In the Margins

American Funds, Fido shift assets

February 25, 2016

By Barron's

In the last quarter of 2015, American Funds cut by 7% its Amazon.com holding, according to research performed by Todd Rosenbluth, director of mutual fund research at S&P Global Market Intelligence. The mutual fund firm also pared back Alphabet (formerly Google), by 18%. At Fidelity, fund managers added shares in Facebook, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Salesforce in the fourth quarter, while the firm reduced its share count in Gilead Sciences by 6.9%. Read the original story from Barron's.

 

 

 

Most Read

A Seat at the Table
We've had A Seat at the Table — for 10 years

The very first independent chair we profiled for FBV was Leigh Wilson at Victory Funds, for our A Seat at the Table section. Victory Capital Management had recently redefined itself ...

Top of the Agenda - Governance
Fewer women, minorities among new fund directors

After years of making gains in filling fund board seats, women and individuals representing minority groups lost significant ground in the most recent two-year period measured ...