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April 2013 FlowWatch	March 2013 VA Fund Flow Watch
April 2013 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry May 2013
March 2013 FlowWatch	February 2013 VA Fund Flow Watch
February 2013 FlowWatch	January 2013 VA Fund Flow Watch
February 2013 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry February 2013
January 2013 FlowWatch	December 2012 VA Fund Flow Watch
December 2012 FlowWatch	November 2012 VA Fund Flow Watch
December 2012 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry November 2012
November 2012 FlowWatch	October 2012 VA Fund Flow Watch
October 2012 FlowWatch	September 2012 VA Fund Flow Watch
September 2012 FlowWatch	August 2012 VA Fund Flow Watch
August 2012 FlowWatch	July 2012 VA Fund Flow Watch
August 2012 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry August 2012
July 2012 FlowWatch	June 2012 VA Fund Flow Watch
June 2012 Annual Feature	2Q12 Lifecycle Qualitative
June 2012 FlowWatch	May 2012 VA Fund Flow Watch
2012 Overviews Issue 1	Annual Update: Contractual Management Fee Breakpoint Schedule Comparison Fiscal Year 2011
2012 Overviews Issue 2	Annual Update: Mutual Fund Industry Fee and Expense Benchmarks Fiscal Year 2011
May 2012 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry May 2012
April 2012 FlowWatch	March 2012 VA Fund Flow Watch
March 2012 FlowWatch	February 2012 VA Fund Flow Watch
February 2012 FlowWatch	January 2012 VA Fund Flow Watch
February 2012 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry February 2012
November 2011 FlowWatch	VA-Fund-Flow-Watch-Oct-11
November 2011 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry November 2011
October 2011 FlowWatch	September 2011 VA Fund Flow Watch
September 2011 FlowWatch	August 2011 VA Fund Flow Watch
August 2011 Overviews	July 2011 VA Fund Flow Watch
July 2011 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry August 2011
2011 Overviews Issue 2	Annual Update: Mutual Fund Industry Fee and Expense Benchmarks Fiscal Year 2010
2011 Overviews Issue 1	Annual Update: Contractual Management Fee Breakpoint Schedule Comparison Fiscal Year 2010
May 2011 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry May 2011
February 2011 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry February 2011
November 2010 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry November 2010
August 2010 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry August 2010
2010 Overviews Issue 3	Money Manager Financial Comparisons 2009
2010 Overviews Issue 2	Annual Update: Mutual Fund Industry Fee and Expense Benchmarks Fiscal Year 2009
2010 Overviews Issue 1	Annual Update: Contractual Management Fee Breakpoint Schedule Comparison Fiscal Year 2009
April 2010 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry May 2010
February 2010 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry February 2010
December 2009 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry December 2009
September 2009 Windows	Windows into the Mutual Fund Industry: September 2009
2009 Overviews Issue 4	Mutual Fund Advisory Fee Contracts - Analysis of Structures and Schedules - Fiscal Year 2008
2009 Overviews Issue 3	Annual Update: Mutual Fund Industry Fee and Expense Benchmarks Fiscal Year 2008
2009 Overviews Issue 2	Money Management Financial Comparisons 2008
2009 Overviews Issue 1	Annual Update: Contractual Management Fee Breakpoint Schedule Comparison Fiscal Year 2008
May 2009 Windows	Windows into the Mutual Fund Industry: May 2009
