Because financial products generally are sold and not bought, financial services companies traditionally have been great sales machines and lousy marketers.
Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC is planning to build active-equity-management capability, possibly by lifting an existing team from a rival firm, according to sources familiar with the company.
The recent Supreme Court decision makes pay-to-play regulations unconstitutional — or at least, that's the take of one securities attorney. Others don't see it that way.
Mutual funds saw inflows of $44.5 billion in January, according to report released today by Morningstar Inc.
After nearly four years of linking its management fee directly to its investment performance, TFS Small Cap Fund (TFSSX) is raising the white flag and reverting to a more traditional static expense ratio.
A former Alabama municipal bond dealer whose failed challenge to a pay-to-play rule set a legal precedent, was sentenced today to four years and four months in prison on corruption charges.
Corporate-dividend payouts have fallen over the past few years, but the bottom is now in sight, according to Job Curtis, manager of the $570 million Henderson Global Equity Income Fund (HFQAX).
Despite last year's rally, there remains a pocket of opportunity among those stocks that have lagged the overall market, according to Mark Donovan, manager of the $500 million John Hancock Disciplined Value Fund Ticker:(JVLAX).
Retail funds, pensions, endowments and other investors will face higher costs and lower returns if regulations requiring public disclosure of short sales are adopted, according to a study published today by the Managed Funds Association.
Energy Investors Funds says it is fully cooperating with authorities investigating the fatal explosion of the Kleen Energy Plant in Middletown.
The recent pattern of money flows into bank deposits suggests growing investor concerns that an inflationary period is looming, according to Dan Geller, executive vice president at researcher Market Rates Insight.
A friend in the mutual fund business, whom I respect, has shared some observations about money market funds that are alarming and worthy of note.
John Hancock Funds LLC has filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a new suite of target date funds that are specifically designed for investors up until the point they retire, a company official said today.
Municipal bonds are an ideal alternative to low-yielding cash allocations and could be the perfect place to invest in an environment of rising taxes, according to Thomas Dalpiaz, a portfolio manager at Advisors Asset Management Inc.
International money managers drawn to dividends have been gobbling up shares of U.S.-based companies over the past year, according to Moudy El-Khodr, co-manager of the ING Global Equity Dividend Fund Ticker:(IAGEX).
InvestmentNews today announced the winners of its inaugural Adviser's Choice Awards, which honor financial advisers' top picks for the most outstanding companies and portfolio managers in the mutual fund industry.
John Hancock Funds LLC today launched an international fixed-income fund to enable investors to hedge against rising interest rates.
The Investment Company Institute has slammed assertions kaChing Group Inc. made regarding mutual fund fees, continuing an online sparring match between the two.
