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ETFS JUN 17, 2015
Legislation would allow B-Ds to publish ETF research without fear of breaking securities laws

Bill proposed by former broker passes key committee, would raise competition with Morningstar.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Blackstone and BlackRock are starting to cross over into each other's bread and butter
EQUITIES JUN 16, 2015
Blackstone and BlackRock are starting to cross over into each other's bread and butter

Steve Schwarzman and Larry Fink, once partners, now vie for Wall Street dominance atop their wildly successful firms.

By Bloomberg
Why this is an exceptional time to be investing in Europe
EQUITIES JUN 16, 2015
Why this is an exceptional time to be investing in Europe

Confluence of events make European companies extremely appealing for investors

By David Marcus
Schwab announces money market fund updates in light of SEC's reform
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 16, 2015
Schwab announces money market fund updates in light of SEC's reform

Firm joins slate of other managers adjusting retail and institutional money market funds to meet the new regulations borne out of financial crisis.

By Darla Mercado
Advisers' crucial role in constructing smarter portfolios to combat volatility
EQUITIES JUN 15, 2015
Advisers' crucial role in constructing smarter portfolios to combat volatility

Vital that investors understand the expanded tool set now available to handle market swings

By John Feyerer
There's a bubble in tech stocks that looks familiar
EQUITIES JUN 15, 2015
There's a bubble in tech stocks that looks familiar

The bubble of our time is in stocks at the convergence of technology, online marketing, and media including social media. AKA: Web 2.0.

By Andrew Redleaf
Losing edge in ETFs, State Street turns to hedge funds
ALTERNATIVES JUN 15, 2015
Losing edge in ETFs, State Street turns to hedge funds

Firm is expanding hedge funds and alternative investment strategies that can be offered to individual investors, Ronald O'Hanley, the new chief of the the $2.45 trillion State Street Global Advisors.

By Bloomberg
MetLife files suit to fight 'too big to fail' status
EQUITIES JUN 15, 2015
MetLife files suit to fight 'too big to fail' status

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The firm files suit against the Financial Stability Oversight Council, charging them with acting as 'judge, jury and executioner.'

By Jeff Benjamin
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 15, 2015
Best- and worst-performing fixed-income mutual funds

By category, ranked by one year total returns

By Bloomberg
Why it doesn't make sense to let clients borrow from their 401(k) plans
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 15, 2015
Why it doesn't make sense to let clients borrow from their 401(k) plans

<b>Breakfast with Benjamin:</b> Most Americans aren't sitting on 401(k) balances that they can afford to skim, yet an estimated 26% have loans outstanding.

By Jeff Benjamin
Vanguard's China play ups the ante for industry
EQUITIES JUN 15, 2015
Vanguard's China play ups the ante for industry

Other fund companies may find it difficult to match Vanguard's promise of access to a hot market.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
RIAS JUN 15, 2015
United Capital pivots away from mutual funds to proprietary asset management program

Firm sees new way to cut the middleman, product fees for clients while capturing top investment ideas.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
ESG JUN 15, 2015
Tapping the potential of responsible investing by debunking the myths

Investment options are no longer limited, and the most interested clients are millennials and women.

By Amy O'Brien
ESG JUN 15, 2015
The challenges and opportunities of impact investing

While the field is still in its early years as a mainstream phenomenon, the transition represents a fundamental and irreversible shift.

By David Sand
Saudi Arabia lays out the welcome mat for global investors
EQUITIES JUN 14, 2015
Saudi Arabia lays out the welcome mat for global investors

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The richest and most powerful Arab nation opens its $570 billion stock market to the world.

By Jeff Benjamin
The best- and worst-performing equity mutual funds
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 14, 2015
The best- and worst-performing equity mutual funds

By category, ranked by one year total returns

By InvestmentNews Data
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 14, 2015
Equity and fixed income mutual fund index returns by the numbers

By Ellie Zhu
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 14, 2015
Asset managers are harvesting data to help them market mutual funds better

World's largest asset management firms have quietly launched an arms race to collect, analyze and exploit data about advisers. <b><i>(Plus: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20150614/MUTUAL062015&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Our full Spotlight on Mutual Funds special report</a>)</b></i>

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Best- and worst-performing international mutual funds
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 14, 2015
Best- and worst-performing international mutual funds

By category, ranked by one year total returns

By InvestmentNews Data
15 years later, Nuveen Investments gets a go-ahead on ETFs
ETFS JUN 12, 2015
15 years later, Nuveen Investments gets a go-ahead on ETFs

Money manager's rebooted efforts to sell ETFs get a nod from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

By Trevor Hunnicutt