Through the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the government has created Build America Bonds.
Target date life cycle funds, one of the most successful investment innovations of the past generation, have come under intense scrutiny — from Congress, regulators and the media.
Target date funds are ripe for regulation — a conclusion made abundantly clear at a joint Department of Labor and Securities and Exchange Commission hearing this month dissecting these popular retirement funds.
Real estate managers are making a mad scramble to raise cash.
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's revamped municipal-bond disclosure system, set to go live next month, won't be quite the panacea for disclosure that regulators hope, according to some observers.
Some well-known equity boutiques have begun offering bond strategies this year, diversifying their portfolios after the market collapse focused attention on the ability of money management companies to cope with severe downturns.
The Charles Schwab Corp., which promised to spell out details of its plan to help advisers move alternative assets from its platform this month, has nearly met its deadline.
Authorities ordered Citibank's Japan unit to suspend all sales operations at its retail banking arm for one month after it failed to improve anti-money laundering measures that target crime syndicates and other shadowy groups.
The United Kingdom’s Financial Services Authority, in an effort to restore “trust and confidence in the retail-investment market,” has outlined a proposal to ban commission payments by investment management firms.
Federated Investors Inc. entered into a partnership with a London-based specialty asset management firm to bring global-trade-finance investments to its clients in the United States.
Russell Investments today signed an agreement with Jadwa Investments of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to launch the Russell-Jadwa Indexes.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted unanimously to propose rule changes for the $3.8 trillion money market mutual fund industry — including new liquidity requirements to prevent runs on such funds.
Stock and bond mutual funds had net inflows of $55.5 billion in May, according to a report released today by Financial Research Corp. of Boston.
Barclays iShares yesterday launched the first ETF listed in the United States that is concentrated on markets in Peru.
The Washington, D.C. multilateral lender said the world economy will shrink 2.9% in 2009 — worse than its previous forecast for a 1.7% contraction.
Disclosure of specific environmental, social and corporate governance issues was seen as the major challenge facing socially conscious investors in emerging-market companies, according to a survey of institutional investors.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering whether trading in over the counter derivatives should be reported like other securities transactions, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro told a congressional subcommittee today.
