Money poured into target date funds during the first quarter, led by The Vanguard Group Inc. and T. Rowe Price Group Inc.
But money flowed into TDFs run by Vanguard and T. Rowe Price in the first quarter
Large institutional traders around the world are concerned about the impact that high-frequency trading has on the equity markets, according to a new survey of traders at 630 institutional asset management firms.
Based on what Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said last week, it seems unlikely that mutual funds are going to be designated as systemically important financial institutions under Dodd-Frank
Portfolio manager turnover at Fidelity Investments is higher than at its peers and may be a red flag about how things are going at the firm, according to an article posted on Morningstar.com last week by analyst Christopher Davis
Treasury Secretary addresses issue of whether funds are too big too fail; well, are they or aren't they?
More than three-quarters of retail advisers say they have put clients into nontraditional assets; 'huge opportunity'
Struggling B-D ordered to pay $578K over private-placement sale; brokerage down to $80K in net capital
Regulator issues alert about structured products, bank loan funds; 'significant recent inflows'
As financial advisers' use of options becomes more routine, the unsurprising results of a survey showed that advisers managing the most assets are “significantly” more likely to use the derivatives than peers with smaller amounts
Investors who are looking for diversification, higher-than-average growth and lower-than-average risk might want to consider one of the most overlooked investment areas on earth: Africa
Survey finds that almost all advisers with sizeable AUMs now trade derivatives
S&P has lowered it outlook on the U.S. credit rating. Bill Gross and other fund managers are betting against Uncle Sam. And then there's Claud de Wildt, a Fidelity SVP and researcher. His advise to investors? "Don't give up on Treasuries yet."
Proposal would require broker-dealers to publicly disclose information about shelf space payments from mutual funds
Despite a rebounding economy, the humber of 'underwater' mortgages in the U.S. now stands at a whopping 28%. And real estate analysts say there's more where that came from.
Pimco bond king hikes negative play on Treasuries; inflation 'the ultimate factor'
Bond giant reinventing itself as it seeks out higher returns; launches emerging market stock funds, eyeing alternative investments
S&P's dramatic announcement that it may downgrade the credit rating of U.S. government paper sparked massive buying of U.S. government paper. As JPMorgan Funds' David Kelly said: "... you can't use [Treasuries] as a safe haven if the problem is Treasuries.” | <font color=blue><a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20110418/FREE/110419928>'Shot across bow' could jolt lawmakers</a></font>
Celebration over terrorist's death turning to concern about attacks by al-Qaeda cells
