21.   A spokeswomen for the fund group would not comment.

22.   About a dozen fund groups have Asian funds, and some used fair-value pricing at the end of October while others used the conventional method.

23.   After all, they reason, investment goals and the way funds are managed can differ radically from one fund group to another.

24.   Aim now ranks as the fastest growing fund group in the nation, buoyed by stock fund sales, according to Financial Research Corp.

25.   All three fund groups said sales for May are decent but have eased from the IRA spurt in April.

26.   But for now, fund groups are content with how individuals are managing their retirement accounts.

27.   But Morningstar is redefining the fund peer groups to which this curve will be applied.

28.   But more often, big fund groups find their top deputies simply want to strike out on their own.

29.   But other fund groups reported that money continued to come in, albeit at slower rates.

30.   But Morningstar found that the returns of the two fund groups were strikingly similar.