In 'grave strategic error,' mutual fund managers have allowed their products to be commoditized, a new report finds, but not all firms are suffering. <i>(Don't miss: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20150401/FREE/401009999/PH"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">The first quarter's best and worst mutual fund groups</a>)</i>
Insurer charged after agency found it deliberately delayed receipt of variable annuities and life insurance orders, resulting in a failure to price them in a timely manner.
Demand will shift from retirement income to housing and care issues.
Former bond king's fund at Janus Capital Group attracted a big chunk of new investor money in April, before the fund was hit by a selloff in bonds.
Janus money manager says attempt by global central banks to cure a debt crisis with more debt doesn't have much further to run.
The winners and losers of the first quarter of 2015
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Does ETF flow data show anything more than who's up and who's down? You better believe it.
With another $6.8 million from new investors in March, Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund reaches $1.5B in assets.
Largest mutual fund manager hopes that the tool will enhance relationships for and with advisers.
Pair sold $4.3 million of Investments fraudulently marketed as "safe as CDs" and "federally insured," regulator says in suit.
Asset management firm laid off 25% of its staff last week
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> There's no harm in helping investors better understand what it means for them when the Fed starts to tighten interest rates.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> What's going to happen to the markets when the Fed pulls the interest rate hike trigger? Alan Greenspan has an idea, and it's not pretty.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Where to look when it's time to go beyond the traditional hunting grounds for dividend income.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Stock buybacks hit an all-time high in April as companies continue to view repurchase plans as the best use of cash stockpiles.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Good or bad, investors could react sharply to the April jobs report. Plus: Bitcoin could be back, Fitbit plans an IPO and offbeat economic indicators.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The chairwoman of the Federal Reserve called equity valuations 'quite high,' bond yields low and said the combination raises 'potential dangers.' Her comments roiled markets.
Rest in peace and luxury: Average prices are expected to top $65,000 for crypts and $17,000 for niches for funerary urns.
Near-term decline in equities follows pattern of a typical post-recession recovery
Turnaround interrupts best run for hedge-fund like offerings in more than five years, threatens to diminish their popularity with retail investors.
