Morningstar has expanded its ratings coverage to hedge funds.
DTCC has trimmed fees for mutual fund and insurance transactions.
Insurer settles with California over allegedly inappropriate fixed annuity sales.
Capital gains payouts in 2007 rose for the fourth straight year, said head Morningstar analyst Russel Kinnel.
Warren Buffett has made an offer to three large municipal bond insurers to reinsure $800 billion in municipal bonds.
Claymore Securities listed three new ETFs on the Amex: the U.S. Capital Markets Index; the U.S. Capital Markets Bond index and the U.S. Micro-Term Fixed Income.
Goldman Sachs has created an index for investors seeking opportunity in longevity and mortality risk.
Hedge funds in January had their worst performing month in more than five years, according Greenwich Alternative Investments.
Legg Mason Inc. has partnered with Citibank (China) Co. Ltd. to launch mutual funds designed for retail investors in China.
Exchange traded funds that invest in municipal bonds are looking more attractive these days, thanks mostly to their competitive yields.
Despite initial concerns about portability, cost and complexity, annuities in defined contribution plans are slowly gaining momentum, according to a new report.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering allowing mutual fund directors to delegate some of their duties, but critics say such a move will weaken the ability of directors to act as investor watchdogs.
As [Lee] Ainslie [founder of Maverick Capital Ltd. of Dallas] began attracting assets and adding investment staff, he created a business model that differs slightly from those of most large funds, which generally fall into two categories.
Because of the market volatility of recent days, determining which hedge funds will perform well is as difficult a task as it has ever been.
Of all the firms targeted by Eliot Spitzer when he was cleaning up abuses on Wall Street, none suffered more than Marsh & McLennan Cos.
If an investor had invested $1,000 in the Pioneer Fund when it was launched in 1928, his or her heirs would be millionaires today.
Sen. Hillary Clinton's bid for the White House may rekindle momentum behind a bill she co-sponsored last year that would offer a tax break on some annuities, according to a retirement trade group.
Investors often ask me why an exchange traded fund they own paid a big gains distribution. The answer is simple, but the lessons can affect the advice you give your clients.
A new mutual fund is purchasing alternative investments — a strategy designed to defy market volatility when stock and bond prices are plunging.
