Giant pension plan's possible full-on switch to index funds speaks volumes
Rising rates, volatility in fixed income markets, plus Gross' big success, drive efforts.
Alternative bond funds passed their first real test last month. Barely. The funds, marketed to advisers as a way to avoid the drama of rising interest rates without ditching bonds, 'could have been a little more hedged' one analyst says.
Investors have poured money into the lowest-cost funds and ETFs over the past decade, data show
Bond king listed as co-manager on three funds; hey, it can't hurt
Vanguard's 'At-Cost Cafe' is touring the country selling 26-cent cups of coffee. Why? To make a point about mutual fund expenses.
In a rough year for emerging-market ETFs, this fund laps its rivals. How? It's all about index construction. But there are drawbacks, too.
Balanced funds recording record inflows as non-institutional buyers cautiously embrace stocks
But hedge funds chomping at the bit to break into the retail world.
With Mary Jo White at the helm, the SEC will try again at reforming money market funds. The new chairman is keeping her cards close to her chest but the industry is hopeful she'll play a good hand.
The SEC under Mary Jo White floats one small step in money market fund reform with a proposal that would make only institutional prime funds float NAVs. It's a good deal for the likes of Vanguard, Schwab.
Goldman and BlackRock to begin publishing daily net asset value of funds; 'a whole lot of nines and zeros'
Not for Bill Gross, whose bets on Treasuries backfired in May. The damage: Pimco's Total Return Fund lost nearly 2%, putting it behind almost all its rival funds.
