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Already popular, ETFs getting even more love from investors: Poll
ETFS NOV 01, 2013
Already popular, ETFs getting even more love from investors: Poll

Schwab survey finds half of investors plan to boost their ETF holdings.

By DJAMIESON
ETFS NOV 01, 2013
Schwab's attack of the clones

Five of firm's six new fundamentally weighted ETFs mimic existing funds

By JKEPHART
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 01, 2013
Fidelity poised to be an ETF juggernaut

With 15 ETFs in the pipeline, Fidelity takes on Pimco and Vanguard. Is it too late for the fund giant?

By Andrew Leigh
FIXED INCOME NOV 01, 2013
Tradeweb hopes to draw more retail investors to bond platform

Electronic trading firm sees benefits for advisers over using mutual funds.

By DJAMIESON
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 31, 2013
Japan's Dai-ichi Life to buy Protective Life for $5.7 billion

Protective CEO and management team will remain in place; deal creates 13th-largest global insurer.

By Gregory Crawford
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 31, 2013
OppenheimerFunds shakes up leadership team

After five years on the job, CEO Wiliam Galvin sets plan to step down, says company needs an investor to lead it and names CIO Art Steinmetz as replacement.

By Jason Kephart
FIXED INCOME OCT 31, 2013
Calvert launches diversified green-bond fund

Calvert launches diversified green-bond fund, an actively managed intermediate-term fund that will invest across bond subcategories

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 31, 2013
Lincoln National jumps into new fixed annuity business

Deferred-income annuities offer certainty but limitations too.

By Darla Mercado
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 31, 2013
SEC backs two options to control money funds; White floats combo

One plan would let value of some money funds float, another would impose redemptions.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 31, 2013
Edward Jones protected against VA ban by Protective

Insurer no longer taking 1035 exchanges or rollovers, but brokerage gets pass

By Darla Mercado
ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2013
Who's next? BNY Mellon starting bond hedge fund

The bank that manages $1.5 trillion in client asset is starting a hedge-fund unit led by a trader who specializes in government bonds and related derivatives.

By Gregory Crawford
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2013
Collecting Social Security on your ex – dead or alive!

Benefits depend on if you remarry and when.

By Mary Beth Franklin
ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2013
Tradeweb Markets acquires BondDesk Group

Tradeweb deal will combine technology and services from BondDesk and Tradeweb Retail to create a rebranded Tradeweb Direct retail fixed-income division.

By MDURISIN
FIXED INCOME OCT 30, 2013
Treasuries erase gains as economic activity improves

Yields on U.S. government debt rose as the Federal Open Market Committee said it will “await more evidence that progress will be sustained"

By lkonish
ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2013
Now for something different at Fidelity: Event-driven investing

Fidelity is adopting a popular hedge fund strategy as the basis for a planned mutual fund, embracing event-driven investing. But don't assume they're going full-bore into the alternatives world.

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES OCT 29, 2013
Index vs. actively managed funds: It's not all about price

Here's the criteria advisers should consider when determining whether actively managed or index funds are right for their clients. Think investor objectives, fund liquidity, safety, guarantees.

By Andrew Ahrens
EQUITIES OCT 29, 2013
Take Five with Dan Veru of Palisade Capital Management

From the upcoming Twitter Inc. IPO to the prospects for the United States becoming energy independent, Dan Veru, chief investment officer at Palisade Capital Management LLC, has an investment angle to share.

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME OCT 29, 2013
With $16.7B in new money, a banner year for Dimensional Fund Advisors

Dimensional Fund Advisors has had $16.7 billion of net new deposits through the first three quarters of this year, more than in any previous calendar year, as advisers warm to factor investing, the cornerstone of the firm's investment philosophy.

By Jason Kephart
EQUITIES OCT 29, 2013
For more money managers, cash is king

As stock prices flirt with record highs, mutual fund managers, hedge fund honchos and private equity chiefs are finding few bargains. So they're moving to cash. Is that a bad sign for the market?

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES OCT 29, 2013
Oakmark finding value in unlikely places

The technology sector, for one, is an area not typically considered value.

By JKEPHART