March 2009 Windows	Windows into Global Asset Management: March 2009
July 2008 Windows	Windows into the Mutual Fund Industry: July 2008
2008 Overviews Issue 4a	Annual Update: Mutual Fund Industry Fee and Expense Benchmarks Fiscal Year 2007
2008 Overviews Issue 4b	Annual Update: Contractual Management Fee Breakpoint Schedule Comparison Fiscal Year 2007
2008 Overviews Issue 3	Variable Annuity Trends: Industry Gearing Up to Meet Retirement Income Needs
May 2008 Annual Feature	Money Management Financial Comparisons 2007
February 2008 Windows	Windows into the Mutual Fund Industry: February 2008
2008 Overviews Issue 1	Closed-End Funds: Prospects for Growth Amid Challenges
August 2007 Windows	Windows into the Mutual Fund Industry: August 2007
2007 Overviews Issue 4	Rule 12b-1: Looking Back, Looking Forward, in the Context of a $12 Trillion Mutual Fund Industry
2007 Annual Feature Issue 2	Money Management Financial Comparisons 2006
2007 Overviews Issue 3a	Mutual Fund Industry Fee and Expense Benchmarks Fiscal Year 2006
2007 Overviews Issue 3b	Contractual Management Fee Breakpoint Schedule Comparison Fiscal Year 2006
2007 Overviews Issue 1	Variable Annuity Trends: Opportunities and Challenges Spell Continued Change
February 2007 Windows	Windows into the Mutual Fund Industry: February 2007
November 2006 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry: November 2006
August 2006 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry: August 2006
July 2006 Windows	Windows Into Global Asset Management - Issue 1
2006 Overviews Issue 4	State of the Fund Industry: Mid Year 2006
July 2006 Overviews	Money Management Financial Comparisons 2005
June 2006 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry: June 2006
2006 Overviews Issue 2	Annual Update: Mutual Fund Industry Fee and Expense Benchmarks Fiscal Year 2005
2006 Overviews Issue 2a	Annual Update: Contractual Management Fee Breakpoint Schedule Comparison Fiscal Year 2005
May 2006 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry: May 2006
April 2006 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry: April 2006
March 2006 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry: March 2006
2006 Overviews Issue 1	An Update on the Variable Annuity Business: Benefits, Opportunities and Risks
February 2006 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry: February 2006
January 2006 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry: January 2006
December 2005 Windows	Windows Into the Mutual Fund Industry: December 2005
2005 Overviews Issue 5	Recent Developments in the Defined Contribution Plan Business
2005 Overviews Issue 4	Money Management Financial Comparisons 2004
2005 Overviews Issue 3	Mutual Fund Industry Fee and Expense Benchmarks - Fiscal Year 2004
2005 Overviews Issue 3A	Contractual Advisory Fee Breakpoint Schedule Comparison - Fiscal Year 2004
2005 Overviews Issue 2	Living Benefits and Rising Markets Sustain Variable Annuity Sales
2005 Overviews Issue 1	U.S. Exchange Traded Funds: Growth and Innovation
2004 Overviews Issue 7	Defined Contribution Plan Investments in Mutual Funds
2004 Overviews Issue 6	Trends in Separate Account Consultant Programs
2004 Overviews Issue 5	Moving On, with Reflections and Optimism (Money Management Financial Comparisons 2003)
June 2004 Annual Feature	Annual Update: Contractual Advisory Fee Breakpoint Schedule Comparison Fiscal Year 2003
June 2004 Annual Feature	Annual Update: Mutual Fund Industry Fee and Expense Benchmarks Fiscal Year 2003
