Active managers that thrive on volatile markets soon may get their day in the sun. Recent data from Wilshire Associates Inc. in Santa Monica, Calif., show just how long those managers have waited.
Allianz SE noted that first quarter profits grew a hefty 80%, but results were enhanced from the sale of shareholdings in Germany. Net income crested at 3.2 billion euros ($4.35 billion) from 1.78 billion euros in the same period a year ago, reported Bloomberg.
The hedge fund industry grew by a healthy 26% in 2006, despite energy market volatility and several hedge fund blowups, according to Hennessee Group LLC’s 2006 Hedge Fund manager survey.
Japan's Financial Services Agency said today that it will begin monitoring hedge funds that operate in Japan, according to published reports.
The Ave Maria Mutual Funds in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. is replacing a baseball legend with a football legend on its advisory board.
Citigroup Inc. is looking to connect with its clients in a new ad campaign.
Van Eck Associates Corp. of New York today announced it had launched the first exchange traded fund to offer investors exposure to Russian companies.
New York-based Smith Barney’s Consulting Group has launched eight model portfolios that invest in exchange traded funds: the CG Select ETF Allocations.
The Vanguard Group Inc. of Malvern, Pa., has registered to offer an actively managed exchange fund, according to the Wall Street Journal.
RBC Capital Markets has announced that it agreed to acquire Seasongood & Mayer LLC, a Cincinnati-based public finance firm and underwriter of municipal debt.
Bank of America Corp. has threatened to take legal action against ABN Amro Holding NV should it make any attempt to block its plans to buy LaSalle Bank Corp., ABN's Chicago-based subsidiary, according to the Financial Times.
Universal life insurance captured a 40% share of the overall life insurance market for the first time last year and is expected to continue its strong showing, industry experts say.
The mutual fund industry’s powerful trade group is stepping up its support of financial advisers.
BOSTON — Sen. Barack Obama took in at least $49,185 from employees of the 20-largest U.S. mutual fund groups and related companies in the first quarter, more than any other 2008 presidential candidate.
BOSTON — Nearly three and a half years after PBHG Funds’ founders were charged with fraud, checks have started going out to mutual fund investors wronged by the alleged trading abuses at their former firm.
PHILADELPHIA — It is a message he has delivered many times before, but industry experts said John C. Bogle’s continued assertion that bond funds on average are too expensive deserves special attention in the current market.
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced today that earnings rose 20% in the first quarter to $876 million, from $728 million for the same period a year earlier.
State Street Global Advisors of Boston today announced the launch of two new international exchange traded funds: the SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF and the SPDR S&P World-ex-US ETF.
Pershing LLC, a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Company, Inc., has added Schroders PLC to FundVest, Pershing’s no-transaction-fee mutual fund platform.
Claymore Securities Inc. of Lisle, Ill., today announced the launch of two new exchange traded funds: the Claymore/Clear Mid-Cap Growth Index ETF, and the Claymore/IndexIQ Small-Cap Value ETF.
