Short Takes: New England Funds Adds On-Line Trading

New England Funds is letting investors and brokers buy, transfer, and sell shares of its funds through the company's Web site.

The addition of on-line transactions, announced early this month, will not cut out investment advisers, the Boston-based company said.

Brokers will still get commissions because transactions are linked to the account opened through the broker. Investors had been able to do the same thing via telephone.

New England Funds, a subsidiary of Nvest LP, has 23 mutual funds with $7.4 billion of assets under management.

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