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MainStay Investments Acquires New Funds
By Staff WriterMainStay Investments announced that they will acquire four equity mutual funds managed by Epoch Investment Partners Inc., (Epoch).
July 01, 2009
Van Eck Debuts Brazil Small-Cap ETFVan Eck Global has introduced the Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF (BRF), the first U.S.-listed ETF to focus on Brazilian small-cap stocks. BRF and its underlying...
July 01, 2009
Grail Launches Active ETFActively managed ETFs have yet to gain the same type of traction as index-based ETFs but that hasn't stopped product providers from launching new funds. The...
July 01, 2009
Changing Shades of BlueAs of December 31, 2008, the top five holdings in Massachusetts Investors Trust, which this year celebrates the 85th anniversary of its founding, were the...
July 01, 2009
Morningstar Investment Conference '09: Experts Discuss the Fund Industry's Ups, Downs and Future(Chicago) "Corporate bonds have the stock guys salivating," according to Morningstar's Russel Kinnel, while attending the 2009 Morningstar Investment Conference (held May 27-29 in...
July 01, 2009
Taking the Really Long View (Longer Version)When Rob Manning goes to work every day, he's got big shoes to fill, since he oversees the first mutual fund, Massachusetts Investors Trust, which...
July 01, 2009
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Googling Advisors, Obama's Learning CurveWhat Prospects Don't Find When .... I enjoyed reading the May edition of Research Magazine. I particularly enjoyed Jane Wollman Rusoff's piece ("What Do...
July 01, 2009
Danger & Opportunity: Taking the Really Long ViewWhen Rob Manning goes to work every day, he's got big shoes to fill, since he oversees the first mutual fund, Massachusetts Investors Trust, which...