With the real estate investment trust market beginning to stabilize, the time to act is now.
Fidelity Investments says it still isn't offering third-party target date funds on its adviser-sold 401(k) platform. Not all fund companies signing on to the platform understand that to be the case, however.
Did you hear? The credit crisis is officially over — at least according to the handful of hedge fund managers who have shut down their “credit crisis funds” over the past few weeks.
The hedge fund industry may be roundly celebrating 2009 as a comeback—19% returns are always exciting—but it was still a tough year to get into the business, according to a survey just released by Absolute Return + Alpha magazine.
Trying to capture some of the more than $3 trillion in cash sitting in client accounts, advisers are looking outside the style box to identify those undiscovered funds that have the potential to be tomorrow's gems.
The Managed Funds Association has formed an alliance with the Connecticut Hedge Fund Association as part of its efforts to unite with regional hedge fund associations.
The Managed Funds Association is jumping into the data collection business with an effort to build the most comprehensive hedge fund industry database available.
Financial advisers and branch managers chose American Funds as the firm which best meets their needs for marketing materials, according to a study released today by Financial Research Corp.
A ranking of the world's largest hedge fund managers sharply illustrates the ravages the financial crisis wreaked on firms in the past two years
Standard & Poor's said Wednesday it is changing the makeup of its indices after a number of acquisitions.
The Securities and Exchange commissioner says "vague and confusing" language describing target date funds led to investor confusion when investments performed poorly during the market downturn.
Preparing for a shift in the economic climate, several fund companies are launching funds designed as inflation hedges.
Stock picking in the current market requires a renewed focus on corporate economics and balance sheets, said Larry Coats, manager of the Oak Value Fund (OAKVX).
Allianz Global Investor Solutions is planning to lower the fees on its target date and target risk funds in the next few months, according to a firm executive.
Fidelity Investments is discussing adding non-proprietary target date funds to its adviser-sold 401(k) platform.
Because financial products generally are sold and not bought, financial services companies traditionally have been great sales machines and lousy marketers.
Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC is planning to build active-equity-management capability, possibly by lifting an existing team from a rival firm, according to sources familiar with the company.
The recent Supreme Court decision makes pay-to-play regulations unconstitutional — or at least, that's the take of one securities attorney. Others don't see it that way.