2004 Overviews Issue 4	The Surging Interest in Inflation-Protected Bond Funds and Fund-of-Fund Investments
2004 Overviews Issue 3	Can Closed-End Funds Sustain Their Expanding Appeal?
2004 Overviews Issue 2	A Rapid Recovery: Variable Annuity Business Overview and Thoughts for the Future
2004 Overviews Issue 1	Mutual Fund Fees: Facts, Trends, Economies of Scale, and Market Forces
2003 Overviews Issue 9	International Equity Funds: Recent Trends and Promises of Future Growth, after the Storm
October 2003 Special Presentation	The Variable Annuity Marketplace: Dynamic Changes and the Benefits of Rising Stock Markets (Power Point Presentation)
2003 Overviews Issue 8	Defined Contribution Plan Investments in Mutual Funds - Recent Developments and Detailed 2002 Results
October 2003 Industry Briefings	Key Themes Shaping the Mutual Fund Industry (Power Point Presentation)
September 2003 Special Presentation	Simfund 3.0: A New Experience in Mutual Fund Analytics (Power Point Presentation)
2003 Overviews Issue 7	Future of Bond Funds; B-Share Confusion; Closed-End Fund Innovation; 2Q Update; and Simfund 3.0
July 2003 Annual Feature	Annual Update - Contractual Advisory Fee and Breakpoint Schedule Comparison Fiscal Year 2002
July 2003 Annual Feature	Annual Update - Mutual Fund Industry Fee and Expense Benchmarks Fiscal Year 2002
2003 Overviews Issue 6	At the Halfway Point in 2003: Asset and Revenue Growth, and Improving Sentiment
June 2003 Annual Feature	Money Management Financial Comparisons 2002
2003 Overviews Issue 4	Fine-Tuning Pricing Strategies: Level Load Funds, Retirement Share Classes, and Protective Redemption Fees
2003 Overviews Issue 3	Responding to Today’s Needs: Income and Balanced Investments, Innovations, and Unity
2003 Overviews Issue 2	An Update on Section 529 Savings Plans: Rapid Growth But Challenges Ahead
2003 Overviews Issue 1	Conserving Capital and Relationships
2002 Overviews Issue 17	Opportunities and Challenges in Bringing Funds of Hedge Funds Down Market
2002 Overviews Issue 16	Planning and Anticipating Interest in Income Mutual Funds during 2003
2002 Overviews Issue 15	Defined Contribution Plan Investments in Mutual Funds: Recent Developments and Year-End 2001 Results
September 2002 Annual Feature	The Newest Funds 2001-2002: Fee Strategy Analysis for Selected Retail Funds
2002 Overviews Issue 14	Rising from a Difficult Summer; Evaluating the Challenges for Principal Guarantee Funds
September 2002 Annual Feature	Annual Update: Contractual Advisory Fee Breakpoint Schedule Comparison Fiscal Year 2001
September 2002 Annual Feature	Annual Update: Mutual Fund Industry Fee and Expense Benchmarks Fiscal Year 2001
2002 Overviews Issue 13	Stable Value & Market-Neutral Funds – An Update
2002 Overviews Issue 12	A Reassuring View of Redemption Activity Among Investors in Equity Mutual Funds
2002 Overviews Issue 11	First Half Reflections: In the Long-Term, Mutual Fund Will Be in Even Greater Demand
2002 Overviews Issue 10	Money Management Financial Comparisons 2001
2002 Overviews Issue 9	The Money Market Fund Business: At a Crossroads
2002 Overviews Issue 8	Monitoring Global Industry Developments for Ideas to Implement at Home
2002 Overviews Issue 7	Investor Confidence Overcomes Stock Market Anxiety; A Look at the Predictive Nature of Morningstar’s Category Ratings
2002 Overviews Issue 6	Mutual Fund Wrap and Supermarket Platform Update
2002 Overviews Issue 5	Mapping the Mutual Fund Industry from the Parent Companies' Viewpoint
2002 Overviews Issue 4	Capital Gains Distributions and Tax-Managed Funds in 2001
2002 Overviews Issue 3	Variable Annuities: 2001 in Review, Targeting Opportunities, and Contract Feature Evolution
2002 Overviews Issue 2	Dynamic Product Line Adaptations and Focus on 529 Plans
2002 Overviews Issue 1	Exchange Traded Funds: Progress and Limitations, an Update
2001 Overviews Issue 11	Planning for 2002 with Guarded Optimism - Part II
2001 Overviews Issue 10	Planning for 2002 with Guarded Optimism - Part I
2001 Overviews Issue 9	On a Path to Recovery of Investor Sentiment
2001 Overviews Issue 8	Enriching Financial Relationships: Strategies for Action
2001 Overviews Issue 7	Defined Contribution Plan Investments: An Update
September 2001 FlowWatch	What Will Investors in Equity Mutual Funds Do Now?
