An evenly divided Senate might tweak rather than overhaul investment-advice policy, such as the treatment of rollovers, while resisting some tax increases Biden advocated during the election.
U.S. registers biggest attitude shift in last three years, with about 75% of advisers putting more money into ESG strategies.
Prices for the digital asset have tumbled 14% this week, marking the steepest decline since March, with Bitcoin near $31,000 Friday. Commentators have cautioned that a sustained drop below $30,000 could presage further losses.
From demand for Paris-aligned investments to financial innovation that aims to address social inequality, MSCI’s annual ESG trends to watch look at what investors can expect in 2021.
Record outflows from mutual funds have analysts wondering about the future of giants like American Funds, T. Rowe Price and Dimensional Fund Advisors. While mutual funds still hold more than three times the assets of exchange-traded funds, they registered a record $289 billion in outflows last year, according to Morningstar.
The fund manager added Bitcoin futures as an eligible investment for two of its funds, according to SEC filings.
Hours before President Joseph Biden was inaugurated at the U.S. Capitol, the Biden transition team released a list of more than 100 Trump regulations approved since 2017 that it intends to revisit.
Prices for the largest cryptocurrency dipped as much as 6.8% Wednesday, trading below $35,000, as worries about a market bubble discourage investors from buying in.
Stocks are up almost 12% since Election Day, and some advisers are already looking for a pullback. Biden's post-election rally stands out as the strongest since World War II.
The company, not wanting to be outdone by an identical move in December by its competitor Vanguard, lowered its investment minimum for defined-contribution plans from $100 million to $5 million.
The murky track record behind cryptocurrency has kept some skeptical, but both advisers and investors are showing growing interest in the asset class. The popular digital asset, Bitcoin, recent record-breaking rally has slowed, with prices set to finish this week just below $40,000, according to Bloomberg.
The tight group of marijuana ETFs are up between 28% and 55% in January, anticipating federal approval. For financial advisers and investors, instead of just jumping headlong into cannabis investing, the challenge is traversing a sector that is in limbo.
Overall, the retirement savings products bled $6.7 billion, marking the first such instance of negative net sales since Morningstar began tracking them in 1994, the ratings and research firm reported this week.
New research from the Global Impact Investing Network reveals the multifaceted drivers behind impact investing, as investors balance financial and impact performance. Contrary to what some might assume, financial performance is often the top priority, said Amit Bouri, CEO of GIIN.
Pandemic recovery, systemic racism and climate are likely to be the top priorities of socially responsible investors this year, according to Boston Common Asset Management.
A fledgling operation is hoping to turn back the clock by introducing gold bonds that are purchased and repaid with actual gold, a common practice about 90 years ago before FDR’s Gold Reserve Act put the kibosh on all the fun.
Revenue sharing fees ultimately make retirement plans more expensive, and funds that include them are disproportionately favored on plan menus, a recent academic paper found.
More than $1 billion poured into a pair of clean-energy exchange traded funds last week as the as the Democratic wins in the Georgia runoff increased the odds that President-elect Joe Biden’s energy policies will come to fruition.
Sustainable debt market grew in 2020 to $732 billion, an increase of 29%, thanks to social bond issuance.
There are now five companies offering downside protection through buffered ETFs, and two more firms with products in the filing stages
