Japanese stocks rose sharply Tuesday to an eight-week high as a weaker yen spurred buying of tech and automaker shares.
John Healy has resigned his position as chief executive of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, the organization announced today.
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.
The Global Women's Equality Fund seeks to invest in the best companies for women, rather than just screen out those companies that don't meet certain criteria.
But use of commodities and absolute-return strategies appears to be universal, according to a survey from Rydex Distributors
Wells Fargo Funds Management and Evergreen Investment Management are planning a series of fund mergers, reorganizations and liquidations to form the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds family, confirmed Wells Fargo spokeswoman Laura Fay.
Don't make the mistake of letting this year's powerful rally by real estate investment trusts deter you from considering an allocation to real estate at this point in the cycle.
Total money market mutual fund assets rose by $2.59 billion to $3.272 trillion for the week, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.
Chinese shares fell for a fourth day Friday on worries a stronger U.S. dollar and new stock listings will further strain liquidity.
The stock market is mistakenly seeing the glass as half empty, says Uri Landesman, head of global growth at ING Investment Management Americas. He cited the stock market's negative start today as evidence of “some cross-currents” that might have investors confused and conflicted.
The stock market rally has gone too far too fast, and on too little real economic recovery, claims Tom Samuels, manager of the Palantir Fund (PALIX), a global long/short fund from Palantir Capital Management Ltd.
American International Group Inc. chief executive Robert H. Benmosche's reported threat to quit two weeks ago — and subsequent pledge to continue his work at AIG — sets the stage for a battle over pay curbs while underscoring the enormous challenges AIG still faces, observers say.
American International Group Inc. has released a letter Benmosche sent to employees Wednesday following a Wall Street Journal report that said he was threatening to quit. The Journal said Benmosche has been frustrated by heavy government oversight and cumbersome restrictions on executive pay.
