Mutual Funds news from FierceFinance

Chances are you've never heard of the Yacktman Fund. But it beat the S&P 500 by 11 percentage points last year. This year, it's up a whopping 56 percent vs. 25 percent for the S&P 500.... Read more...

For all the 2008-generated angst in the hedge fund industry, the fact remains that the average hedge fund fared much better than the average mutual fund. This was driven home by the much-publicized... Read more...

The reformer's battle against excessive executive pay has generated lots of headlines as of late--and lots of vitriol on both sides. But one group has remained conspicuously quiet: institutional... Read more...

Morningstar has found that mutual funds whose managers have more than $1 million or more of their own money invested in their fund ranked in the 42nd performance percentile on average over five... Read more...

AllAboutAlpha.com notes an interesting study by Ludovic Phalippou of the University of Amsterdam , which is hardly shy about criticizing the industry. He notes three classes of fees, management fees,... Read more...

People have been talking about index hedge fund products for a long time. Most often, they're mentioned as a can't-miss product that will deliver hedge-fund results at much cheaper cost. Instead of a... Read more...

How do you make a splash in the mutual fund industry right now? Well, incredibly strong performance is one sure way. But beyond that, it will be interesting to watch Putnam's experimentation with... Read more...

We've noted that the hedge fund industry and the mutual fund industry have been enamored with one another for the past few years. We're certainly seeing more hedge funds offer mutual funds with hedge... Read more...

We may get some additional spates of bad hedge fund news. But for the most part, more people are starting to feel that the worst may finally be over. Case in point: Goldman Sachs Chief Financial... Read more...

One reason to switch from a hedge fund to a mutual fund is to look good by comparison. Just look at Bull Path Capital Management's decision to do just that: It "was down 26 percent last year and 15... Read more...