2001 Overviews Issue 6	Shaping Business Strategy Following a Traumatic Event
2001 Overviews Issue 5	Fee and Expense Trends: Annual Review
2001 Overviews Issue 5	Supplement: Contractual Advisory Fee Breakpoint Schedule Comparison
2001 Overviews Issue 5	Supplement: Mutual Fund Industry Fee and Expense Benchmarks
2001 Overviews Issue 5	Supplement: Newest Funds - Fee Strategies Analysis for Selected Retail Funds
June 2001 FlowWatch	IBD Fund & VA Contributions; Looking to 2002; Trends June and July
May 2001 FlowWatch	First Half 2001 Trends, Fast Growing Small Managers, New Registrations
2001 Overviews Issue 4	Targeting Opportunities in the Variable Annuity Business
April 2001 Annual Feature	2000 Money Manager Financial Comparisons
April 2001 FlowWatch	Potential for Bond Fund Sales; Results for April and May
March 2001 FlowWatch	Results for March and April; ETF Update
2001 Overviews Issue 3	Anticipating and Adapting to a Changing Mutual Fund Environment
February 2001 FlowWatch	February and March Results, New Product Development
February 2001 Foundation Series	The Defined Contribution Business: Strategies and Opportunities for an Evolving Future
2001 Overviews Issue 2	Accelerating Adoption of Mutual Fund Wrap Programs
January 2001 FlowWatch	Slowly Adjusting to a Bear Market, Recent Results, and VA Fees
2001 Overviews Issue 1	Asset-Based Fee Relationships and Investment Product Distribution
December 2000 FlowWatch	Capital Gains, ETF Update, New Registrations
November 2000 FlowWatch	DC Investor Activity; Weekly Summaries
November 2000 Overviews	Defined Contribution Market (Highlights of FOUNDATION Series Study)
October 2000 Overviews	2001 Outlook Part II: Sales and Asset Growth By Product and Distribution Channel
October 2000 FlowWatch	Investor Commitment, New Registrations
September 2000 Overviews	2001 Outlook Part I: Investment, Distribution, and Management Themes
September 2000 FlowWatch	Third Quarter 2000 Trends
August 2000 FlowWatch	Fund Asset Circulation, Sales Projections, ETF Update
August 2000 Overviews	Source of Industry Growth: Retail vs. Institutional - 1999 Results
July 2000 Overviews	Defined Contribution Survey: Year-End 1999 Results
July 2000 FlowWatch	Household Ownership of Funds; Variable Annuity Innovations
June 2000 Foundation Series	Enhancing Relationship Management and Customer Retention
June 2000 Overviews	Overview of Key Themes in the U.S. Mutual Fund Industry
June 2000 FlowWatch	Second Quarter 2000 Trends
May 2000 Annual Feature	1999 Money Manager Financial Comparisons
May 2000 Overviews	Exchange-Traded Funds: Promises and Limitations
May 2000 FlowWatch	First Half Highlights, Marketplace Updates, Direct Distribution Expands
April 2000 FlowWatch	Equity Redemptions, Market Neutral Fund Update
April 2000 Overviews	Recent Developments in the Variable Annuity Marketplace
March 2000 Overviews	1999 Annual Fee and Expense Trends
March 2000 Supplement	1999 Contractual Advisory Fee Supplement
March 2000 Supplement	1999 Fee and Expense Benchmark Supplement
March 2000 FlowWatch	First Quarter 2000 Trends
February 2000 FlowWatch	Exchange-Traded Funds; Managed Accounts
February 2000 Overviews	New Product Development
January 2000 Overviews	1999 Mutual Fund Trends and Developments
January 2000 Supplement	1999 Trends and Developments Statistical Supplement
January 2000 FlowWatch	Tech Funds; Int'l Resurgence; Benchmarking Redemptions
2000 Overviews Issue 1	Money Fund Update
December 1999 FlowWatch	Fourth Quarter 1999 Trends
December 1999 Overviews	Money Market Funds Update
November 1999 Overviews	A Decade of Growth: Large and Small Management Companies
November 1999 FlowWatch	Tax-Managed Funds and Tax-Efficiency; Capital Gains
October 1999 FlowWatch	Exchange-Traded Products; Shareholder Demographics
October 1999 Overviews	Forecast for 2000: by Product, Distribution Channel, and Financial Scenario
September 1999 FlowWatch	3Q99 Results; Technology Funds; Money Fund Managers
September 1999 Overviews	Trends and Developments in the Variable Annuity Business
August 1999 Overviews	Defined Contribution Survey: Year-End 1998 Results
August 1999 FlowWatch	Shareholder Characteristics; Variable Annuity Subadvisory Opportunities
July 1999 FlowWatch	Looking Ahead: Have Industry Sales Rates Peaked?
