{"id":514624,"date":"2021-07-19T16:03:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T20:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/touchstone-investments-completes-purchase-of-select-aig-funds\/"},"modified":"2021-07-19T16:03:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T20:03:18","slug":"touchstone-investments-completes-purchase-of-select-aig-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/touchstone-investments-completes-purchase-of-select-aig-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Touchstone Investments Completes Purchase of Select AIG Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<h2 class=\"xn-hedline\">Touchstone Expands Mutual Fund Lineup, Adds $6.8 Billion<\/h2>\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"xn-location\">CINCINNATI<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 19, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Touchstone Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Western &amp; Southern Financial Group, completed its acquisition of select assets of AIG Life &amp; Retirement&#8217;s Retail Mutual Funds business on <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 16<\/span>. AIG Life &amp; Retirement is a division of American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG). The planned acquisition was announced in February.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We welcome AIG Fund shareholders and their financial professionals to the Touchstone family. This acquisition reflects Touchstone&#8217;s continued commitment to providing access to best-in-class institutional asset managers to a wide range of investors through our mutual funds,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Blake Moore<\/span>, president and chief executive officer of Touchstone Investments. &#8220;In addition to significantly increasing our assets under management, we are now offering two new funds that we believe are important to investors and Touchstone.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>AIG Funds, with assets totaling <span class=\"xn-money\">$6.8 billion<\/span>, were reorganized and merged into either existing or newly created Touchstone funds, which brings Touchstone&#8217;s fund lineup to 32 funds with assets under management to <span class=\"xn-money\">$35.9 billion<\/span>. <\/p>\n<div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"prntblns\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prnsbts prnrbrs prnvab prnsbbs prnpl6 prnsbls prnpr6\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>AIG FUND<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prnsbts prnrbrs prnvab prnsbbs prnpl6 prnsbl1 prnpr6\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>\u00a0EXISTING TOUCHSTONE ACQUIRING FUND<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">AIG Focused Alpha Large-Cap Fund<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <u><br \/>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=940044766&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernsouthern.com%2Ftouchstone%2Fmutual-funds%2Flarge-cap-focused-fund&amp;a=Touchstone+Large+Cap+Focused+Fund\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Touchstone Large Cap Focused Fund<\/a><br \/>\n                  <\/u><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">AIG Focused Growth Fund<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <u><br \/>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=1141157060&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernsouthern.com%2Ftouchstone%2Fmutual-funds%2Fsands-capital-select-growth-fund&amp;a=Touchstone+Sands+Capital+Select+Growth+Fund\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth Fund<\/a><br \/>\n                  <\/u><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">AIG Multi-Asset Allocation Fund<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <u><br \/>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=1229012753&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernsouthern.com%2Ftouchstone%2Fmutual-funds%2Fbalanced-fund&amp;a=Touchstone+Balanced+Fund\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Touchstone Balanced Fund<\/a><br \/>\n                  <\/u><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">AIG Active Allocation Fund<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <u><br \/>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=1229012753&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernsouthern.com%2Ftouchstone%2Fmutual-funds%2Fbalanced-fund&amp;a=Touchstone+Balanced+Fund\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Touchstone Balanced Fund<\/a><br \/>\n                  <\/u><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">AIG Strategic Value Fund<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <u><br \/>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=2284745619&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernsouthern.com%2Ftouchstone%2Fmutual-funds%2Fvalue-fund&amp;a=Touchstone+Value+Fund\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Touchstone Value Fund<\/a><br \/>\n                  <\/u><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">AIG Senior Floating Rate Fund<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <u><br \/>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=466827328&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernsouthern.com%2Ftouchstone%2Fmutual-funds%2Fcredit-opportunities-fund&amp;a=Touchstone+Credit+Opportunities+Fund\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Touchstone Credit Opportunities Fund<\/a><br \/>\n                  <\/u><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">AIG U.S. Government Securities Fund<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <u><br \/>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=35564953&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernsouthern.com%2Ftouchstone%2Fmutual-funds%2Factive-bond-fund&amp;a=Touchstone+Active+Bond+Fund\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Touchstone Active Bond Fund<\/a><br \/>\n                  <\/u><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">AIG International Dividend Strategy Fund<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <u><br \/>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=1355003670&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernsouthern.com%2Ftouchstone%2Fmutual-funds%2Finternational-equity-fund&amp;a=Touchstone+International+Equity+Fund\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Touchstone International Equity Fund<\/a><br \/>\n                  <\/u><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>\u00a0AIG\u00a0 FUND<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>NEWLY CREATED TOUCHSTONE ACQUIRING FUND<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">AIG Focused Dividend Strategy Fund<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <u><br \/>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=1833267574&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fprospectus-express.broadridge.com%2Fsummary.asp%3Fdoctype%3Dspro%26clientid%3Dtouchstll%26fundid%3D89155T482&amp;a=Touchstone+Dividend+Equity+Fund\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund<\/a><br \/>\n                  <\/u><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">AIG