While equity markets have shown little signs of rebounding, hedge fund strategies considerably improved their performance last month.
Employers persuaded their employees to put their 401(k) investments in the stock market, but now they are trying to persuade them not to abandon their investments.
Institutional investor confidence worldwide increased 12.7 points to 72.9, from January’s level of 60.2.
Investors in stock mutual funds added modestly to their portfolios in January, reversing seven straight months of net redemptions.
Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC recently unveiled its first global bond index.
Mutual fund wrap accounts, sometimes seen as a retail-class underling to more sophisticated separately managed accounts, are gaining a bigger following.
The stock market may be reeling, but small fund groups are faring better than bigger ones — at least in terms of bringing in fresh cash.
Although financial advisers generally welcome new exchange traded funds that invest in municipal bonds, some industry experts question whether they are the best way to access such an opaque market.
Absolute-return investing is an innovative strategy because it focuses on pursuing returns while still managing risk.
