MutualFundWire.com: Small Bytes: SEC To Review Fund Marketing
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Small Bytes: SEC To Review Fund Marketing


The SEC is planning to review the marketing practices of mutual funds to ensure they tell the truth to potential investors, said SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt. The review look at the Web sites, sales literature and advertisements of mutual funds and examine whether the actual portfolio performance and investment strategies are consistent with their disclosure.

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Delaware Investments is adding the Delaware Technology and Innovation Fund to its product line-up this week, investing in companies of all sizes. The fund is managed by Jeffrey Hynoski, a member of Delaware Investments' Growth Team who has managed the technology portion of Delaware Select Growth Fund since 1998, when he joined the firm.

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MAXfunds.com, (MFWire 12/27, 1999) is open for business, focusing on small and unlisted funds, but providing information on all no-load equity funds. The new site showcases easy-to-use graphical analysis, as well as original content intended to be "hipper than most financial sites. On our site, you'll get all the fund analysis you can handle, and maybe you won't fall asleep reading it," said co-founder and president Jonas Max Ferris.

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MetLife's policyholders have approved the giant insurer's plan to go public, voting yesterday in favor of the firm's plan to launch the launch the U.S.'s largest-ever initial public offering.


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