July 1999 Overviews	Sources of Industry Growth: Retail and Institutional - 1998 Results
June 1999 Overviews	A Supportive Perspective on Fund Opportunities and Misconceptions
June 1999 FlowWatch	Second Quarter 1999 Trends
May 1999 Overviews	Lipper Classifications: Methodology and Implications
May 1999 FlowWatch	Style Rotation; New Funds and Registrations
April 1999 Annual Feature	1998 Money Manager Financial Comparisons
April 1999 Supplement	Annual Fee and Expense Benchmarking Supplement
April 1999 FlowWatch	Distribution Channel Comparisons Using New Lipper Classifications
April 1999 Overviews	Fund Advisory and Sub-Advisory Fee Analysis; Variable Annuities Fees and Total Costs
March 1999 Overviews	Mutual Fund Wrap Program Update
February 1999 Overviews	1998 in Review: An Annual Summary
February 1999 Supplement	Overview of Key Themes for Mutual Funds: 1998 Issue
February 1999 FlowWatch	Variable Annuity Trends
January 1999 FlowWatch	Discussion on Morningstar Ratings and Investment Style Classifications
January 1999 Overviews	Value-Added Relationships with Advisors and Investors: Check Lists
December 1998 Overviews	Bond Fund Marketing in a Low Interest Rate Environment
December 1998 FlowWatch	Capital Gains Payouts and Reinvestment Rates; Recapturing Distributions
October 1998 FlowWatch	Focus on Money Market Funds
October 1998 Overviews	Tax-Managed Equity Funds
September 1998 Overviews	Sources of Industry Growth: Retail and Institutional - 1997 Results
August 1998 Overviews	Defined Contribution Survey: Year-End 1997 Results
August 1998 FlowWatch	The Summer Stock Market Drop and Investor Behavior
July 1998 FlowWatch	Market Neutral Funds and Packaging of Downside Protection; SI Service Enhancements
July 1998 Overviews	Sustaining the Industry’s Culture: Managing Relationships
June 1998 FlowWatch	Second Quarter 1998 Trends; Review of Concentrated Portfolios
June 1998 Overviews	Sustaining the Industry’s Culture: Managing Expectations
May 1998 Overviews	Advisory Fee Structures and Considerations
May 1998 FlowWatch	Closed-End Funds; New FlowWatch Presentations Based on Revised ICI Categories
March 1998 Overviews	Focus on Customer Retention: Some Determinants
January 1998 Overviews	1997 in Review: An Annual Summary
December 1997 Overviews	Update on International and Global Equity Funds
November 1997 Overviews	Fast-Growing Small Managers
October 1997 FlowWatch	The Growing Acceptance of Mutual Fund Wrap Programs
September 1997 Overviews	Pricing and Distribution Trends with Focus on Level-Load Funds
August 1997 Overviews	Key Events in the History of U.S. Mutual Funds
August 1997 FlowWatch	Tax-Sensitive Investments in Munis,Tax-Managed Equity, and VAs
July 1997 FlowWatch	Defined Contribution Survey: Year-End 1996 Results
July 1997 Overviews	Sources of Industry Growth: Retail and Institutional - 1996 Results
June 1997 Overviews	How Contractual Advisory Fees for Equity Funds have Changed since Early 1980s
May 1997 Overviews	Bond Investor Characteristics: Asset Velocity and Account Sizes; Bond Fund Annual Fee Benchmarking
May 1997 FlowWatch	Money Market Fund Expansion (vs. bank Deposits), MMF Fee Benchmarks, Waivers, and Yield-Driven Flows
April 1997 FlowWatch	Fees: To Average Investor, by Channel; Defining Peer Groups; Annual Benchmarking for Equity Funds
