Remedies include clarifying rules for canceling trades, loosening short-selling restrictions and protecting small investors by restricting some orders.
Stock market volatility drives up the appetite for alternative strategies.
New liquidity rules would require mutual funds and ETFs to develop risk management programs and allow for 'swing pricing.'
Schwab's fund platform is expanding to 198 the number of ETFs that trade without commissions.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: If you can believe it, Janet Yellen is still teasing the markets with the idea of rate hike this year.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: If you thought 2014 was a rough year for mutual fund capital gains taxes, you might want to start adjusting those portfolios to avoid a repeat.
The trick is knowing when and where to move in or out.
Topping the list of the best-performing exchange-traded funds of the past 10 years is the PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio, with an eye-popping return of 420%.
With the $3 trillion in exchange-traded funds worldwide expected to double by 2020, the powerful bank is preparing to launch its first line of them.
New analysis suggests the difference between top and bottom unconstrained funds was Treasury exposure and the effectiveness of the manager's market timing.
Allowing mutual funds to flip a switch and turn on exit fees for investors on a moment's notice seems reactionary and short-sighted.
New ActiveBeta funds, which try to beat the market, give Goldman a foothold in ETFs.
Rules governing markets need to be updated because they aren't designed to cope with the proliferation of exchange-traded funds: BATS CEO.
The strategy can help deliver gains when times are good but can damage the diversification investors often blindly rely on when allocating to many index-based ETFs.
In a year when its peers lost 15% investing in commodities, DoubleLine wades in with a long-short strategy.
Mutual funds may be able to charge their investors who rush to cash out during periods of market stress under a rule being considered by the SEC.
The unshakable fealty of financial advisers is starting to pay off for American Funds in the wake of historic sales declines.
J.P. Morgan Asset Management, <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20150115/FREE/150119961/j-p-morgan-funds-garner-most-dollars-from-advisers-morningstar" target="_blank">the top-selling stock-picking fund manager for the past two years</a>, is getting help selling its index-tracking ETFs from Charles Schwab.
The factor-based investor popular with financial advisers will build indexes for John Hancock funds.
The billionaire who built Franklin Templeton survived a lawsuit by the son of an early investor who said he was cheated out of a stake in the firm worth $136 million. But the company will still have to defend itself in court.
