With some 90 million investors and more than 44% of American households owning mutual funds, the fund industry has continued to grow significantly in spite of weathering more than a few storms in the last decade.
Staff members at the SEC will recommend that 12(b)-1 fees be broken into at least two parts.
Introduced five years ago, the Rydex S&P Equal Weight Exchange Traded Fund opened the gates to investments pegged to indexes that use some measure other than market capitalization to determine company weightings.
The time is drawing near for comments requested by the Department of the Treasury regarding changing the taxation of exchange traded notes and other prepaid forward contracts.
The estimated $2.75 trillion IRA roll-over market is poised for significant growth in assets and is expected to take on more prominence in advisers' practices.
Home foreclosure filings increased 112% during the first quarter of 2008, according to RealtyTrac Inc.
Global mutual funds that invest in domestic and overseas stocks are the flavor of the moment, and several well-respected asset managers intend to launch such funds in the coming weeks.
A growing number of businesses are finding that they can do well by doing good.
Like a lot of alternative investment strategies, the $4.3 billion <b>Gateway Fund</b> (GATEX) thrives on the kind of stock market volatility we have experienced lately.
Recent market volatility, and concerns over credit quality and availability, have caused many financial advisers to become more defensive in their portfolio strategies.
The Managed Funds Association, following the direction of many of its hedge fund members, is moving to get ahead of an expected trend toward increased regulatory oversight.
A cold front materialized in the first quarter for the once-hot emerging-markets-equity sector as U.S. investors pulled out $1.85 billion from the fund category.
While they trust financial advisers, most wealthy investors are not satisfied with the amount of information they get from their mutual fund companies, according to the results of a new survey.
Ex-execs committed securities fraud by allowing a hedge fund to profit by quickly trading shares, the SEC alleges.
Domestic-equity funds posted net inflows of $17.5 billion and government funds had nearly $3 billion.
One Goldman analyst says the bond insurers will need $3.4 billion each in added capital thanks to more quarterly losses.
Net new issuance of Treasury coupon securities is expected to hit $47 billion in the second quarter.
Congressmen question an apparent conflict of interest between holders of auction rate securities and fund companies.
The redemptions would be the first involving tax-free closed-end funds caught in failed auctions.
