Natixis Global Associates this week will announce an expansion of its retirement business, including the appointment of Tracey Flaherty, formerly of Bank of America Corp. and Fidelity Investments, to senior vice president of retirement strategy, a new post.
In a bid to increase its market share among retail investors in the United States, DWS Investments has pursued a branding strategy and broadened its product line.
Bear market funds seek positive returns in down markets, so it isn't surprising that they are mauling the competition and generating plenty of investor attention in the process.
There aren't many mutual funds that give investors access to managed futures, but the dearth of options isn't stopping some financial advisers from considering them.
First American Funds Inc. of Minneapolis is hoping to leverage the growing popularity of infrastructure investing by opening its seven-month-old previously institutional-class mutual fund to retail-class investors.
Net new issuance of Treasury coupon securities is projected to hit $82.5 billion in the third quarter.
One in every 171 households received a foreclosure notice in the quarter, according to RealtyTrac.
Confidence among global institutional investors rose this month, but was weak on the home front, according to a survey.
The 10 international-sector SPDR ETFs are use as benchmarks a series of the S&P World ex-U.S. broad market indexes.
Mr. Weisbrod, president of Weisbrod Financial Services Inc. and Staar Financial Advisors Inc. of Pittsburgh, is launching sfamoney .com next month as part of an effort to provide advisers and retail investors with model ETF portfolios, commentaries and various other planning tools.
Although financial advisers are the key drivers in the generation of hedge fund sales, it appears the hedge fund industry and advisers aren't connecting as well as they might, according to a new study.
Stung by media and union criticism that their proxy votes are in the pockets of corporate management, the mutual fund industry is fighting back.
The ex-Stamford, Conn.-based hedge fund managed by Samuel Israel defrauded investors out of $300 million.
The board took action to improve transparency in the municipal bond market during its three-day meeting.
The $12.5 billion allocated to hedge funds during the quarter marked the lowest level of new capital since 2005.
The funds employ long-term capital growth strategies by investing primarily in equity securities of U.S. issuers.
Housing starts rose 9.1% to 1,066,000 units in June from May, but down 26.9% from a year ago.
The GCC Titans 40 Index measures the performance of 40 stocks traded in five of the Gulf Cooperation Council nations.
The pursuit of investment performance in an increasingly uncertain market is drawing more attention to alternative investment strategies, a situation that could place more pressure on financial advisers to step outside their traditional comfort zones.
