People Moves
On July 10,
Ross Glotzbach became the co-PM of the
LongLeaf Partners Fund and
Josh Shores became the co-PM of the
Longleaf Partner International Fund. Shore replaces
Scott Cobb, who stepped down as portfolio manager for the international fund.
On December 31,
Cindy L. Sweeting — the president of
Templeton investment counsel, PM of the
Emerging Markets Series Fund,
Foreign Smaller Companies Series Fund, and
Global Equity Series Fund, and lead PM of the
International Equity Series and the
International Equity Fund — will
retire. She will be replaced as lead PM by
Antonio T. Docal, current research analyst and deputy director of research, on January 1, 2018. Docal will also co-manage the funds with
Peter A. Nori and
Matthew R. Nagle, who are also current research analysts at Templeton.
***
Fund Launches
On July 11,
SportsETFs' ProSports Sponsors ETF launched. The fund is now trading under the ticker symbol
FANZ.
***
Reorganization
On July 10,
Phoenix American Financial Services, Inc. became the new transfer agent for
Triton Pacific Investment Corporation.
***
Fund Updates
On July 10, the
Direxion Daily EURO STOXX 50® Bull 3X Fund switched its ticker symbol to EUXL.
***
Liquidation
On August 25, the
Sentinel Unconstrained Bond Fund will
liquidate. It will be closed to new investors on August 11.
***
Fees
On July 12,
IndexIQ Advisors LLC waived and reduced certain fees and expenses for the following funds:
- IQ 50 Percent Hedged FTSE International ETF
- IQ 50 Percent Hedged FTSE Europe ETF
- IQ 50 Percent Hedged FTSE Japan ETF
***
Class Shares
On July 13, Advisor M class shares of the
Fidelity Government Money Market Fund will
replace the Daily Money Class Shares of Fidelity funds as an exchange privileged for Class M shareholders.
***
Check our last Filings For Fundsters column (previously called Stork and Reaper) for more SEC filing updates. For the latest new hires and fund launches, explore our Follow The Fundsters, The Next Gig, and New Fund Fuss columns. If you have a fund filing, a mutual fund launch, a product change or a new hire that you would like to announce, please contact the MFWire team at editors@investmentwires.com. 
Stay ahead of the news ... Sign up for our email alerts now
CLICK HERE