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Dimensional Fund Advisors posts 77th consecutive month of positive sales
Firm, a favorite of advisers, keeps clients invested despite market swings.
Franklin Templeton posts worst fund outflows in decades
Bold bets, market fears have investors heading for the exits despite longer-term outperformance.
Franklin Templeton billionaire escapes contentious lawsuit
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.
Massachusetts’ Galvin to investigate alternative fund sales by advisers
Sales of 25 top 'liquid alts' mutual funds will come under greater scrutiny from the state regulator.
Edward Jones: Stick to the classic bond flavors when rates rise
While alts have risen in popularity as a way to hedge Fed action, their usefulness is overstated, says strategist
As Puerto Rico crisis intensifies, mutual fund investors face loss of capital
If the island can't pay back all of its debts, some fund holders could suffer haircuts.
Positioning bond holdings for when the Federal Reserve raises interest rates
It's important to position portfolios both to gain from rising U.S. Treasury yields and to hedge against global risks in the bond markets.
Emerging markets get more attractive by the day
Breakfast with Benjamin: Emerging markets getting more and more attractive. Plus: Bill Gross bounces back, the February buying opportunity, this isn't 1929, and Goldman manicures an apology for giving nail files to women.
Plan sponsors don’t choose advisers based on pricing
Fees are important to plan sponsors shopping for advisers, but they aren't necessarily a deal breaker. In…
Franklin Templeton further elevates alt offerings with K2 buy
Franklin Resources Inc. Ticker:(BEN) is taking another step into the alternatives universe with the acquisition of K2 Advisors Holdings LLC, a $9.3 billion funds-of-hedge-funds firm.
Still shellshocked by "08, clients are oblivious to market run, research shows
Even after 43 months of a bull market run, most investors still can’t get over the severe beat-down…
Hasenstab’s new normal: You’ve got to take risks just to preserve wealth
Easy money policy of central banks means cash no longer a safe haven; Greece is 'fiscally terminal'
Hasenstab’s ‘Erin go bond’ strategy triggers Templeton turnaround
Bets on distressed Irish debt vault Global Bond Fund back near the top; rough year in 2011
Fee disclosures could put the squeeze on 401(k) fund firms
Asset managers that provide investments and nothing else may feel pricing pressure from index funds, plans sponsors
Goldman, Templeton BRIC funds slammed in commodities selloff
Emerging-markets funds managed by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Franklin Resources Inc. were among the U.S.-registered mutual funds that fell the most in last week's commodities selloff.
Crisis in Europe no ’cause for alarm’: Mark Mobius
Emerging market guru says woes on continent won't drag world into recession; 'don't see a let-up in demand'
Why Mark Mobius is convinced stocks will rebound
Emerging market guru says inflation will force investors back into equities; 'bouncing along the bottom'
Franklin Resources is the hottest of the hot
Franklin Resources Inc., whose global brand is Franklin Templeton Investments, is beating every money manager in the S&P 500 this year
This fund firm is the hottest of the hot
Once dismissed as risky business, global investing is suddenly hot as a pistol. The big beneficiary? So far, Franklin Resources, which has seen its assets surge and its stock price soar.
U.S. debt mess will send investors running to Asia: Mark Mobius
Currency and stocks should see boost if debt-ceiling is not raised, Templeton boss predicts