Select Dividend Growth Fund<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <u><br \/>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=1833267574&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fprospectus-express.broadridge.com%2Fsummary.asp%3Fdoctype%3Dspro%26clientid%3Dtouchstll%26fundid%3D89155T482&amp;a=Touchstone+Dividend+Equity+Fund\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund<\/a><br \/>\n                  <\/u><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">AIG Strategic Bond Fund<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <u><br \/>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=1976272078&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fprospectus-express.broadridge.com%2Fsummary.asp%3Fdoctype%3Dspro%26clientid%3Dtouchstll%26fundid%3D89154M306&amp;a=Touchstone+Strategic+Income+Opportunities+Fund\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Touchstone Strategic Income Opportunities Fund<\/a><br \/>\n                  <\/u><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">AIG Flexible Credit Fund<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnml10\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <u><br \/>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=1976272078&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fprospectus-express.broadridge.com%2Fsummary.asp%3Fdoctype%3Dspro%26clientid%3Dtouchstll%26fundid%3D89154M306&amp;a=Touchstone+Strategic+Income+Opportunities+Fund\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Touchstone Strategic Income Opportunities Fund<\/a><br \/>\n                  <\/u><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Western &amp; Southern Financial Group, serves as sub-advisor to the newly created Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund and Touchstone Strategic Income Opportunities Fund. The acquisition will raise Fort Washington&#8217;s assets under management to <span class=\"xn-money\">$78.5 billion<\/span>. Each newly created Touchstone fund will employ established strategies that Fort Washington offers to its institutional clients. The existing Touchstone funds involved in the reorganizations will continue to be sub-advised by Fort Washington, Ares Capital Management II LLC, Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney &amp; Strauss, and Sands Capital Management, as applicable.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moore added that he believes strongly in the value that financial professionals provide to individuals, families, corporations and others. As such, Touchstone distributes its funds through third-party intermediaries like registered investment advisors, private banks and consultants, as well as through financial professionals at national, regional and independent broker-dealers. <\/p>\n<p>J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and K&amp;L Gates LLP advised Touchstone Advisors, Inc. and Western &amp; Southern Financial Group on the transaction. <span class=\"xn-person\">Piper Sandler<\/span> &amp; Co. and <span class=\"xn-person\">Willkie Farr<\/span> &amp; Gallagher LLP advised AIG on the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Important Disclosures<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Please consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of each Fund carefully before investing. The prospectus and the summary prospectus contain this and other information about each Fund. To obtain a prospectus or a summary prospectus for Touchstone Funds, contact your financial advisor or download and\/or request one at <\/b><br \/>\n        <b><br \/>\n          <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=3819552443&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernsouthern.com%2Ftouchstone%2Fresources&amp;a=TouchstoneInvestments.com%2FResources\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TouchstoneInvestments.com\/Resources<\/a><br \/>\n        <\/b><br \/>\n        <b>\u00a0or call Touchstone at 800-638-8194. Please read the prospectus and\/or summary prospectus carefully before investing.<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About Touchstone Investments<br \/><\/b>Touchstone&#8217;s commitment to being Distinctively Active has purposeful intent. Recognizing that not all mutual fund companies are created equal, we actively apply an integrated and rigorous approach for identifying and partnering with highly-skilled asset managers who act in a sub-advisory capacity. Their expertise, disciplined investment processes and employment of active management provide the differentiation required for robust portfolio construction. Touchstone offers a full breadth of investment options across styles and asset classes, including U.S. equity, international\/global equity, income and multi-asset funds. The Touchstone Funds are advised by Touchstone Advisors, Inc., a registered investment advisor, and are distributed nationally through intermediaries including broker-dealers, registered investment advisors, institutions and others by Touchstone Securities, Inc., a registered broker-dealer and member FINRA\/SIPC. Touchstone, Touchstone Funds and Touchstone Investments are federal service mark registrations and applications owned by IFS Financial Services, Inc. Touchstone Securities, Inc., Touchstone Advisors, Inc., and IFS Financial Services, Inc., are members of Western &amp; Southern Financial Group. For more information, please visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=2745987361&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.touchstoneinvestments.com%2F&amp;a=TouchstoneInvestments.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TouchstoneInvestments.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About Fort Washington<br \/><\/b>Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. was founded in <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 1990<\/span> as the primary investment management subsidiary of The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company (Western &amp; Southern Life) and is an SEC-registered investment advisor under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (as amended) with approximately <span class=\"xn-money\">$72.7 billion<\/span> assets under management.* Fort Washington is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western &amp; Southern. For more information, please visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=2633397691&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Ffortwashington.com%2F&amp;a=FortWashington.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FortWashington.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*Assets as of <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 30, 2021<\/span>. Includes assets under management by Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. of <span class=\"xn-money\">$68.3 billion<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-money\">$4.4 billion<\/span> in commitments managed by Fort Washington Capital Partners Group, a division. Past performance is not indicative of future results.