Ross Kerber

In retirement business, big players like Vanguard think small

August 25, 2021 at 4:48 a.m.

MALVERN, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Vanguard, the biggest U.S. mutual fund company, is going after small fish it once passed up. Since 2012, the Malvern, Pennsylvania-based fund firm has quadrupled to...

Boston College offers to return interviews to Irish militants

August 25, 2021 at 4:41 a.m.

DUBLIN/BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston College on Tuesday offered to return interviews about the Northern Ireland conflict to the former militants who provided them, after some expressed concerns about their safety...

Failed clamp caused Rhode Island circus acrobats’ plunge: officials

August 25, 2021 at 4:38 a.m.

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (Reuters) - A chandelier-like circus rigging carrying eight performers plummeted to the floor when the single steel clamp that suspended it failed, officials investigating the Providence, Rhode...

At U.S. college, Irish militant archive becomes diplomatic time bomb

August 25, 2021 at 4:32 a.m.

BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The arrest of Irish politician Gerry Adams may have its roots in a closed archive of taped interviews with former paramilitaries in Northern Ireland that researchers...

U.S. funds warn of risks from sanctions against Russia

August 25, 2021 at 4:10 a.m.

BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. fund managers warned this month of risks shareholders could face from current or future Western sanctions against Russia, underscoring the stakes for emerging-markets investors arising out...

American Funds urges password change to counter ‘Heartbleed’ bug

August 25, 2021 at 4:04 a.m.

BOSTON (Reuters) - American Funds, the No. 3 U.S. mutual fund family, advised some customers to change user names and passwords on Wednesday as the number of companies and people...

MSCI to sell proxy advisory firm ISS for $364 million

August 25, 2021 at 3:05 a.m.

(Reuters) - Stock market index provider MSCI Inc said it would sell influential governance unit Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) to private equity firm Vestar Capital Partners for $364 million to...

Growth in compensation for U.S. CEOs may have slowed

August 25, 2021 at 3:00 a.m.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Big U.S. companies appear to have handed out smaller increases in compensation to their chief executives in 2013 than in 2012, mainly as a result of reduced...

Legg Mason to buy private asset manager QS Investors

August 25, 2021 at 2:24 a.m.

(Reuters) - Asset manager Legg Mason Inc said it will buy privately held QS Investors and merge it with two other business units, aiming to build sales to institutional clients...

Investors restless? Call Abe Friedman

August 25, 2021 at 2:10 a.m.

BOSTON (Reuters) - As corporations draw more heat from their investors, Abe Friedman aims to put out some fires. His San Francisco start-up, CamberView Partners, advises companies on how top...

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