If the president-elect rolls back the DOL fiduciary rule and spends trillions on infrastructure, old-style fund companies might make a comeback
While some bond strategies are eking out a modest return, a shift in thought toward taking distributions from a total return portfolio broadens advisers' options.
In addition, Voya Financial and four Cetera Group firms will pay customers $6.3 million in restitution.
On a tear before the election, the average fund is down 4.4% after it because of president-elect's rhetoric about countries like Mexico and China.
After a seven-year bull market, few funds have offsetting losses to reduce those gains. Expect the biggest distributions from small-cap funds.
SEC makes preliminary determination for a possible enforcement action against UDF IV as Nasdaq moves to delist the REIT's shares.
Regulator said reps were incentivized to sell firm's annuities and discouraged from selling non-proprietary products.
Edward C. Johnson III to become chairman emeritus.
Variable annuity sales are headed for their lowest annual sales total in nearly two decades, as broker-dealers embrace indexed annuities and the DOL fiduciary rule looms.
Analysts, advisers struggle with when, where and why to use alts
Also remind clients that performance is “manager-dependent instead of market-dependent,” says Blackstone's Avi Sharon.
Adviser loaded up client with alts beyond what his risk profile indicated, according to state agency.
Raymond James clients will have opportunity to invest in private-equity and hedge funds
Money flows out of bonds into stocks.
Asset manager takes 36% stake and its ETF models will be made available through the digital platform, which has changed its name.
It will help advisers and investors measure correlation and volatility of past returns.
The transition will be completed by the time the Department of Labor fiduciary rule takes effect.
The bond market selloff is getting more serious, with some popular funds down nearly 20% since the summer.
Funds that invest in Treasury Inflation Protected Securities saw a net inflow of $1 billion the week ended Nov. 9, the second-largest since records began in 2002.
