Banc of America Securities cuts its earnings estimates and price targets on Blackstone Group and Fortress Investment Group.
As it faces $6 billion in new write-downs, Merrill Lynch may sell its BlackRock and Bloomberg interests.
London-based hedge fund taps emerging markets expert to run a $1.2 billion special situations fund.
The Alternative Investment Management Association is preparing the first-ever practice standards for funds of hedge funds.
Hedge fund fugitive Samuel Israel today told a judge that he unsuccessfully tried to overdose on drugs.
Former chief executive Martin Sullivan's package includes equity and cash awards valued around $28 million.
Investors can bet on the price of oil going up or down or hedge other investments with the securities.
Hedge fund investors now have the ability to insure themselves against fraud or even the allegation of fraud.
Second-quarter volume of long-term muni bonds totaled $226.3 billion, a 1.3% drop from the same period last year.
Hedge fund performance replication has come to the mutual fund industry in the form of the IQ Alpha Hedge Strategy Fund.
The company completed the reorganization of $2.2 billion in assets of 26 Nationwide Funds into newly created Aberdeen Funds.
The Baltimore-based firm will contribute $240 million to bail out three money market funds of one of its subsidiaries.
Analysts concerned about Security Benefit Life Insurance Co.'s investments in subprime-mortgage-backed securities have cut the firm's financial ratings and are keeping a careful eye on the Topeka, Kan., carrier.
"The cushion provided by well-covered dividend yields has taken on increased importance," a JPMorgan analyst wrote.
Hypothetical returns utilized by a host of new exchange traded funds are reigniting a debate about the use of back-tested performance data.
The model aims to create an industry standard to streamline the process of selling VA contracts and simplify compliance.
Bank holding company income from mutual funds and annuities rose more than 27% to $5.92 billion in the first quarter.
Ted Mathas' promotion makes him the New York-based company’s 18th CEO in its 163-year history.
The combined total launches last year of exchange traded funds, variable annuities and closed-end funds surpassed open-end mutual fund launches for the first time, according to Boston-based research firm Cerulli Associates Inc.
Faced with an increasingly global market in which the United States plays a diminished role, asset management companies must rethink how they approach investing.
