The mutual fund industry's Holy Grail is a fund that can provide investors with a guaranteed stream of income without tying up the client's money in an annuity.
John Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group Inc., is being challenged to put his money where his mouth is with regard to index-based investing.
Morgan Stanley is quietly hunting for a new top executive to run its investment management business, one of the world's largest — albeit shrinking — money management operations.
A growing demand for commodities in emerging and developing markets requires a new way of analyzing commodity investment strategies, according to Thomas Samuelson, chief investment officer at Advanced Equities Asset Management.
Emerging markets seem to offer the best prospects for investment, but some observers are warning that rapid capital inflows and rising domestic spending in developing economies are signaling the next bubble.
Chinese shares rebounded Monday, along with other regional markets, after Dubai said it had received $10 billion from Abu Dhabi to repay debts owed by its Dubai World investment conglomerate.
Japanese stocks fell Thursday as fresh concerns about the strong yen and mounting doubts about the country's economic recovery weighed on sentiment.
Insurers claimed a small victory in the indexed-annuities war, as the SEC said it will delay by two years the effective date of a proposed rule that would make the products securities.
Life insurers will be back in the black at the end of the year, reaping an estimated $16 billion in profits, according to new research from Conning Research and Consulting.
Vanguard Group plans to merge two institutional index funds into other Vanguard offerings with similar objectives, while adding an institutional share class to the surviving funds.
Morningstar Inc. last week launched ratings and research reports for 20 of the largest target date mutual funds — and identified The Vanguard Group Inc. as the best target date provider for investors, based on such criteria as management, fees and performance.
Private equity firm Citadel Investment Group LLC said today that one of its affiliates has canceled a plan to sell a portion of its stake in retail brokerage firm E-Trade Financial Corp.
Although five exchanges will soon vie to clear credit default swap trades in Europe and the United States, the number is likely to dwindle to one on each side of the Atlantic in the next couple of years, according to analysts and industry participants.
The Arkansas Securities Department announced Tuesday that it fined a broker $50,000 and suspended his license for two weeks after a probe into alleged fraudulent mutual fund sales
As investors slowly dip their toes back into the stock market, mutual fund companies are cautiously hiring again.
Helpful hint for mutual fund portfolio managers: Get some skin in the game if you want to outperform other managers.
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners named its 2010 leaders today, with Jane Cline, West Virginia's insurance commissioner, assuming the presidency.
