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The Most Popular MFWire Stories of 2012


This year, fundsters read up on the fate of the Hartford, actions of the SEC, and the movement of top executives. These are the top-read MFWire stories of 2012:

1) June 15 -- "SEC Sends Northern Lights a Wells Notice"
The letter means that SEC staff are recommending that the SEC take action against the series trust.

2) March 21 -- "Hartford's Keeping its Mutual Funds"
The financial services giant is splitting, but its keeping three core business lines, including its mutual fund unit.

3) August 28 -- "Nick Calamos Has Three Weeks Left as Co-CIO"
The president and co-CIO will leave his day-to-day duties behind by the middle of September.

4) April 18 -- "Three Guggenheim Chiefs Leave and Two Rise"
The asset management arm of the private equity firm says goodbye to three of its own while appointing two others.

5) April 25 -- "Ned Johnson Made Steve Jobs Look Like He Was Asleep"
The bold-faced names of Boston turned out to honor Fidelity builder Ned Johnson last night.

6) February 21 -- "Aster Dies"
An accident killed the fund company executive last week.

7) June 21 -- "A Top Templeton PM Dies"
Sir John Templeton's third investment professional passed away earlier this week.

8) March 9 -- "Walt Brings One of Bob's Boys to Schwab"
A top fundster will take over the retail branch network for the brokerage giant.

9) June 4 -- "Did Pimco Say "No Vacays" and Tank the Stock Market?"
Some hedge funds pros and a guy from Minyanville are tweeting about what they heard at lunch on Friday.

10) February 14 -- "Three Firms Gobbled Half of Inflows in January"
Vanguard dominated net long-term mutual fund inflows last month.


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