<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> January was rough, and though Seattle winning the Super Bowl is a good omen for stocks, it's going to be a bumpy ride. Also: How defined contribution assets surged, celebrating 25 years as a top PM, who to thank (or blame) for 401(k)s, finding gems in the emerging markets and who won the Super Bowl of advertising?
Two companies filed this week, seeking funds that don't report daily.
In partnership with SSgA, mutual fund giant dips toe into active-ETF arena.
Taper is one thing, rising rates another but strategist offers insight into navigating the seas
MetLife Inc., the insurer reducing variable annuity sales by more than half, said rivals that are expanding are probably retaining less funds to back the retirement products.
Fixed-annuity sales in the third quarter reached their highest level since 2009, topping $22 billion. That number represents a 31% rise from the previous quarter and more than a 35% increase from the same period last year.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Big news from two tech giants: strong earnings and a gamechanging sale. Plus two questions: Should you worry about the rout in emerging markets and is your technology working for or against you? Also: A super price for a Super Bowl suite.
On paper, the AdvisorShares Trim Tabs Float Shrink ETF (TTFS) looks like the perfect means of tapping into the supply-and-demand fundamentals of the stock market. And based on last year's 42.4% gain, it would appear the 27-month-old, $105 million ETF is actually on to something.
Just as advisers have to become experts in learning the best Social Security claiming strategies, they need to learn how Medicare and tax rules could affect their clients' bottom line in retirement.
Finra turns its ever-watchful eye on frontier funds amid concern that risks are inadequately disclosed to retail investors.
Advisers registered in one state could join new organization and sell insurance in other states.
High-profile real estate investor Nick Schorsch moves to the sidelines of the net-lease business with a $2.3 billion bang. Bruce Kelly has the story.
Once the dominant player in nontraded REITS, firm picks new chief for new perspective.
Former White House budget director David Stockman has never been shy with his opinions. Now, he's predicting that the stock market rally, fueled solely by Fed policy, is about to crash and burn.
In the wake of Mohammed El-Erian's departure from Pimco, <i>InvestmentNews'</i> editor Fred Gabriel sat down with senior columnist Jeff Benjamin to discuss what this shift of power may mean.
Pacific Investment Management Co. has joined with London-based exchange-traded products provider Source UK Services to offer the first actively managed ETF focused on covered bonds.
State Street Corp., the second-biggest provider of exchange-traded funds, plans to introduce actively managed Systematic Core Equity, Growth Equity and Value Equity ETFs.
Stan Druckenmiller, one of the top-performing money managers of the past three decades, discovered a hard truth when he started investing in other hedge funds: Most don't treat their clients fairly, he said.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Fed tapering, Apple's dismal results, an emerging markets opportunity, and why even the Winklevoss twins are distancing themselves from Bitcoin.