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About Western &amp; Southern Financial Group<br \/><\/b>Founded in <span class=\"xn-location\">Cincinnati<\/span> in 1888 as The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company, Western &amp; Southern Financial Group, Inc., a <i>Fortune<\/i> 500 company, is the parent company of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=3740767153&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernsouthern.com%2Fabout%2Ffamily-of-companies&amp;a=group+of+diversified+financial+services+businesses\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">group of diversified financial services businesses<\/a>. Its assets owned (<span class=\"xn-money\">$66 billion<\/span>) and managed (<span class=\"xn-money\">$40 billion<\/span>) totaled <span class=\"xn-money\">$106 billion<\/span> as of <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 30, 2021<\/span>. Western &amp; Southern is one of the strongest life insurance groups in the world. Its seven life insurance subsidiaries (The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company, Western-Southern Life Assurance Company, Columbus Life Insurance Company, Gerber Life Insurance Company, Integrity Life Insurance Company, The Lafayette Life Insurance Company, and National Integrity Life Insurance Company) maintain very strong financial ratings. Other member companies include Eagle Realty Group, LLC; Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.;<sup>1<\/sup> IFS Financial Services, Inc.; Touchstone Advisors, Inc.;<sup>1<\/sup> Touchstone Securities, Inc.;<sup>2<\/sup> W&amp;S Brokerage Services, Inc.;<sup>1,2<\/sup> and W&amp;S Financial Group Distributors, Inc. Western &amp; Southern is the title sponsor of seven major community events every year, including the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=3289952880&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsopen.com%2F&amp;a=Western+%26+Southern+Open\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Western &amp; Southern Open<\/a>, a premier event in the U.S. Open Series played each August by the world&#8217;s top-ranked professional male and female tennis players.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <i><br \/>\n          <sup>1<\/sup> A registered investment adviser.<br \/><\/i><br \/>\n        <i><br \/>\n          <sup>2 <\/sup>A registered broker-dealer and member <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=757574214&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.finra.org%2F&amp;a=FINRA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FINRA<\/a>\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=421108164&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sipc.org%2F&amp;a=SIPC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SIPC<\/a>.<br \/><\/i><br \/>\n        <i><br \/>\n          <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3232734-1&amp;h=1665858426&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernsouthern.com%2Fabout%2Ffinancial-strength&amp;a=Review+our+current+financial+ratings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Review our current financial ratings<\/a><br \/>\n        <\/i><br \/>\n        <i>.<\/i>\n      <\/p>\n<div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"prnbcc\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen7\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>CONTACTS:<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen7\">\n              \n            <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen7\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Sharon Karp (Financial Professionals)\u00a0<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen7\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Jos\u00e9 Marques (Media)<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen7\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Touchstone Investments\u00a0<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen7\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Western &amp; Southern Financial Group<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen7\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">sharon.karp@touchstonefunds.com\u00a0<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen7\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">jose.marques@westernsouthern.com<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen7\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">513-362-8026\u00a0<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen7\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">513-629-1448<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"PURL\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cision\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" alt=\"Cision\" src=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/img\/favicon.png?sn=CL48024&amp;sd=2021-07-19\" \/> View original content:<a id=\"PRNURL\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/touchstone-investments-completes-purchase-of-select-aig-funds-301336717.html\">https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/touchstone-investments-completes-purchase-of-select-aig-funds-301336717.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Western &amp; Southern Financial Group<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=CL48024&amp;Transmission_Id=202107191600PR_NEWS_USPR_____CL48024&amp;DateId=20210719\" style=\"border:0px;width:1px;height:1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Touchstone Expands Mutual Fund Lineup, Adds $6.8 Billion PR Newswire CINCINNATI, July 19, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Touchstone Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Western &amp; Southern Financial Group, completed its acquisition of select assets of AIG Life &amp; Retirement&#8217;s Retail Mutual Funds business on July 16. AIG Life &amp; Retirement is a division of American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG). The planned acquisition was announced in February. &#8220;We welcome AIG Fund shareholders and their financial professionals to the Touchstone family. This acquisition reflects Touchstone&#8217;s continued commitment to providing access to best-in-class institutional asset managers to a wide range of investors through our mutual funds,&#8221; said Blake Moore, president and chief executive officer of Touchstone Investments. &#8220;In addition to significantly increasing our &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/touchstone-investments-completes-purchase-of-select-aig-funds\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Touchstone Investments Completes Purchase of Select AIG Funds&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-514624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Touchstone Investments Completes Purchase of Select AIG Funds - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/touchstone-investments-completes-purchase-of-select-aig-funds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Touchstone Investments Completes Purchase of Select AIG Funds - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Touchstone Expands Mutual Fund Lineup, Adds $6.8 Billion PR Newswire CINCINNATI, July 19, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Touchstone Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Western &amp; Southern Financial Group, completed its acquisition of select assets of AIG Life &amp; Retirement&#8217;s Retail Mutual Funds business on July 16. 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