Mutual Funds

Displaying 5349 results
How one 401(k) firm says it is bulking up amid the pandemic
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2020
How one 401(k) firm says it is bulking up amid the pandemic

Human Interest is hiring staff and getting rid of certain fees

By Emile Hallez
Sutter Health hit with second lawsuit over $3.7 billion DC plan
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 15, 2020
Sutter Health hit with second lawsuit over $3.7 billion DC plan

The class-action cases point to allegedly excessive investment management fees

By Emile Hallez
80% of older workers financially illiterate: Survey
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 15, 2020
80% of older workers financially illiterate: Survey

The results show retirement will be an uncertain time for many, according to The American College of Financial Services

By Emile Hallez
Doubleheader: Nicole Casperson on free robo-platforms and Todd Rosenbluth on semitransparent ETFs
FINTECH SEP 09, 2020
Doubleheader: Nicole Casperson on free robo-platforms and Todd Rosenbluth on semitransparent ETFs

This week’s podcast includes a discussion of the proliferation of free robo-platforms at large financial institutions and a look at the odd evolution of semitransparent ETFs

By InvestmentNews
Congressman wants to slow mutual fund fee litigation
MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 09, 2020
Congressman wants to slow mutual fund fee litigation

Plaintiffs would face a hurdle in filing 36(b) claims against fund providers

By Emile Hallez
2020 puts emergency funds on the front burner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 08, 2020
2020 puts emergency funds on the front burner

Advisers are pushing their clients to prepare for the worst

By Jeff Benjamin
Money markets have a problem in zero-rate world
MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 08, 2020
Money markets have a problem in zero-rate world

Some fund companies are moving away from prime funds as low rates limit the edge the funds are designed to provide over more conservative alternatives

By Bloomberg
SEC orders advisory firm to pay $356,580 over fee disclosures
MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 04, 2020
SEC orders advisory firm to pay $356,580 over fee disclosures

Signature Financial Services is the latest adviser to be caught in the regulator's 12b-1 fee dragnet

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ERISA lawsuit filed against Nvidia; suit against Cornell settled
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 04, 2020
ERISA lawsuit filed against Nvidia; suit against Cornell settled

Law firm Capozzi Adler filed its latest 401(k) suit and Schlichter Bogard & Denton reached a deal in a case against an Ivy League school

By Emile Hallez
Smart-beta funds don't live up to the backtesting
MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 03, 2020
Smart-beta funds don't live up to the backtesting

An academic study finds strategies that outperformed on paper disappoint once they're packaged as ETFs

By Bloomberg
401(k) plan savings challenge has been solved
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 02, 2020
401(k) plan savings challenge has been solved

It's clear auto enrollment and auto escalation help employees save. Why aren't more smaller plan sponsors using them?

By Fred Barstein
Latest 401(k) lawsuit filed in an avalanche of COVID-19 litigation
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 02, 2020
Latest 401(k) lawsuit filed in an avalanche of COVID-19 litigation

The law firm Capozzi Adler has brought numerous cases this year on behalf of plan participants

By Emile Hallez
Cash-like ETFs see big outflows
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 31, 2020
Cash-like ETFs see big outflows

Investors are exiting such funds at the fastest pace ever as stocks surge and corporate bonds look more appealing

By Bloomberg
Active management fails to impress amid 2020 markets
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 27, 2020
Active management fails to impress amid 2020 markets

The Morningstar analysis of results so far this year does not bode well for active managers

By Jeff Benjamin
Vanguard revamps money funds, lowering costs
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 27, 2020
Vanguard revamps money funds, lowering costs

The $125 billion Prime Fund will be renamed Cash Reserves Federal Money Market Fund

By InvestmentNews
SEC orders firm to pay more than $1 million over 12b-1 fees
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 24, 2020
SEC orders firm to pay more than $1 million over 12b-1 fees

Agency charges Burbank, California-based NPB Financial Group with disclosure, best execution failures

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Booming model portfolios may be moving markets
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 21, 2020
Booming model portfolios may be moving markets

So much money is now tied up in this approach that adjustments to portfolios are being blamed for some dramatic ETF flows recently

By Bloomberg
Betterment rolls out 401(k) plans for advisers
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 20, 2020
Betterment rolls out 401(k) plans for advisers

The robo-adviser aims to help advisers attract additional assets while fostering the growth of both its advisory and retirement plan business lines

By Nicole Casperson
Investment Company Act turns 80
OPINION AUG 20, 2020
Investment Company Act turns 80

The bill gave rise to fund investing — the most powerful form of financial intermediation for individual Americans

By Paul Schott Stevens
SEC share-class crackdown could spell the end for 12b-1 fees
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 19, 2020
SEC share-class crackdown could spell the end for 12b-1 fees

The latest case has some experts wondering if any level of disclosure will suffice

By Mark Schoeff Jr.