John Hancock Funds LLC has filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a new suite of target date funds that are specifically designed for investors up until the point they retire, a company official said today.
Municipal bonds are an ideal alternative to low-yielding cash allocations and could be the perfect place to invest in an environment of rising taxes, according to Thomas Dalpiaz, a portfolio manager at Advisors Asset Management Inc.
International money managers drawn to dividends have been gobbling up shares of U.S.-based companies over the past year, according to Moudy El-Khodr, co-manager of the ING Global Equity Dividend Fund Ticker:(IAGEX).
InvestmentNews today announced the winners of its inaugural Adviser's Choice Awards, which honor financial advisers' top picks for the most outstanding companies and portfolio managers in the mutual fund industry.
John Hancock Funds LLC today launched an international fixed-income fund to enable investors to hedge against rising interest rates.
The Investment Company Institute has slammed assertions kaChing Group Inc. made regarding mutual fund fees, continuing an online sparring match between the two.
Venture capital today is survival of the pluckiest.
Fearing a backlash from investors who are still piling into bond funds, mutual fund companies are rolling out sales and marketing campaigns to encourage investors to shift assets into other products.
Their name is an oxymoron, but high-quality junk bonds themselves make a lot of sense in the fixed-income space right now.
Shares of asset management companies fell with the broader market in afternoon trading Thursday even after several reported big earnings gains to close out 2009.
Bruce Bond is stepping down as chief executive of Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, the exchange-traded-fund provider he founded in 2003.
Although actively managed exchange-traded funds are just in their infancy, many financial advisers and even some ETF providers have already written them off.
Eaton Vance Management and Invesco PowerShares on Tuesday announced new investment products offering exposure to the government's Build America Bonds stimulus program, which seeks to spur construction and repair projects by state and local governments.
It's only a modest boost in the emergency lending rate. But the Fed's small hike in the discount rate speaks volumes about the big picture.
Rumors have been flying of late that Fidelity Investments may be looking to expand its proprietary exchange-traded-fund lineup. Now sources say the firm has been ramping up talks with index providers and other partners to do just that.
Listen to Kevin Mahn, chief investment officer with Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc., offer predictions for stock market returns in this one-on-one podcast interview with InvestmentNews senior editor Jeff Benjamin.
A stalled proposal hammered out last year to permit exchange traded funds to operate without having to obtain individual exemptive orders may finally see the light of day -- and soon.
This month's Featured Fund of the Month is the Vanguard Growth Index Fund (VUG, $54.90 at close of business on March 11, 2010), which carries Standard & Poor's highest ETF ranking of “Overweight.”
That's good news for advisers, many of whom are on the lookout for exchange-traded funds that aren't passively managed
The firm announced plans for a new core line up of exchange-traded funds based on Wilshire Associates' indexes.
