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  Fidelity, TD Ameritrade Raise Stakes on ETFs

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 14, 2013

  As the ETF industry gains a larger foothold in the U.S. capital markets, Fidelity and TD Ameritrade are plunging deeply into the ETF space.

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  New Hire Roundup: Benartzi to Serve as Achaean Academic Advisor

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  July 24, 2012

  This week in new hires, Achaean Financial announced that Professor Shlomo Benartzi would become its first academic advisor, and Michele Wein Layne was named regional director of the SEC’s Los Angeles regional office.

• Johnson Is New ICI Chairman

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  October 26, 2011

  The Investment Company Institute's Board of Governors elected Gregory Johnson, president and CEO of Franklin Resources, as ICI chairman for a one-year term, the group said in early October. In addition, the ICI membership elected a slate of governors to serve through the fall of 2014: James Boyle, president of...

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  ICI Names New Chairman, Launches New Trade Body

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 10, 2011

  The Investment Company Institute, the national association of U.S. investment companies, announced Monday the election of a new chairman and new governors, as well as the launch of a new global trade body.

• Fund Flows Through June ’11: Total Inflows Near $35 Billion

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  September 1, 2011

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  June Outflows: Nearly $50 Billion for Money Markets, Other Funds

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 1, 2011

  FRC says money-market funds lost more than $48 billion, while stock and bond funds dropped roughly $500 million.

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  Fund Flows Positive in April: KBW

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 16, 2011

  Net mutual fund flows, both for equity and for fixed income funds, were solidly positive in April, according to data released Friday by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. Emerging markets saw strong inflows and muni funds were still on the outflow, although that has slowed somewhat.

• Top Equity Fund Performers: T. Rowe, Invesco, Franklin

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  March 23, 2011

  T. Rowe Price, Invesco and Franklin Resources stood out as top performers but Janus and AllianceBernstein ranked poorly in a KBW report on equity fund returns.

• 2010 Q4 Earnings, Week 2: Good Quarter for Asset Management Firms

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 28, 2011

  Despite concerns about outflows from equity and fixed income funds, the fourth quarter is shaping up to be an excellent earnings season for asset management firms.

• 2010 Q4 Earnings, Week Two: Asset Managers All Posted Profits

  By Staff Writer  |  January 28, 2011