BOSTON — Fidelity Investments and American Funds lagged behind The Vanguard Group Inc. in stock and bond mutual fund sales for this year through May as investor appetite for low-cost index and exchange traded funds increased.
Forget expense ratios. Portfolio trading costs can be an even bigger drag on mutual fund performance.
Old Mutual of London is planning to significantly expand its asset-management division in the U.S., according to MarketWatch.
Robert Lyon, former CEO and CIO of Institutional Capital Corp., died earlier this week at the age of 57.
Braddock Financial will liquidate its $300 million hedge fund due to investor fears of subprime mortgage exposure.
Following hedge fund problems, asset management risk control will report to parent's risk czar.
Ameristock Corp. today announced the launch of trading in five new U.S. Treasury exchange traded funds on the American Stock Exchange today.
The New York-based hedge fund manager seeks $2 billion in IPO.
Fund managers are keeping their powder dry, saying "nothing is really cheap" right now.
As Bear Stearns bails out its sinking hedge fund, another threat looms: lawsuits from angry investors, Reuters said.
Fidelity has bought back preferred shares from stockholders, possibly paving the way for a new ownership structure.
Claymore Securities has launched two exchange traded funds on the American Stock Exchange today, themed on brokerages to vaccines.
On average, every dollar that funds spend on trading costs translates into a roughly 42-cent reduction in fund value, Virginia Tech Professor Gregory Kadlec said today.
The Security Benefit Group of Companies today announced it will acquire Rydex Investments.
Bear Stearns has selected Thomas Marano, head of its mortgage unit, to help save one of its troubled hedge funds, published reports said.
Cantor Fitzgerald of New York is entering the alternative asset management arena.
UBS has been accused of "dishonest and unethical" practices in dealings with hedge fund advisers.
Hedge fund management company Simpson Capital, its owner and head trader have been sued by the SEC.
The screenwriting team behind "Ocean's 13" have signed on to pen a new HBO series that the producers of "Entourage" are developing about a group of hedge fund managers, according to Crain's Television Week.
