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EQUITIES MAR 16, 2018
Stock funds and ETFs saw record inflows in latest week

In an about-face, investors are favoring stocks over bonds this year.

By John Waggoner
EQUITIES MAR 15, 2018
GMO's Grantham: No bubble yet, but keep your eyes open

Veteran investor who predicted both the dot-com and housing bubbles is warning about a possible "melt-up" in stocks

By John Waggoner
WIREHOUSES MAR 14, 2018
UBS plans to cut 840 funds from its platform

Broker-dealer will remove about 20% of its 4,200 funds, a trend among wirehouses with several possible reasons behind it.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAR 14, 2018
Gundlach says 10-year Treasury above 3% would drive down stocks

Rising U.S. deficit and Fed tightening are putting upward pressure on the 10-year yield

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 14, 2018
ETF tracking broker-dealers and exchanges rakes in cash

The iShares fund has big holdings in Goldman, Morgan Stanley and Schwab.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 13, 2018
Money markets undergo sea change

Rates on Treasury bills, dollar Libor are at their highest level since 2008

By Bloomberg
FINTECH MAR 13, 2018
Emerging market funds are powered by tech stocks

Should clients be concerned about funds' big holdings of Chinese technology stocks?

By John Waggoner
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 13, 2018
How advisers can hold on to their clients despite Vanguard's broadening reach

First the company added a robo, and now it's beefing up its product offerings with factor-based index ETFs.

By Joe Duran
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 13, 2018
BlackRock's lowest-cost ETFs win almost half of U.S. inflows

Four iShares Core funds have taken in $33.4 billion so far this year, a big chunk of the $75.3 billion added to U.S.-listed ETFs

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 13, 2018
Appeals court upholds DOL fiduciary rule in case involving fixed indexed annuities

Market Synergy Group argued the regulation treated the annuity products arbitrarily and violated rulemaking procedures.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ALTERNATIVES MAR 12, 2018
Lynn Tilton's Zohar funds file for bankruptcy

Tilton plans to refinance debt or sell assets of the three structured debt vehicles.

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES MAR 09, 2018
Trump tariffs must not be ignored — here's why

If the president's move sparks a trade war, you'll be glad you paid attention.

By John Waggoner
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 09, 2018
Vanguard crushed active investing. Now it could save it

The asset manager recently rolled out actively traded ETFs with fees comparable to those on smart beta funds

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 09, 2018
Top tech-tracking ETF attracts $616 million in one day

Inflows come after investors pulled $1.2 billion from the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund in February

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 09, 2018
Pacific Life swims against the tide in the indexed annuity market

Analysts say the insurer is the only one to guarantee its cap rates during the contract surrender period, a boon for investors but potentially opening it up to more risk.

By Greg Iacurci
EQUITIES MAR 08, 2018
JPMorgan exec warns of possible 40% equity correction

Daniel Pinto says investors could respond badly to additional moves on tariffs.

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME MAR 08, 2018
Muni market offers refuge from volatility

Prices of municipal bonds haven't been this steady since mid-2015.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 08, 2018
Gender of fund manager makes no difference in performance, Morningstar says

A more diverse fund industry would have no effect on investor returns.

By InvestmentNews
SEC reaches $3.6 million settlement with Voya over securities lending
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 08, 2018
SEC reaches $3.6 million settlement with Voya over securities lending

Voya wrongly recalled securities it had loaned out to mutual fund clients early in order to give a tax benefit to its insurance affiliates.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ALTERNATIVES MAR 07, 2018
Private equity dollars pouring into wealth management, fintech

Deep-pocketed PE investors are driving M&A activity, fueling growth.

By Jeff Benjamin