Standish Mellon Asset Management Co. LLC is scaling back the level of risk within its municipal bond portfolios but isn't worried about massive defaults among local and state governments, according to an executive at the firm.
RS Investments last week announced an agreement to acquire certain assets of Oak Value Capital Management Inc.
Fitch slashes embattled energy company's senior unsecured debt rating six notches. Is non-investment grade the next stop?
Legg Mason Inc.'s Bill Miller said he is sticking with his bets on Goldman Sachs Group Inc. because the fallout from the fraud accusations against the bank will probably be limited.
Unicredit Group SPA will send out the pitch book next month for its Pioneer Global Asset Management SPA unit — with a breakup of the subsidiary likely, according to investment bankers familiar with the discussions.
MMA Praxis Mutual Funds group is holding on to its holdings in BP PLC, despite the company's role in the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Drawn by tales of fast money in the land of iron condors, retail traders are swarming the futures market. But do they know what they're doing?
Understanding how to use options as a risk-management tool and as a generator of additional income can't hurt.
Move comes months after competitors Charles Schwab & Co. and Fidelity Investments separately eliminated commissions on certain ETFs
Dreyfus Appreciation Fund Ticker:(DGAGX) ranks as an S&P five-star Domestic Equity mutual fund because of its relatively strong track record, its ownership of stocks that S&P Equity Research views on average to be undervalued and having financial strength, and S&P's view that DGAGX assumes less risk and incurs relatively low costs for its shareholders than its large-cap core peers.
Famed hedge fund manager claims country's budget austerity could trigger deflationary spiral in Europe
Acquisitive company looking at 'everything that goes by'; Pioneer Investments being eyed?
Bond guru slashes holdings in government paper from 'overweight' to 'small underweight'; sees 'long-term bottoming process'
Data shows an 83% flip rate over past three years; firm cites revamp of Retirement Ready line
Such portfolios seen as the next big push for providers of exchange-traded funds
The capital markets continually set traps for the unwary, and it is financial advisers' responsibility to help their clients avoid them.
The rally in bonds from real estate investment trusts that's made property debt the best performer this year is overdone as a slowing economy may threaten their performance, according to Pacific Investment Management Co.
Harry Rady, chief executive and portfolio manager at Rady Asset Management LLC, shared some insights on how the stock market is uniquely poised to present both short and long investment opportunities in what he calls a “tale of two markets.'
Federal regulators on Wednesday proposed new disclosure rules for target-date retirement funds that would require sponsors to spell out how they are investing the money and to warn about risks.
