Courts and regulators will evaluate your effectiveness as an investment adviser against a process standard — as opposed to a performance standard.
OTTAWA — Two approaches for assessing mutual fund and hedge fund risk are moving forward in Canada.
SAN FRANCISCO — David Byers was hired away last month from H&R Block Inc. to apply big company retailing tactics to The Mutual Fund Store LLC.
PHILADELPHIA — At a time when many financial advisers think that investors should stay away from high-yield bonds because they are too risky, along come two high-yield products that investors can use to hedge some of that risk.
BOSTON — The Schwab Charitable Fund is nipping at the heels of the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program as the nation’s second-largest donor-advised fund.
WASHINGTON — New default options that the Department of Labor will likely approve for 401(k) investments will have a “significant” impact on the way mutual fund assets are invested, independent fund directors were told at a conference here April 12.
NEW YORK — When veteran money manager James H. Huguet decided to bring to a broader audience the large-cap approach he uses for separately managed accounts, he decided to forgo creating a conventional mutual fund.
The mutual fund giant said that it has started offering 401(k) plans an online platform that participants can use to purchase annuities.
NEW YORK — Dice Holdings Inc., which operates career- and job-oriented websites, including Dice.com and JobsintheMoney .com, plans to raise $100 million through an initial public offering.
WASHINGTON — Financial advice professionals who routinely log 60-hour workweeks may be spinning their wheels, a new report suggests.
