As more products that aim to deliver regular payouts in retirement hit the market, many advisers are taking a wait-and-see approach before recommending them to their clients.
Many mutual fund trustees would like to repeal the Securities and Exchange Commission's 12(b)-1 regulation that allows mutual funds to use fund assets to pay for marketing, a Washington lawyer who represents mutual funds reports.
Global REIT market capitalization was $764 billion as of June 30, up about 25% from the year before, according to a report by Ernst & Young.
Board members and fund executives polled are now spending more than 50 hours per quarter managing board responsibilities.
Affiliated Managers Group today announced that it had purchased a stake in ValueAct Capital Partners.
ProShare Advisors launched two short exchange traded funds that are designed to generate inverse performance compared to the markets in China and Japan.
The funds include an international style-consistent growth fund and an asset allocation fund.
Rydex Investments has launched six ExpressShares exchange traded funds on the American Stock Exchange today, bringing the size of its ETF family to 30.
Emerging markets took the lion’s share of the new money, as investors poured in $11.4 billion – 61% of the total.
Issuance of U.S. investment grade bonds is expected to reach $100 billion this month, according to Dealogic.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case that could affect the way states tax other states’ bonds.
The collapse of some hedge funds may be turning into the next cause celebre for plaintiff's attorneys who file arbitration claims on behalf of investors looking to recoup losses.
Mutual fund investors will learn the hard way at the end of this year that you can never keep the tax man away for long.
In a move criticized by some industry experts, ProShare Advisors LLC plans to introduce 48 exchange traded funds that use leverage to provide short or magnified exposure to commodities and currencies.
A Massachusetts investment advisory firm has launched a series of indexes based on actively managed mutual funds.
Federal commodities regulators want new powers to police energy derivative trades of the sort that contributed to the collapse of Greenwich, Conn.-based Amaranth Advisors LLC last year.
Mutual funds that charge redemption fees will not qualify as default investments under the Department of Labor's recently announced final rules.
A Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to modernize regulation of private securities offerings has generated concerns from state regulators and some industry interests that it would blur the line between public and private deals.
The mutual fund industry and independent 401(k) service providers squared off last week before the House Ways and Means Committee over whether fees for various 401(k) services should be broken down in disclosures to employers.
