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Carlyle Group misses the mark with liquid alts
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 20, 2015
Carlyle Group misses the mark with liquid alts

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The Carlyle Group is shutting down two liquid alternative mutual funds it launched last year.

Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman rakes in the big bucks
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 20, 2015
Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman rakes in the big bucks

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: A 25% pay raise to $22.5 million means it's good to be Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman.

State Street gets the cold shoulder from financial advisers
INVESTING RIAS APR 19, 2015
State Street gets the cold shoulder from financial advisers

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: State Street gets poor marks from financial advisers, despite dedicated efforts to mend fences and build new relationships.

INVESTING ETFS APR 19, 2015
ETF performance by the numbers

How ETFs are faring compared to mutual funds, which ETF companies are winning (and losing) and which investment categories investors are favoring

BlackRock shrinks money market lineup, affecting $200B in assets
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 17, 2015
BlackRock shrinks money market lineup, affecting $200B in assets

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The firm is closing or consolidating 20 money market funds with $200 billion in assets.

In Labor Department's fiduciary proposal, a nod to passive investing
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 15, 2015
In Labor Department's fiduciary proposal, a nod to passive investing

Brokers who sell index funds may get a leg up from newly proposed requirements that would impose more stringent advice standards.

Point-Counterpoint: In the battle between active and passive management, which style wins?
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 15, 2015
Point-Counterpoint: In the battle between active and passive management, which style wins?

The answer to which strategy is best will depend on the scenario in question.

The Mutual Fund Store adds new products, services as it eyes eventual IPO
INVESTING RIAS APR 14, 2015
The Mutual Fund Store adds new products, services as it eyes eventual IPO

The Mutual Fund Store, the 10th-biggest RIA by AUM <a href=&quot;http://data.investmentnews.com/ria/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>according to <i>IN</i>'s database,</a> is led by CEO John Bunch, who's taking a number of steps to keep growing as it eyes an eventual IPO.

INVESTING ETFS APR 13, 2015
Investors shun stock pickers, favor Vanguard, BlackRock, State Street

Fund sales switch decisively toward plain-vanilla, index investing, move out of Pimco Total Return has big impact on flows.

State Street to close three ETFs that attracted little investor interest
INVESTING ETFS APR 10, 2015
State Street to close three ETFs that attracted little investor interest

Shutdowns come weeks after big price cut as the firm's biggest fund suffers outflows.

Fund expense ratios continue to fall as fund companies get richer
INVESTING ETFS APR 09, 2015
Fund expense ratios continue to fall as fund companies get richer

Flood of money into passively-managed index funds has helped drive average expense ratios down, but there's more to the story.

Fidelity revives mutual fund sales
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 09, 2015
Fidelity revives mutual fund sales

Fresh off a year that trimmed its $1.3 trillion U.S. mutual fund business, the fund house made up all of those redemptions in the first quarter of 2015, with the help of successful active management strategies in stocks and bonds.

Three sectors that should report above-average earnings
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 09, 2015
Three sectors that should report above-average earnings

Financial, health care and consumer discretionary sectors should shine.

Investing for retirement just got a lot more complicated
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 09, 2015
Investing for retirement just got a lot more complicated

Ultralow interest rates and longer lifespans means tried-and-true rule for savers goes out the window.

Fixed-income ETFs giving investors plenty of firepower
INVESTING ETFS APR 08, 2015
Fixed-income ETFs giving investors plenty of firepower

One could argue that innovations in fixed income ETFs will have a greater impact than innovations on the equity side.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 07, 2015
Goldman Sachs starting two money market funds, changing others to address new rules

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Federal Instruments Fund will invest in government securities only and cater to investors seeking state-tax-exempt income.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 07, 2015
Even outside U.S., passive investments widen share of sales over active

Gap between active and passive funds in international equities reaches highest level since financial crisis.

Vanguard digital advice platform gives investors choice on active vs. passive
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 07, 2015
Vanguard digital advice platform gives investors choice on active vs. passive

Stock-and-bond pickers are a side dish served on request in soon-to-come digital advice offering.

Money market reforms force advisers to rethink risk
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 07, 2015
Money market reforms force advisers to rethink risk

SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White said reforms would &#8220;fundamentally change&#8221; funds. She was right.

Redemptions slow at Pimco Total Return as performance improves
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 06, 2015
Redemptions slow at Pimco Total Return as performance improves

Maintains status as world's biggest bond fund as new managers reverse course set by Gross.