Carmona deals with mutual-funds issue

Mutual funds should adopt goal-based selling Hindu Business Line According to him, the mutual fund industry needs to focus on goal-based selling to attract long-term money from retail investors. In an interview with Business Line, he spoke about the untapped potential in the non-metro areas and what the industry ... See all stories on this topic » Hindu Business Line

Mutual fund reforms to begin today Deccan Herald Investments in mutual funds will get simpler and safer, but a bit costlier in some cases, starting on Monday, as the industry is set to implement some wide-ranging reforms by Sebi. Among various reform measures taken by Sebi, the fund houses will have ... See all stories on this topic »

Mutual fund reforms to begin tomorrow Economic Times NEW DELHI: Investments in mutual funds will get simpler and safer-- but a bit costlier in some cases-- starting tomorrow as the industry is set to implement some wide-ranging reforms by market regulator Sebi. Among various reform measures taken by Sebi ... See all stories on this topic »

Carmona deals with mutual-funds issue Arizona Republic Richard Carmona, the former U.S. surgeon general who is now running for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, until recently owned mutual funds containing stocks in the tobacco giants Altria Group and Philip Morris International. Carmona's campaign told The ... See all stories on this topic »

6 reasons to dump a bad mutual fund MarketWatch BOSTON (MarketWatch) — Janus Capital Group Inc. announced recently that it was killing off Janus Worldwide — once one of the biggest, most respected funds in the industry — and merging it with a smaller sister fund. So what took so long? Click to ... See all stories on this topic »

WTF Are ETFs & ETNs? About - News & Issues Sorry. I couldn't resist the play on acronyms. If you know what all three in my post title mean, you are highly informed of both modern communication and investing. But, before I digress, what do you need to know about ETFs and ETNs?An Exchange-Traded ... See all stories on this topic »

Emerging fund sector still has a long way to go Financial Times Rising prosperity in emerging markets was expected to create a tipping point for the mutual fundsindustry. “But economic growth does not guarantee a thriving fund industry,” cautions Neeraj Sahai, global head of securities & fund services at Citi. See all stories on this topic »

US middle class could be financially unprepared for retirement: Economists Economic Times Those who missed much of the rally did so because they reduced equity exposure after the benchmark S&P 500 index plummeted 57 per cent between late 2007 and March 2009, according to an analysis by Reuters of mutual fund flows and changes in ... See all stories on this topic »

Sold in May? Wish that could go away MarketWatch Every major U.S. stock mutual-fund category logged strong third-quarter gains, with some rising double digits.Yet the obstacles Wall Street hurdled still block investors' path, writes Rachel Koning-Beals. See full story. Market rally lands U.S. stock ... See all stories on this topic »