In a little more than two years, 14 ETNs linked to the Exchange Volatility Index have been launched; warning, VIX aren't for kids
Little payback for keeping Uncle Sam in cash; specter of inflation an added bonus
UBS Financial Services Inc. has agreed to pay $10.75 million in fines and restitution to settle Finra allegations that its advisers misled clients about the “principal protection” feature of a Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. bond product sold a few months before that firm filed for bankruptcy.
Recognizing the critical role of real estate in clients' financial lives, advisers are finding different ways to incorporate real estate expertise into their practices.
If an investor can hang on during short-term periods of underperformance, it turns out the old buy-and-hold argument for well-managed mutual funds may be right after all. That's one of the key take-aways of research conducted by Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc.
Peter Kraus has worked for more than two years to stem client defections from investment manager AllianceBernstein LP
In the wake of last week's announcement by the Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. that it will re-balance the Nasdaq-100 Index for the first time in 13 years, portfolio managers are warning that investors could see greater volatility in technology stocks over the next few weeks
Stocks in U.S., Europe outpacing ermerging market equities for first time since 1998; 'skies are bluer'
Morningstar Inc. soon will begin ranking — and possibly even applying its popular star rating to — exchange-traded-fund model portfolios used by financial advisers, a first for the burgeoning industry
'Black Swan' author says steer clear of Treasuries, U.S. greenback; 'Euro has Germany, the dollar has nothing'
Emerging markets remain red-hot among investors, but rather than just making a broad sector bet, advisers should look for specific and strategic exposure to these economies as a way to minimize risk and take advantage of sweet deals.
Citigroup Inc., the third-biggest U.S. bank, was ordered to pay more than $51 million to a group of investors in its MAT and ASTA municipal-bond hedge funds, which regulators began examining more than two years ago.
Dan Fuss, manager of the $19.4 billion Loomis Sayles Bond Fund, currently has just 2.51% of his portfolio in U.S. Treasuries, and his allocations to government debt aren't likely to change anytime soon.
Former Fidelity distribution head Peter Cieszko will join American Century in a new position heading up intermediary and institutional sales in North America
The mutual fund industry will be one of the targets of more-aggressive enforcement by the SEC, according to experts who spoke last week at an Investment Company Institute conference
Asset manager set to launch customized programs for broker-dealers
Institutional investors increasingly are thinking outside the U.S. Barclays Capital Aggregate box for their fixed-income allocations, but market veterans say that it will be a long time before there are more-global mandates
To prevent another instance of a money market fund's “breaking the buck,” the Securities and Exchange Commission is discussing placing capital requirements on such funds
With regulators inching closer to setting a universal fiduciary standard for all financial advisers, mutual fund companies may want to brace for the shift
In 2,300 pages of legislation overhauling the U.S. financial regulatory system, there is no section or subsection entitled “mutual funds,” an indication that they were not seen as a primary culprit in the market crisis that shook the economy three years ago.
