Exchange-traded-fund assets reached an all-time high of $695 billion at the end of last month, according to data released today by State Street Global Advisors.
Larger financial institutions shedding their asset management business accounted for the bulk of mergers-and-acquisitions activities in the third quarter, a trend that will continue in the months ahead, according to a report today from the financial-institutions group of Jefferies & Co. Inc.
A study by university researchers suggests the adage about horses not drinking even if you lead them to water is also true of mutual fund investors.
Grail Advisors LLC filed to offer two actively managed exchange traded funds: the Grail McDonnell Intermediate Municipal Bond ETF and the Grail McDonnell Core Taxable Bond ETF.
The number of mutual fund firms sending out summary prospectuses is trending upward, as providers gear up for a new rule that will require more disclosures next year, according to data released today by NewRiver Inc.
Barclays Global Investors has launched the iShares Charitable Giving Program, which offers clients access to donor-advised funds using pools of its exchange-traded funds.
Exchange-traded funds that invest in municipal bonds are gaining in popularity, but some industry watchers think that mutual funds are a better option.
Exchange-traded funds that invest in municipal bonds are gaining in popularity, but some industry watchers believe that mutual funds are a better option.
Mutual fund companies are under more pressure to lower fund expenses at a time they're being squeezed by distributors for more cash, said speakers at a mutual fund conference today in Boston.
Trading will begin tomorrow on four actively managed exchange-traded funds launched by Grail Advisors LLC.
Virtus Investment Partners Inc. has received shareholder approval to convert two funds of mutual funds using target risk strategies into more aggressive sector rotation funds investing in exchange-traded funds.
An exchange-traded fund launched last week offers investors access to hard-to-reach segments of the municipal-bond market. Another has been proposed.
With the S&P 500 up more than 18% since the start of the year and almost 60% from the March 9 market low, it might be easy to make a case for long or even leveraged-long equity exposure.
Total money market mutual fund assets rose $198 million to $3.483 trillion for the week, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.
As the third quarter ends, the performance of many mutual funds confirms that investors have regained their taste for risk amid more signs of an economic recovery.
The Mutual Fund Store LLC, a registered investment adviser with $4.3 billion of assets gathered from offices across the country, announced today it was rolling out a service that provides retirees with a steady income.
Emerging-markets equity and bond funds, along with global bond funds, experienced substantial inflows over the last week, an indication that investors are now moving farther out on the risk curve, according to a report from Emerging Portfolio Fund Research Inc.
A money-market mutual fund that held more than $60 billion before it notoriously <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081029/REG/810299994&ht=bruce%20bent>”broke the buck"</a> a year ago said Wednesday it will hand out $1 billion in a fifth distribution to investors from the fund's remaining assets.
Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC is exiting the business of offering bundled 401 (k) plans — and has agreed to transition its nearly $1.2 billion in 401(k) assets to The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.
