Schooner Funds Celebrates Three Year Anniversary of Their Flagship Mutual Fund, and the Launch of Their Newest Alternative Mutual Fund
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite a difficult market, it's been smooth sailing for Schooner Investment Group's flagship mutual fund, The Schooner Fund (Ticker: SCNAX). The Fund recently celebrated its three-year mark.   The Schooner team has been very happy with its performance relative to its benchmarks, the S&P 500 Index and Morningstar's Long/Short category.  In addition, Schooner Fund recently received third party analysis and ratings from Morningstar, and Lipper after achieving its three year track record. While traditional long-only mutual funds are inherently subject to market volatility, they are rarely able to take advantage of volatility pricing.

Manulife Mutual Funds Honoured at 2011 Morningstar® Canadian Investment Awards™
TORONTO, Dec. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Manulife Mutual Funds took home several prestigious awards at the 17th annual Morningstar® Canadian Investment Awardsâ„¢ gala event, held on November 30th at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.  Manulife Mutual Funds' 2011 brand advertising, with the theme -- "Investments Shouldn't Always Be On Your Mind" -- won top honours as Best Marketing Campaign.

Wild swings of last week return to stock market
NEW YORK -- Just when Wall Street seemed to have settled down, a barrage of bad economic reports collided with fresh worries about European banks Thursday and triggered a global sell-off in stocks.

John Hancock Mutual Funds Launches John Hancock Strategic Growth Fund (JSGAX)
BOSTON, Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- John Hancock Mutual Funds today announced that the new John Hancock Strategic Growth Fund (JSGAX) is now available to investors through their financial advisers.

Golden Seeds Closes on $26.5 Million for Second Venture Capital Fund
NEW YORK, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Golden Seeds closed its second fund with $26.5 million in committed capital for investments in early stage, high growth companies across at least three sectors, including technology, life sciences and consumer goods.

STMicroelectronics Launches Corporate Venture Capital Fund
GENEVA, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, announced today the launch of "ST New Ventures", its corporate venture capital fund currently under incorporation. The acceleration of the pervasion of semiconductor has led ST to create a venture fund which  will invest in technology, product and service start-up companies, preferably at early stage, to understand in advance emerging markets for which semiconductor is key.

CommVault to Ring NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell on January 9
OCEANPORT, N.J., Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CommVault (NASDAQ: CVLT) (Logo: ) News Facts What: N. Robert Hammer, CommVault's chairman, president and CEO will ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell on January 9, 2012.

Legend3D Raises $19 Million In Venture Capital Funding to Meet Rising 3D Demand
    SAN DIEGO, Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Legend3D, the leading innovator in 2D-to-3D conversion technology, today announced that it closed on a $19 million Series E Preferred Stock offering, to further expand its leadership in 3D conversion.