The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. today announced that slightly more than half (52.3%) of the 2,063 individuals who sat for the March 20-21, 2009, CFP certification examination passed the test.
Mutual fund expense ratios declined in 2008 for the fourth consecutive year, seeing an average reduction of 0.036% industrywide, according to a report by New York-based research firm Lipper Inc.
Investors poured money into equity mutual funds, including exchange traded funds, in April in a reversal from the previous month, when those funds experienced net outflows, according to a report released yesterday by Financial Research Corp. of Boston.
Optimal Investment Services, the Geneva-based hedge fund arm of Banco Santander SA, has reached a settlement with Irving Picard, trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, for $235 million.
The Vanguard Group Inc. today announced expense cuts across the lineup of investment options in The Vanguard 529 College Savings Plan, sponsored by the state of Nevada.
Investments that adhere to Islamic law have at least one advantage at the moment: hey restrict the use of leverage, according to a report from State Street Corp.
A bill to defer taxation on dividends that are reinvested in mutual funds has received support from the Investment Company Institute.
Signaling greater stability in the credit markets, most of the major fund complexes offering Treasury money market mutial funds have discontinued their participation in the federal guarantee program on those funds.
In what advisers say is a flight to safety and returns, municipal bond funds attracted more than $20 billion in new cash from January through May 13, according to the Washington-based Investment Company Institute.
The battered economy will begin a slow upward climb after the recession bottoms out in the fourth quarter of 2009, predicted Mark Zandi, senior economist at Moody’s <a href=http://www.Economy.com>Economy.com</a>.
