New Jersey Bonds Show Best Returns of 10 Biggest States, Buoyed by Corzine Sep 26, 2006
He has been a significant part of a changed budget policy to stop fixing budget deficits with one-time revenue shots,'' said John T. Browning, executive director of the unit trust group at Van Kampen Funds Inc., which oversees $13 billion in assets. That is a huge help in making their risk profile more attractive to investors. (Bloomberg)
Ameriprise names board of directors Oct 11, 2005
Richard Powers III, former advisory director of Morgan Stanley and a trustee of the Van Kampen Funds from 2003 to 2005. H. Jay Sarles, former vice chairman of Bank of America Corp.. (Yahoo Finance -- Food Processing)
Murray, Frank & Sailer LLP Announces Class Action Against UBS-AG on Behalf of Purchasers of the Van Kampen Family of Funds -- ACSWX, ACEFX, ACEQX, ACGJX, ACTGX Sep 10, 2005
NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The law firm of Murray, Frank & Sailer LLP announces that it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all persons who purchased Van Kampen Funds from UBS-AG (``UBS''), from May 1, 2000 through April 30, 2005, inclusive (the ``Class Period''), seeking to pursue remedies under the Securities Act of 1993 (the ``Securities Act'') and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ``Exchange Act''). The Funds, and the Symbols for the respective Van Kampen Funds... (Primezone Releases)
Tracking the IPO market Aug 9, 2005
Van Kampen Funds Inc., a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (: , , ) unveiled the IPOX-30 Index Portfolio last month ... "Newly public companies can see volatility in the first few days of trading, which is why we wait until they're bought," added Chad Peterson, a spokesman for Van Kampen Funds. (CBS MarketWatch - Front Page)
Van Kampen High Income Trust II Announces Completion of Reorganization with Van Kampen High Income Trust Aug 2, 2005
2005 Van Kampen Funds Inc. All rights reserved. Member NASD/SIPC.. (Yahoo Finance -- Investment Services)
General Schwarzkopf and Actress Bonnie Hunt Help Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Raise More Than $950,000 Apr 22, 2005
This line-up was supported by an extensive list of Dinner Chairs, including: William Aldinger III, HSBC-North America; Thomas Bernardin, Leo Burnett Worldwide; Robert DeBaun, RoundTable Healthcare Partners; Alexander Dimitrief, Kirkland ; Charles Douglas, Sidley Austin Brown Brian Feltzin, Sheffield Asset Management, LLC; Joseph Hogan, GE Healthcare Technologies; John Jordan II, Jordan Industries, Inc.; Lester Knight, RoundTable Healthcare Partners; McCormick Tribune Foundation; Andrew McKenna,... (PR Newswire)
Brokerages face pressure to sell in-house mutual funds Jun 4, 2004
Morgan Stanley, for example, closed 13 proprietary funds in April in a bid to boost sales of its Van Kampen funds, while last month Bear Stearns () completed a transfer of $4. 4 billion of fund and money-market assets to fund giant Dreyfus Corp., a unit of Mellon Financial (). (Investor's Business Daily)
[external] Brokerages face pressure to sell in-house mutual funds Jun 4, 2004
"Merrill's foray into the fund business has been choppy at best, analysts say. Its $5.2 billion purchase of London-based Mercury Asset Management in November 1997 was the pinnacle of several acquisitive moves to diversify its traditional brokerage business. Yet Merrill and other like-minded Wall Street firms have struggled to integrate their funds with traditional brokerage and investment advice.Morgan Stanley, for example, closed 13 proprietary funds in April in a bid to boost sales of its Van... (Yahoo Finance -- Investment Services)
Merrill Lynch rethinks in-house funds Jun 3, 2004
" E. Stanley O'Neal, Merrill Lynch's current chairman and a former chief financial officer at the firm, has placed more emphasis on cutting costs and maximizing returns - a strategy that has reaped dividends as Merrill's profit soared last year, helped by a boom in the firm's bond trading business..Like other Wall Street firms and Morgan Stanley in particular, Merrill Lynch originally developed a proprietary fund business to provide its sprawling brokerage network with a ready source of mutual... (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Van Kampen Strategic Sector Municipal Trust Announces Advisory ... Jun 2, 2004
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2004--Van Kampen Asset Management and Van Kampen Funds Inc. announced today that the Board of Trustees of Van Kampen Strategic Sector Municipal Trust (Ticker Symbol: VKS) (the "Trust") approved a reduction of the Trust's advisory fee from 0 ... Van Kampen Asset Management and Van Kampen Funds Inc. are both subsidiaries of Van Kampen Investments Inc. ("Van Kampen") ... Copyright (C)2004 Van Kampen Funds Inc. All rights reserved. (Business Wire, CA)
Funds may no longer be an asset for Morgan Stanley Apr 9, 2004
The firm is looking to de-emphasize the Morgan Stanley funds sold through its sprawling network of brokers and to sell more Van Kampen funds, which the firm acquired in 1996, through other outlets like financial advisers ... "Since 1994, we have realized there are challenges to our business," Merin said, "and we have tried to improve it by broadening our distribution to include more Van Kampen funds.". (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
