Stocks fell Tuesday after an unexpected drop in retail sales and producer prices tested a notion that the economy is starting to find its footing.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is exploring structural changes to money market mutual funds, including raising the net asset value standard to $10, from $1.
In what some say is a growing trend, The Permal Group Inc., a fund-of-hedge-funds affiliate of Legg Mason Inc., today launched its first mutual fund.
The Richmond, Va.-based insurer’s shares fell as low as $1.92 in this morning’s trading, as the impact of Genworth’s ineligibility for help through the Department of the Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program took hold.
Year-over-year median compensation paid to mutual fund directors increased an average of 4.2% last year, bringing it to $49,000, from $47,000, according to a study released today by Management Practice Inc., a Stamford, Conn. consulting firm for independent fund directors.
The growth of mutual funds that invest in stocks perceived as friendly to the environment came to a halt last year as investors scrambled for safety, but industry experts think that once investors regain their confidence, green funds will benefit.
Amid a spate of class actions and investigations by five states into losses associated with its bond funds, OppenheimerFunds Inc. has launched an aggressive effort to strengthen its business operations.
Target date funds are coming under heavy scrutiny on Capitol Hill, with lawmakers and regulators working hand in hand to determine if these one-stop-shop retirement funds are in need of increased oversight — or perhaps even restrictions that would prevent them from investing too aggressively.
Financial advisers who are members of the National Association of Active Investment Managers Inc. of Littleton, Colo., made a record leap into the stock market late last month.
Although life insurers may be able to get a federal lifeline through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, it remains to be seen whether the money would be enough to help carriers survive mounting losses and decreased financial flexibility.
The dismal performance of mutual funds could result in a wave of lawsuits alleging that funds failed to disclose the true risk of their investments, according to several industry lawyers.
Cash invested in U.S. stock funds spiked last week, according to a report released yesterday by TrimTabs Investment Research.
Genworth Financial Inc. won’t be able to participate in the Department of the Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Moody’s Investors Service has placed all U.S. municipalities on negative outlook, indicating its expectations for the whole sector over the next 12 to 18 months.
In the latest action against a wave of mortgage scams, a Massachusetts judge has granted a temporary restraining order against a Florida firm, preventing it from doing business in the state of Massachusetts.
Exchange traded fund assets fell by 13.5% during the first quarter, to $430.15 billion, according to data released today by Barclays Global Investors of San Francisco.
The March stock market rally left hedge funds in the dust, according to the latest report from Hennessee Group LLC.
For most of us, the best alternative to a prescription sleep inducer is a discussion about insurance.
American International Group Inc. said Wednesday that it completed the sale of its retail bank and credit card operations in Thailand for about $45 million in proceeds.
MFS Investment Management of Boston has named Douglas Bailey as national sales manager for its mutual fund distribution unit, MFS Fund Distributors Inc.
