When the equity markets began their dramatic slide in the second half of last year, advisers and their clients researched the investment offerings of Los Angeles-based American Funds more than any other mutual fund group.
Climate change continues to be important to investors, and they want to know what companies are doing to mitigate the impact and risks associated with global warming.
Investors who previously ignored socially conscious investments are eyeing them now, an official with the Calvert Social Investment Foundation said last week.
In what might come as a surprise to the organization's members, the head of the mutual fund industry's biggest trade group last week said that he supports the idea of requiring all financial advisers to act as fiduciaries.
Fidelity Investments filed yesterday with the SEC to launch a series of target date funds that will be available to certain 401(k) plan customers at below retail cost.
Two major forces are behind the dramatic growth in popularity of exchange traded funds: the wide-spread adoption of fee-based advice and the prolonged 10-year bear market’s effect of destroying the “mutual fund manager” myth.
Legg Mason Inc. said Thursday it will record a $610 million charge to reflect elimination of exposure to risky structured investment vehicles in its money market accounts.
Insurer Old Mutual PLC reported Wednesday a 30 percent drop in 2008 profits as its U.S. Life unit made a large loss, hurt by the collapse of financial institutions such as Lehman Brothers and Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
The Obama administration is kicking off a new program designed to help up to 9 million borrowers stay in their homes through refinanced mortgages or loans that are modified to lower monthly payments.
Smith Barney's exclusive deal with Legg Mason to distribute funds run by Bill Miller has come to an end.
Citigroup Inc. said Tuesday that it will lower mortgage payments for some homeowners for three months as part of a new program to help the unemployed.
T. Rowe Price Group Inc. has restructured its equity leadership, elevating two top portfolio managers into new posts overseeing domestic and international equities.
Fitch Ratings is putting off a review of its municipal ratings program because of the economic downturn.
A consortium of RIAs is “actively looking elsewhere” for custodial partners after Charles Schwab said it would stop accepting custody of alternative investments.
The number of people signing contracts to buy homes tumbled to a new low in January.
Investors yanked about $147 billion from hedge funds worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2008, a 689% decline from the third quarter.
Investors worldwide pulled money out of stock funds last week at levels last seen in mid-October.
Ratings agencies today painted a bleak outlook for AIG, following news of the insurer’s massive fourth-quarter loss and an additional $30 billion lifeline from the U.S. government.
Harbor Funds of Chicago launched a new global fund to its lineup today.
Publicly traded asset management companies tend to lead market recoveries, but the fast and brutal decline in mutual fund assets makes the firms' ability to front a recovery doubtful.
