Vanguard Group news from FierceFinance

Vanguard (Vanguard Group news) will launch a new ad campaign that will seek to transform its name into verb. Kind of like Google and Googling. Can this sort of thing be manufactured by media? I doubt... Read more...

There have been a lot of mutual fund companies gazing longingly at the hedge fund industry--and vice versa. There's apparently a lot of synergy between the two sides. We know this, and yet it is... 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...

In a filing with the SEC, Paulson & Co. disclosed it has made a huge bet on Bank of America. It bought nearly 168 million shares, a stake worth about $2.67 billion. The AP notes the hedge fund is... Read more...

It was news when Barclays decided to sell its iShares unit, a pioneer in the exchange-traded funds business, to raise sorely needed cash. It has attracted a star-studded list of would-be buyers, the... Read more...

Vanguard has found itself in a bit of pickle regarding its U.S. Growth fund, whose performance has disappointed some recently. Investment News reports that CEO John Brennan sent an angry letter to an... Read more...

These are eye-popping numbers. Retail investors are fleeing equity funds en masse. Even the likes of American Funds and Vanguard saw their assets drop 6.6 percent and 4.3 percent respectively,... Read more...

> Merill Lynch appoints Eugene McQuade to head U.S. banks> Read more...

The big news out of fund and brokerage behemoth Fidelity Investments always seems to center on succession issues. Lost in all that talk is the fact that Ned Johnson, at 77, doesn't seem to be slowing... Read more...

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