PowerShares will expand its family of fixed-income exchange traded funds on Oct. 11.
Goldman Sachs's new private-equity fund has purchased a stake in a $10 billion London-based hedge fund manager.
After mid-August’s lows, indexes across the board posted improvements.
Guy Carpenter and Co. is accused of conspiring with reinsurers to fix prices and eliminate competition.
Investing in the commodities markets without actually buying commodities enables the managers of the <b>RS Global Natural Resources Fund</b> (RSNRX) to look beyond such basics as the fluctuating price of corn.
More than two years after the launch of the first variable annuity based on exchange traded funds, VA providers and financial advisers are still ap-proaching the product with caution.
The debate over issues related to the broker-dealer exemption rule continues.
The market for debt securities from issuers already in, or heading for, default has virtually stalled. And issuance may become even scarcer.
The walls of Neal Simon's office at Highline Wealth Management LLC are lined with the images of people he and his wife photographed during their travels through China, Guatemala, India, Indonesia and Peru.
With the launch of the first-ever life cycle exchange traded funds, TDAX Funds Inc. plans to muscle in on the fast-growing life cycle mutual fund market.
Financial planners and investment advisers apparently are doing their jobs well — their clients and other individual investors are diversifying their investments as never before.
To introduce brokerage customers to its life cycle mutual funds, John Hancock Financial Services Inc. has unveiled a free Internet tool that allows advisers to generate investment plans for clients.
Although top mutual fund managers increased their advertising budgets by 20% last year, to almost $231 million, overall ad spending on mutual fund products — by all types of financial providers — declined by about 14%.
Asset class is the key basis for deciding among active versus passive management strategies for mutual funds.
The first state-specific municipal bond exchange traded funds began trading today, Barclays Global Investors announced.
The SPDR Lehman International Treasury Bond ETF began trading today, State Street Global Advisors announced.
BIS Insurance Services, a Sacramento, Calif. employee benefits insurance broker, will remain in its current location.
Rydex has kicked off a web initiative to put investors in the know about exchange traded funds.
The private-equity fund will invest in China, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan as well as Japan, India and Australia.
