Tag: Mutual funds

MUTUALdecision, an online source for predictive mutual fund models, launched a tool enabling investors and financial advisers to rank U.S. mutual funds based on academic research.

Reflecting investors deep concerns about the volatile markets, fund performance is no longer the main driver of mutual fund company loyalty, according to a study from Cogent Research.

Putnam Investments has launched a suite of target absolute return mutual funds designed to seek annualized total returns of 1%, 3%, 5%, or 7% above those of Treasury...

John Hancock Funds announced it has completed the adoption of the Robeco Boston Partners Large Cap Value Fund and relaunched it as John Hancock Disciplined Value Fund (JVLAX).

Current assets in Shariah-compliant investments may be more modest than cited by many regulators and industry players, according to a new analysis.

Parents’ savings for their children’s college educations took a big hit as a bond fund offered by at least four state 529 plans lost more than a third...

Highland Capital Management, L.P., has announced portfolio management changes to two funds, effective January 1.

More households own mutual funds inside tax-deferred accounts—such as defined contribution (DC) plans, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), and variable annuities—than outside these accounts, according to the Investment Company...

Looking ahead, mutual funds could come out the winners of the current financial crisis, according to a new report by Strategic Insight.