When the news broke this month that $24 billion hedge fund firm Grosvenor Capital Management was breaking out of its otherwise secretive shell with plans to launch a registered alternative strategy mutual fund, it was generally interpreted as just the latest evidence of a continuing trend.
Shares of company nontraded REIT czar is using to build a B-D empire have more than doubled since beginning of December .
New American Funds offering seeks to take advantage of strong payouts but some doubt strategy.
The Vanguard Group Inc., the third-largest U.S. provider of exchange-traded funds, has asked regulators for permission to open actively managed ETFs.
Although it could have severe effects on Russian ruble, they're betting the crisis will be settled peaceably.
Index funds became popular over the last four decades because they're simple, conservative and low cost. A different kind of exchange-traded fund is drawing record cash by promoting better returns with the same stocks.
Many see opportunities in stocks and bonds but security of selection has become paramount.
Investors wisely ignore calls to short or sell Russian stocks
The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether currency traders at the world's biggest banks distorted prices for options and exchange- traded funds by rigging benchmark foreign-exchange rates, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
Rule proposal would touch on active vs. index funds, transparency, flexibility and inverse leverage
Small-cap stocks have been going gangbusters, but market analysts say it's time for those companies to start earning their keep.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> It's the weather. Repeat. Plus: Congress sticks with its attack on mortgage interest deductions, high-speed traders and you, investing in stock splits, and here's how much you should have saved for retirement.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Is it time to short energy stocks, given the Russian rabble rousing? Plus: Gold's reaction to Fed chief Yellen, Candy Crush IPO's dizzy math, how to retire with $1M, and at tax time, age counts (the younger, the better).
Paris Hilton can invest in hedge funds, but I can't.
Warning: The Affordable Care Act not only spawned insurance exchanges for individuals, which went into effect earlier this month, but it also set new standards for small businesses.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Women-run retirement funds have consistently higher returns than those run by men. Here's why. Plus: Four data points to watch this morning, dealing with a bankrupt hedge fund, how the FBI is watching high-frequency trading, and April Fool's Day around the web.
BlackRock Inc. hired JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Christopher Jones as chief investment officer for stocks in the Americas as the world's biggest money manager seeks to bolster its active equity business.
Longtime Wall Streeter James Cahill's firm trains ex-military members for finance jobs.
Strategies designed to eliminate interest rate risk or even benefit from rising rates.
More financial advisers are becoming licensed mortgage loan originators as full-service brokerage firms look to be one-stop shops for wealthy investors, but some regulatory gray areas are causing concern.
