The highest since co-founder Bill Gross quit the firm in Q3 2014.
Advisers should position the products more like fixed income than equities.
There's no hard-and-fast rule, but too many can overwhelm participants and breed bad decisions.
Corporate bond funds succumb to rate fears that have gripped stocks and Treasuries
Industry executives call for clearer classification of exchange-traded products after the XIV ETN plummeted last week.
Stocks have lagged amid skepticism about the Trump administration's plan.
New offerings include six exchange-traded funds and one mutual fund
Most assets in exchange-traded funds are in market cap-weighted index funds.
Lower tax rates make it more advantageous to fully fund pension plans, often a prerequisite to conducting a pension risk transfer.
Stocks have lagged amid skepticism about the Trump administration's plan.
Prospectus warned that the exchange-traded note has 'zero long-term value,' Thiam says.
Advisers who have clients' best interests at heart should insist upon the disclosure of actual internal policy costs and performance.
Agency has the ability to detect share-class issues using data-driven initiatives.
Equity mutual funds beat benchmarks across the board, with the large-cap growth category doing best.
The products, also known as structured or variable-indexed annuities, have gained market share, and more insurers are rolling them out.
Firm could face two dozen suits from police, firemen and other Philadelphia public employees alleging millions in damages, according to two attorneys handling the claims.
As stock investors fret about rising rates, this week's CPI report could guide the market's next phase.
TDFs now account for 20.4% of defined-contribution-plan assets, up from 18.4% in year-earlier period, according to Pensions & Investments survey
ProShares volatility-linked fund took in more than $500 million last week.
SPDR S&P 500 exchange-traded fund saw outflows amounting to 8% of its total assets last week.
