Although the selection of a bond fund executive to lead equity-oriented Janus Capital Inc. stunned industry watchers last week, Richard M. Weil — the former Pimco chief operating officer — may be just what the $152 billion fund company needs.
John Hancock Funds LLC and MFS Investment Management have separately made changes to their compensation programs to encourage wholesalers to diversify the funds they sell and the advisers to whom they sell them.
Property values have now risen by almost 15% since hitting their lows in May 2009, according to Green Street Advisors Inc., but values are still off about 30% from their late 2007 peak.
With regulators and lawmakers continuing to scrutinize the blowup of target date funds in 2008, AllianceBernstein LP is adding a component to its lineup of target date funds aimed at managing market volatility better.
With regulators and lawmakers continuing to scrutinize the blowup of target date funds in 2008, AllianceBernstein LP is adding a component to its lineup of target date funds aimed at managing market volatility better.
Funds also saw higher flows due to investors' improving confidence in the market, and target-date funds' popularity as a qualified default investment option in 401(k) plans
Which bond funds are producing equity-like returns this year?
Five of the seven top-performing target date funds are composed of only proprietary funds, according to a report released today.
Money managers and financial advisers need to start looking beyond domestic equity and other traditional asset classes for risk-adjusted returns in the current market, according to Kevin Mahn, chief investment officer with Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc.
Invesco Ltd. is likely to keep intact most of the Morgan Stanley/Van Kampen operations <a href= http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091019/FREE/910199972/1022/ONLINENEWS >which it said last night that it will acquire for $1.5 billion</a> — although some changes to the $119 billion retail money management business it's buying are expected — Martin Flanagan, president and chief executive of Invesco, said in an interview with InvestmentNews.
The current environment is most definitely a stock-picker's market, says the firm's managing director. His advice? Focus more on company fundamentals than sectors or the economy
U.S. equity funds have out-performed, by and large, but a handful of overseas funds have generated some solid performance so far this year.
Since many low-quality, high-beta companies have "rallied too much," Mr. Rady is currently looking for overvalued firms to short.
The technology sector is white hot these days. If you're not buying it, just look at the Nasdaq, which has been leaving the other indexes swimming in its wake.
Rankings and data through Mar. 15, 2010, according to <a href=http://www.Morningstar.com>Morningstar.com</a>
The upside of nearly two decades of mounting levels of government and consumer debt is a solid foundation for a secular run by consumer staple companies, according to Ralph Shive, manager of the $1.5 billion Wasatch-1st Source Income Equity Fund Ticker:(FMEIX).
If investors can stomach the risk, high-yield bonds are still the best place to be right now, according to Scott Colyer, chief executive and chief investment officer of Advisors Asset Management Inc.
State securities regulators are gaining ground in their battle to regain authority to oversee private-placement offerings.
Thirtysomething new-product developers, look out.
