With 2009 just hours away from becoming history, here's a look back at the top stories of the last 12 months.

January

Another Fund Firm Cuts Staff
1/12/2009

Rydex Reduces its Ranks ... Is Another Sale in the Works?
1/14/2009

February

The Ax Falls at Fido
2/3/2009

An East Coast Suitor Courts Janus
2/13/2009

March

Another Firm is Exiting the Mutual Fund Business
3/10/2009

A Fund Lion Dies
3/27/2009

April

Sale Adds Some Sparkle to iShares
4/9/2009

Fidelity Hunts for a C-Level Exec
4/17/2009

May

A Bank Reportedly Puts a Distributor on the Block
5/13/2009

Is Rydex About to Change Hands Again?
5/13/2009

June

BofA Narrows the Columbia Bids to Three
6/18/2009

A Boston Fund Firm Bucks the Downsizing Trend
6/19/2009

Gross Confesses to Sending Don Phillips a 'Very Childish' E-mail
6/20/2009

July

Columbia Sale May Complete 'In Days'
7/17/2009

MFS Goes on a $50 Million Hiring Spree
7/22/2009

Aberdeen is 'Definitely Not Pursuing' Delaware, Gilbert Says
7/27/2009

Strategic Insight Sells
7/30/2009

August

Keith Banks to Stick With Columbia Through the 'Transition'
8/6/2009

A Boston Fund Firm is Hiring Up to 100 Workers
8/6/2009

Macquarie Steals Delaware
8/19/2009

Prospective Buyers Camp Out at a Chicago-Area Fund Firm
8/22/2009

September

Ameriprise Preps to Buy Columbia
9/1/2009

Two Asset Managers are Set to Become One
9/4/2009

BofA Finally Sells Columbia
9/30/2009

October

Fido is on the Hunt to Fill a Sales Post
10/12/2009

Invesco Pulls the Trigger on Van Kampen Deal
10/19/2009

November

Ned Says Goodbye to Putnam
11/13/2009

Ameriprise Reveals Distribution Leadership at the Combined Company
11/13/2009

December

Putnam Cuts Jobs
12/9/2009

Fido Sacks Four Employees Over Fantasy Football
12/14/2009

An Investing Legend Dies
12/14/2009 

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