Mutual Funds

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Companies that Benefit From Mutual Fund Investing

Companies that manage a mutual fund or a family of funds benefit from increased mutual fund investing through the management fees they charge their shareholders.

Companies Whose Main Business is Mutual Fund Management

• Capital Group Companies - Manages the American Funds mutual fund family, the largest in the U.S. by assets under management. Capital Group Companies is a privately held company.
• Fidelity Investments - Private company.
• Vanguard - Private company.
• Dreyfus Corporation - Private Company.
• Federated Investors (FII)

Name of fund companies

Many financial institutions manage one or more mutual funds as a part of their business. These companies, which range from major investment banks, to companies that focus primarily on insurance, earn money through management fees for their mutual funds.

• Alliance Capital Management Holding L.P. (AB)
• BlackRock (BLK)
• Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB)
• Franklin Resources (BEN)
• Goldman Sachs Group (GS)
• Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG)
• J P Morgan Chase (JPM)
• Legg Mason (LM)
• Morgan Stanley (MS)
• Principal Financial Group (PFG)

Rating Agencies

• Morningstar (MORN)
• Moody's (MCO)

Companies that Lose From Mutual Fund Investing