Target date fund investors may be happy with their plans — but they don't seem to be using them properly, according to a new study by AllianceBernstein LP.
Embracing the stock market's seven-month rally comes with some mixed emotions for Rodney Johnson, manager of the Dent Tactical ETF (DENT).
If money market funds experience another run similar to the one that happened in September 2008, the money fund industry is unlikely to survive in its current form, according to an SEC official who has done extensive work on money fund regulation.
While the third quarter proved to be a big comeback month for inflows into open-ended mutual funds overall, one mutual fund behemoth continued to bleed assets, according to a report today from Morningstar Inc.
Mutual fund fees have no effect on shareholder returns, according to research from D. Bruce Johnsen, a professor at George Mason University School of Law.
William Fries will step down as co-manager of the $3.6 billion Thornburg Value Fund (TVAFX), on Jan. 1, according to a statement released today by Thornburg Investment Management Inc.
Law enforcement uses behavioral profiling to identify terrorists, and now mutual fund companies are starting to apply the methodology to financial advisers to target sales and marketing efforts more effectively.
Total money market mutual fund assets rose by $16.72 billion to $3.446 trillion for the week, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.
Mutual-fund manager Franklin Resources Inc. said Thursday it ended September with 3 percent more assets under management than at the same time a year earlier.
Exchange-traded-fund assets reached an all-time high of $695 billion at the end of last month, according to data released today by State Street Global Advisors.
Larger financial institutions shedding their asset management business accounted for the bulk of mergers-and-acquisitions activities in the third quarter, a trend that will continue in the months ahead, according to a report today from the financial-institutions group of Jefferies & Co. Inc.
A study by university researchers suggests the adage about horses not drinking even if you lead them to water is also true of mutual fund investors.
Grail Advisors LLC filed to offer two actively managed exchange traded funds: the Grail McDonnell Intermediate Municipal Bond ETF and the Grail McDonnell Core Taxable Bond ETF.
The number of mutual fund firms sending out summary prospectuses is trending upward, as providers gear up for a new rule that will require more disclosures next year, according to data released today by NewRiver Inc.
Barclays Global Investors has launched the iShares Charitable Giving Program, which offers clients access to donor-advised funds using pools of its exchange-traded funds.
Exchange-traded funds that invest in municipal bonds are gaining in popularity, but some industry watchers think that mutual funds are a better option.
Exchange-traded funds that invest in municipal bonds are gaining in popularity, but some industry watchers believe that mutual funds are a better option.
Mutual fund companies are under more pressure to lower fund expenses at a time they're being squeezed by distributors for more cash, said speakers at a mutual fund conference today in Boston.
