Mutual Funds

Updated Sunday, May 26, 2013 as of 12:14 AM ET

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T. Rowe Price is expanding its lineup of target-date funds. The Baltimore-based firm will add an new series of eleven funds, christened the T. Rowe Price Target Retirement Funds, to its current suite of retirement funds.

The new series will change up the staid the target date strategy a bit with an anticipated 42.5% of a fund's assets being invested in equities at the named retirement date, compared to 55% for the existing Retirement Funds. more »

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Investors Cool to Bond Funds

Mutual funds picked up $8.51 billion for the week ended Wednesday, May 15, according to the Investment Company Institute, but bond funds suffered. more »

Goldman Joins Bulge Brackets Offering Retail Alt Funds

To bring alternative investments to a wider investor base, Goldman Sachs Asset Management has launched the Goldman Sachs Multi-Manager Alternatives Funds. more »

Morningstar: Mutual Fund Inflows Moderate

While April inflows for long-term mutual funds stood at a healthy $37.8 billion, they continued to moderate from levels seen earlier this year, according to Morningstar. more »

Mutual Fund Inflows Continue to Surge

Stock and bond funds, including exchange traded funds, maintained a strong pace of net inflows in April, according to fund industry researcher Strategic Insight (SI). more »

Fidelity Launches Target Volatility Portfolio

Fidelity Investments has rolled out a target volatility strategy, the Fidelity VIP Target Volatility Portfolio. The portfolio seeks to manage total return volatility within a target range. more »

Mutual Fund Asset Growth: IBDs, RIAs Outpace Wirehouses

Independent broker-dealers and RIAs have the edge over wirehouses when it comes to adding mutual fund assets under management, according to Access Data and Strategic Insight. more »

Muni Bond Funds Have 9th Straight Week of Outflows

Tax season has come and gone, yet the run of outflows from municipal bond mutual funds dragged into its ninth straight week, at $391 million. more »

Getting Ready for Rising Rates

Unfettered interest in fixed income has persisted, despite the reality that interest rates will rise. more »

Vanguard Cuts Fees on Funds

Vanguard said Monday that it cut the expense ratios on several of its bond mutual funds and ETFs in April. These include three of its popular bond ETFs: the Long-Term Bond Index Fund (BLV), the Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund (BIV) and the Short Term Bond Index Fund (BSV). Each fund saw its price tag change from 11 bps to 10 bps. more »

Mutual Fund Boutiques Find Success, Challenges

The boutique purveyors of the mutual fund world have different branding and distribution challenges than their larger asset management counterparts. more »

Mutual Funds Gain $3.66B

Total estimated inflows to long-term mutual funds were $3.66 billion for the week ended Wednesday, April 17, according to the Investment Company Institute. more »

Mutual Fund Inflows Swoon to New Low

During the week ended April 17, investors steered a paltry $3.66 billion into the funds, making it their most dismal week this year. more »

Janus First-Quarter Profit Rises

Janus Capital Group Inc., owner of the Janus, Intech and Perkins funds, said first-quarter earnings rose 24% as stock market gains helped boost assets. more »

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