Preferred Apartment Communities Inc. is selling nontraded preferred shares to help fund its growth, giving brokers a 7% commission.
The agency is scrutinizing ETFs because of instances of sharp volatility, and has launched an initiative to evaluate how mutual funds can better inform investors about costs.
The rise of passive asset management threatens to fundamentally undermine the entire system of capitalism, say analysts at research and brokerage firm Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.
New regulation was catalyst for broker-dealer to impose uniformity, says LPL Financial's Mark Casady.
Passive is leading now, but there is still hope for active management
The DoubleLine Shiller Enhanced CAPE fund had a net inflow of $117.07 million in July, its largest ever.
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Move comes at a time when industry is struggling from new regulations.
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One attorney called the lawsuit an "attack" on the investment-management structure within variable annuities.
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Intermediate-term bonds took in $15 billion last month — the largest inflow of any Morningstar category.
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Even coal, which has seen hundreds of mines close worldwide, is riding the commodity rally.
High demand, stock market valuations, stingy bond yields and unorthodox monetary policy may be stoking the rally, which seems to have legs.
Allianz, Voya, Symetra and Lincoln Financial are forging ahead into virtually uncharted waters for product development.
