1.   Fund sponsors are responsible for selling funds and often manage the investments as well.

2.   He expects Barclays and other fund sponsors to do more.

3.   Like many new funds, the fund sponsor is paying all the fund expenses temporarily to bolster return and attract more money.

4.   Not surprisingly, fund sponsors rarely eliminate a fund with a good record.

5.   The fund sponsor plans to open Ivy International II, under another manager who has not yet been named.

6.   Where are the ever-elusive economies of scale that were to allow fund sponsors to trim costs as their funds grew?

7.   However, Quant cautions that most fund sponsors are long-term investors.

8.   Instead, fund sponsors and investment managers can use MIP results to measure whether the managers are really meeting the investment and return objectives of particular funds.