March 1997 Overviews	Equity Fund Fees: Variability of Pre-Expense Returns, Effect of Waivers, and Fee Correlation to Performance
March 1997 FlowWatch	Retention Strategies for a Changing Mutual Fund Environment
February 1997 FlowWatch	Distribution Trends: the Expanding Role of Financial Advisors
February 1997 Overviews	The Growth of Index Funds
January 1997 FlowWatch	1996 in Review: An Annual Summary
November 1996 FlowWatch	Morningstar Improved Classification System and the Important Addition of Category Benchmarking
October 1996 FlowWatch	Early Exploration of the Internet
September 1996 Overviews	Product Line Management Considerations
August 1996 Overviews	Fund of Funds, Lifecycle, and Other Allocation Programs
August 1996 FlowWatch	New Product Development Themes
July 1996 Supplement	Defined Contribution Survey: Year-End 1995 Results
June 1996 FlowWatch	Redefining Nat'l Broker-Dealers Role; Pricing, Level-Load, and Wrap Fund Update
June 1996 Overviews	Small Company Growth Strategies
May 1996 FlowWatch	Advantages and Risks in Advisory Fee Waiving Strategies
April 1996 FlowWatch	Equity Fund Fee Benchmarking
March 1996 Overviews	A Reassuring View of What Equity Fund Shareholders Will Do in a Bear Market
March 1996 FlowWatch	Mutual Fund Shareholder Accounts: Sizes and Share by Distribution Channels
January 1996 Overviews	1995 in Review: An Annual Summary
December 1995 Overviews	A Detailed Review of the Accelerating Growth of Fund Marketplaces (focusing on Schwab and Fidelity)
December 1995 FlowWatch	An In-Depth Review of Sales-Assisted vs. Direct Purchase Distributions
November 1995 Overviews	Communication Via the Internet
September 1995 Overviews	Changes in Investment Preferences and Measurement, and in Marketing and Distribution
August 1995 Overviews	Appealing to the Broad Range of Consumer Financial Needs
August 1995 FlowWatch	Money Market Fund Update
July 1995 Supplement	Defined Contribution Survey: Year-End 1994 Results
June 1995 Overviews	Direct Distribution Gains are Less than They Appear
June 1995 FlowWatch	The Myth that Manager Size Equates with Competitiveness
May 1995 FlowWatch	Determinants of Fund Company Success and Failure
May 1995 Overviews	New Dimensions in Performance Analysis: 24 Ways of Benchmarking
April 1995 FlowWatch	Morningstar Ratings: Stability over Time
March 1995 Overviews	Equity Fund Asset Retention Challenges
March 1995 FlowWatch	Relative Performance Predictibility
February 1995 FlowWatch	The Increasing Role of Equity Funds
January 1995 Overviews	1994 in Review: An Annual Summary
December 1994 Overviews	Customer Retention Strategies
March 1994 Overviews	Cash Flow Determinants: Relative Ranking and Morningstar Rating
January 1994 Review	The Emergence of Schwab's OneSource Programs
June 1993 Overviews	Brand Management and Loyalty
April 1993 Overviews	CDSC Fund Financing Analysis
March 1993 Review	How Fund Pricing Impacts Management Company Revenues
February 1993 Review	How Fund Pricing Impacts Investor Total Returns
February 1992 Overviews	Pricing Alternatives: Front Load, CDSC, and the Emerging Level-Load Funds
October 1991 Review	Bond Fund Comparisons: 1980s vs. 1990
May 1991 Overviews	The Accelerating Importance of CDSC Funds

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