, will also succeed Brennan as CEO within a year. Brennan, 53, who has served as Vanguard's president since 1989 and CEO since 1996, will remain chairman and stay...
February 12, 2008
Dodge & Cox Funds ReopenDodge & Cox is the latest fund family to reopen some of its most popular mutual funds to new investors in an attempt to "better balance subscription and redemption activity." Beginning February 4, new investors can get into the Dodge & Cox Stock (DODGX) and Dodge & Cox Balanced (DODBX)...