High demand, stock market valuations, stingy bond yields and unorthodox monetary policy may be stoking the rally, which seems to have legs.
Men still overwhelmingly dominate investment management, but women have made inroads, especially in money market funds.
The agency is particularly interested in conflicts of interest where the adviser is also a broker-dealer or affiliated with a broker-dealer that gets fees from sales of particular share classes.
Complex tracking basket that would be published daily a key component of the product.
The stockpicker reached a deal to buy out Legg Mason's stake in the entity housing his funds, which he'll continue to run.
Offerings from Fidelity, Columbia, Janus and others look for inflection points of maximum pessimism about a particular stock or industry.
Financial advisers should diversify into credit-risk strategies.
Gold mining stocks continue to leverage rising gold prices.
Mutual fund firms move defensively toward active ETFs.
The firms all say in their mid-year outlooks that investors should seek dividends and diversification. Some are betting on bond markets, gold and cash.
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Leaning on technology to streamline the process.
Big contrast with gloomy forecasts from BlackRock, State Street Global Advisers and TIAA.
Investors continue to ignore market hedging strategies.
ETFs convey substantial benefits to investors while providing liquidity to our markets
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