Portfolio managers deliver strong performance with right central bank call, leading Morningstar to boost rating even as more investors pull assets.
Two giants remain in a tight race for buy-and-hold index investors' money as category total close to cracking the $2 trillion mark in a 'victory of vanilla' story.
Assets in ETFs designed to lessen volatility climb 15% in the first five weeks of the year.
The ETF pioneer, whose lineup suffered the largest redemptions in history last month, aggressively cut prices on nearly a third of its funds. <i>(Don't miss the latest performance data and analysis on <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/featurelist/20150119/ETFQ42014" target="_blank">equity and fixed income ETFs</a>.)</i>
Transparency promotes marketplace competition, supports better investor decision-making and exposes suspect market practices, Eaton Vance CEO says.
Advisers crucial to the fund giant's expansion into active management, mutual funds
According to the fund giant, investors are taking on portfolio risk not seen since 1999 or 2007, and advisers need to adjust client expectations for low-return markets.
2015 is shaping up to be a better year for active equity management.
A once-niche fund becomes the fastest-growing product in asset management.
Seen as a win for investors and participating fund companies.
Bank of Montreal strikes while the metal is hot.
New report says benefits of exchange-traded funds don't make sense when nestled within the tax-advantaged 529 plans.
Regulators alarmed at lack of knowledge brokers demonstrate about the products they're selling.
In Thursday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, oil prices and consumer spending add a hint of concern about the economy to the Federal Reserve's outlook. Plus: Fido app adds new twist to stock picking, retired Franklin Resources billionaire tangles history, and BlackRock added as many ETFs as it shut down last year.
Vanguard Group surpassed State Street Global Advisors as the second-largest ETF provider, a new milestone following a year that was filled with them.
Total new cash reaches $87.8 billion, including $44 billion into iShares.
The former Bond King invested more than $700 million of his own money in his unconstrained bond fund, according to Janus Capital Group CEO Dick Weil. The news sparked a rally in Janus shares.
Although it took until October for the Fed to wind down its bond buying, markets had a radically different reaction than had been forecast: Bonds rose in value.
As dollars in funds top $2 trillion, managers ready exotic products for a new market environment.
Unexpectedly good U.S. economic news and fresh actions by central banks pushed local indexes to new records in the fourth quarter.
