Investment News published two lists this week that all fund executives are going to want to pay attention to — one with anticipation and hope, the other with abject fear.

The first is the hottest fund firms for 2012. The second? The ten firms with the biggest outflows for 2012.

The year's top shop is no surprise — Vanguard [profile] still reign's supreme with $81 billion in flows for 2012 so far, and $93.1 billion for the past year.

The big loser, meanwhile, is American Funds [profile], with $48.7 billion in outflows for the year-to-date, and $64.7 billion in outflows for the past one year.

The other hot firms are, in order of lowest flows to highest: GMO, Principal Funds, Lord Abbett, Dimensional Fund Advisors, MFS, T. Rowe Price, DoubleLine, JP Morgan, and Pimco.

The less happy firms, meanwhile, from lowest outflows to highest, are: ING Retirement Funds, The Royce Funds, Eaton Vance, DWS Investments, Pioneer, Dodge & Cox, Hartford Mutual Funds, Janus, and Columbia. Check out the hot companies here and the strugglers here.  

Edited by: Ben Geier


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