Vanguard Asset Allocation Fund Inc.

Bond choices too narrow for 401(k) investors: advisers; Professionals worry about putting all fixed-income eggs in one basket.(News)
Investment News; 12/14/2009; 1403 words; ...group at The Vanguard Group Inc. "It means...Market II Index Fund had year-to...place among bond funds, behind the...Total Return Fund, offered by...Management Group Inc.'s worldwide...weighted in this asset class, said...fixed-income allocation becomes more...larger ...

ETF sponsors can't resist latest trend; But some express concern about jump into emerging markets.(News)
Investment News; 11/30/2009; 1179 words; ...year with total assets of about $30...to Morningstar Inc. Given the success...see significant assets flowing into an asset class, they...deliver and market funds, said Mr. Lowell...unlike the mutual fund industry of old...at Morningstar Inc. For example...officer at Tactical ...

Transamerica Adds 16 Investment Options to Variable Annuity Lineup.(Company overview)
Business Wire; 11/23/2009; 1634 words; ...control over the allocation process, allowing...riders." The fund companies and...American Funds has been managing investors' assets since 1931...Five American Funds portfolios...Management, Inc. is a global...discipline. * GE Asset Management...Total Return Fund can ...

Fund firms profile behavior of advisers; Marketers start using anti-terrorist tactic to fine-tune efforts.(News)
Investment News; 10/12/2009; 1258 words; ...Rowe Price Group Inc. began such...he said. The Vanguard Group Inc. is also looking...360 million in assets. "I can't...dealing with fund wholesalers pushing...Cerulli Associates Inc., an industry...consulting firm. "If asset managers are...hear about asset ...

Morningstar Launches Target-Date Fund Series Ratings and Research Reports.
Investment Weekly News; 9/26/2009; 942 words; ...be sizable. Vanguard is currently...research behind fund companies' asset allocation decisions is...addition, many fund companies can...target-date funds' underlying...Target-Date Fund Series Ratings...Morningstar, Inc., Finance...