High on the mutual fund industry's “to do” list is defeating legislation that would impose a $150 billion-per-year tax on securities transactions.
A Supreme Court ruling expected this year on the standards that courts use to determine when mutual fund fees are excessive, and a renewed focus by the SEC on 12(b)-1 fees, guarantee that the mutual fund industry will spend a good deal of time debating fees in 2010.
Property prices in Nairobi are soaring, and Somali pirates are getting the blame. The hike in real estate prices in the Kenyan capital has prompted a public outcry and a government investigation this month into property owned by foreigners.
RS Investments, a San Francisco-based investment management firm, launched three new fixed-income funds today to offer retail investors and financial advisers more options in a shifting economic scene.
The rally in commodities over the past few weeks has been closely linked to the weakness of the U.S. dollar, according to Charl Malan, who is part of the investment team managing $1.7 billion in two commodity funds at Van Eck Global.
If ever there was a case against an investment strategy limited to traditional allocations to stocks and bonds, it was the global financial market meltdown that unfolded last fall.
If the trend is your friend, U.S. large-cap stocks will be the place to invest over the next several months, says Jim Porter, manager of the Aston/New Century Absolute Return ETF Fund (ANENX).
The stock market's relentless charge from its March lows shouldn't be taken for granted, since no rally lasts forever, according to portfolio manager Jeffrey Beamer, who maintains a constant hedge on every position in his Lacerte Guardian Fund (LGFIX) offered by Lacerte Capital Advisers LLC.
The famed fighting monks of China's Shaolin Temple plan a foray into modern finance.
Total money market mutual fund assets fell by $51.13 billion to $3.269 trillion for the week, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.
Legislation that in some cases would require target date fund managers to take on fiduciary responsibilities will be introduced by Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl, D-Wis.
The major pros and cons of investing in China could be summed up as growth and volatility. But Jonathan Masse, senior portfolio manager with AlphaShares LLC, believes the growth is worth the ride.
Japanese stocks rose sharply Tuesday to an eight-week high as a weaker yen spurred buying of tech and automaker shares.
Total assets in target date funds will grow to $2.6 trillion by 2018, attracting 80% of new and reallocated flows into defined-contribution plans for the next decade, according to a projection in a recent Casey Quirk & Associates LLC report.
In the wake of the performance meltdown of many target date funds, a growing number of 401(k) plans are adding target risk funds to their lineup.
Federal prosecutors said Tuesday they will file new charges against billionaire hedge fund operator Raj Rajaratnam alleging he made at least $36 million from trades based on insider information, double what the government previously believed.
Unintended consequences of capital markets regulation or legislation are the biggest fears harbored by equity traders at money management firms, a new report from consulting firm TABB Group says
A lawyer says a billionaire hedge fund manager charged in a $25 million insider trading case plans to clear his name and is not a flight risk.
A hedge fund company whose manager is criminally charged in an insider trading case told clients Wednesday it's shutting down its funds.
IBM Corp. put a top executive on leave Monday after he was charged in an insider trading scandal for allegedly leaking secrets about IBM's earnings and financial dealings with corporate partners.
