Short Takes: Alliance Service Eases CD Rollovers to Funds

Alliance Capital Management is trying a new service to capture rollover money from certificates of deposit for its mutual funds.

The New York-based fund company is asking bank customers to sign a form that authorizes it to withdraw money from maturing CDs. When the certificate matures, Alliance calls the customer's broker and reminds him to invest the money in a portfolio picked by the customer.

Alliance, which manages $47.2 billion of assets, is trying to help customers move CD money into funds without having to make a trip to the bank, said Richard A. Davies, senior vice president in charge of the company's bank division.

Other fund companies have tried using such forms, sometimes angering brokers who want customers to return to branches.

"This is not an attempt by us to go around our traditional brokers we work with," Mr. Davies said. "It's a convenience for the customer."

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