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1/26/12: FRC Invigorates Research for 2012
With the recent acquisition by Asset International, Financial Research Corporation (FRC) has significantly increased its research resources. The firm named practice leaders. This marks a renewed focus on research priorities for FRC.

1/13/12: US Stock, Bond Funds See $22B Net Outflows in Dec. 2011 Says Strategic Insight
Despite a rebound in US equity markets, nervous investors withdrew an estimated net $22 billion from stock and bond mutual funds in the US in December, according to Strategic Insight. As a result, long-term mutual funds saw net inflows for the full-year 2011 of just $65 billion.

1/05/12: 60 Long-Term Fund Managers Grew Organically By 10%+ in 2011
Despite a volatile year, 60 managers of stock or bond mutual funds grew organically by 10% or more in the first 11 months of 2011, announced Strategic Insight. That was a 62% increase from the 37 fund managers with 10%+ organic growth in full-year 2010.

12/12/11: US Stock & Bond Mutual Funds on Pace for Just $80B Net Inflows in 2011
With investors shaken by volatility and economic worries, the US fund industry is on pace for just $80 billion in net inflows to stock and bond mutual funds (excluding ETFs and funds underlying VAs) in the full year 2011, according to Strategic Insight, which marks a sharp drop from 2010 and 2009 flow figures.

11/28/11: Asset International Creates New FRC Division of Strategic Insight from Acquired Business Lines
Key business lines of Financial Research Corporation (FRC) have been acquired by Asset International, Inc. to form a new division of Strategic Insight. All of the acquired business lines will retain the FRC brand.

11/7/11: New Strategic Insight 110-page Study: Latin America fund assets to exceed $3 trillion by 2020, driven by appetite for Asia - U.S. and European asset managers benefit most
While still smaller than other global regions in terms of aggregate assets - around $1.4 trillion in mutual fund assets and about $710 billion in pension assets - fast growth in Latin America as a region is capturing the imagination of investors, distributors and asset managers alike, with tactical and strategic opportunities prompting resource allocations and investments.

10/12/11: US Stock & Bond Mutual Funds See $5B Net Outflows in September 2011
US mutual fund investors withdrew an estimated $5 billion out of U.S. stock and bond mutual funds in September 2011 (excluding ETFs and funds underlying VAs). That marked a significant improvement from August, said Strategic Insight.

9/14/11: US Stock & Bond Mutual Funds See $34B Net Outflows in August 2011
Nervous investors redeemed an estimated $34 billion in net cash out of US stock and bond mutual funds in August 2011 (excluding ETFs and funds underlying VAs), reflecting a volatile month, said Strategic Insight.

8/12/11: US Bond & Stock Mutual Funds See $16B Net Outflows in July 2011
Anxiety over the economy accelerated in July, causing US mutual fund investors to net redeem an estimated $16 billion in cash out of US stock and bond mutual funds in July 2011, according to Strategic Insight. July redemptions equaled about 0.2% of assets held in stock and bond funds.

8/2/11: Strategic Insight Names Visionaries of the Fund Industry
Strategic Insight today named its list of the 60 most influential “visionaries” of the past quarter century of the US mutual fund industry. The firm selected the “Strategic Insight Visionaries of the Modern Era of the Mutual Fund Industry” to pay tribute to individuals who have helped create the foundation of the industry and have led and protected it in the past 25 years. These visionaries will be honored at a gala dinner on Nov. 7.

7/27/11: FUNDS CAPTURE $20 BILLION IN JUNE AND $350 BILLION IN THE FIRST HALF GLOBALLY
Despite a difficult first half for investors, long-term mutual funds around the world achieved $350 billion of inflows so far in 2011, with 2% going into exchange-traded funds (ETFs). During May and June, all funds excluding money markets collected $80 billion on a net basis even as global concerns multiplied and as stock markets declined through most of the period, according to global fund research firm Strategic Insight.

7/14/11: US Stock, Bond Mutual Funds See Net Outflows $2B in June 2011, $50B Inflows in Q2
Uncertainty over the economy and unemployment increased in June, sparking US mutual fund investors to net redeem an estimated $2 billion in cash out of US stock and bond mutual funds in June 2011, said Strategic Insight.

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