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Analysis of funds recently registered and
key themes in product development. To monitor
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of New Fund Filings below or from the list
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New Fund Filing Review: December 2011 |
1/11/2012 |
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Altegris is among the Alternative Management firms looking to extend their list of alt mutual fund offerings this month. Columbia filed five Columbia Active Portfolios series. The initially proposed funds in the series will each offer Class A shares that will be available only to wrap programs managed by Columbia’s parent, Ameriprise. Key themes on the bond side included, Corporate High Yield, Short Duration, Floating Rate, and Emerging Market Bond. |
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New Fund Filing Review: November 2011 |
12/16/2011 |
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Asset allocation strategies of various kinds were again a popular product development theme. Among fund companies readying new funds of this type: SEI is planning a series of four tactical asset allocation funds; American Century has filed a global allocation fund which will invest across a range of asset classes seeking diversification across markets, industries and issuers; and First Eagle plans a Global Income Builder fund. On the bond side, filings of Global / International / EM funds are gaining momentum. Among other notable developments: AQR filed three tax managed momentum funds, while Rafferty Asset Management and Forward are planning Managed Futures funds.
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New Fund Filing Review: October 2011 |
11/17/2011 |
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Alternative Strategies continues to be an important area of fund innovation. In October, Forward Funds, Neuberger Berman, M&I Investment Management, Hatteras, and Rady Asset Management were among the managers filing new products in this area. GTAA variations, Opportunistic US Stock, Value-Oriented High Quality US Stock, and Currency were among the other important themes in October's filings. Also, Vanguard plans to launch two foreign bond index funds.
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New Fund Filings Review: September 2011 |
10/21/2011 |
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Some notable themes from new fund registrations in September: Evolving Global Tactical Asset Allocation / Global Macro strategies; stock- as well as derivatives-based Natural Resources funds; Income-oriented Global Equity / Hybrid offerings; Focused Global and US Equity Portfolios, and Low-Volatility or Capital-Protected stock/hybrid funds. Important areas of new fund development on the Bond fund side include Flexible Global / Asian Bond, Global High Yield, and Short Duration / Floating Rate. |
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New Fund Filing Review: August 2011 |
8/27/2011 |
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Emerging Market Stock / Asset Allocation, Global Asset Allocation, Global Unconstrained, and Alternative Strategies were important ongoing areas of equity/hybrid fund innovation. Fidelity filed noteworthy new multi-managed / fund-of-fund structure equity funds, and two new emerging market equity/hybrid funds. JPMorgan registered five new funds devoted to these different areas: international unconstrained equity, global unconstrained equity, emerging market asset allocation, regional equity, and currency. New fund filing activity on the open-end Bond fund side, while slow in August (it has picked up since), also reflected continued innovation, as it included a flexible, global offering from TCW and a long-short credit product from Ziegler Lotsoff. In the closed-end fund area, BlackRock, Cohen & Steers, and Cushing MLP Asset Management were among those that filed new funds in August.
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