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‘Triumph of indexing’ as Vanguard unseats Fidelity
It's taken time, but John Bogle's Vanguard has finally surpassed Fidelity as the largest mutual fund company by assets. The question: are low fees enough to offset middling performance?
Vanguard takes on State Street with new S&P 500 ETF
Fund firm introduces nine exchange-traded funds; SPDR.500 will be tough to squash
Bogle fires back at Hennessy in public smack-down
Vanguard founder claims Hennessy's funds underperform, in part, due to excessive fees; 'short-term speculators'
Hennessy versus Bogle in fund-fee spat
John Bogle should spend more time focusing on financial-services reform and less time pointing the finger at mutual fund managers if he wants to address rising fund costs, says Neil Hennessy, president and chief executive of Hennessy Advisors Inc.
Bond stampede turning mutual fund world on its head
Retail investors, burned by two market crashes in a decade, have shunned stocks for the longest stretch in…
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Vanguard in focus as it takes on SSgA with S&P 500 ETF
Financial advisers are keeping a close eye on The Vanguard Group Inc.'s new Standard & Poor's 500 ETF to see how the exchange-traded fund performs and whether it can compete with State Street Global Advisors Inc.'s SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY).
Vanguard web service compares annuities
Annuities are one of the last product areas that the Internet has yet to tame. As more…
American Funds losing luster in eyes of reps
Financial advisers' loyalty to American Funds appears to be waning, as the firm saw the largest outflows of any fund company for the first half of this year.
BlackRock’s emerging-markets ETF outpaced Vanguard’s in June
BlackRock Inc.'s iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund Ticker:(EEM) had net inflows of $1.7 billion in June, compared with $787.7 million for Vanguard's Emerging Markets ETF Ticker:(VWO).
Vanguard targeting advisers, institutions with new funds
Vanguard said Thursday it will expand its index investment offerings with 19 new mutual funds, each with an exchange-traded fund version holding the same stocks or bonds as the companion mutual fund.
ETF providers take action after recent ‘flash crash’
As regulators and stock exchanges try to figure out what caused the 1,000-point stock market drop May 6, exchange-traded-fund providers are doing damage control.
Vanguard sued for discrimination over hiring of financial planning manager
The Vanguard Group Inc. is alleged to have violated federal law when it refused to hire an black applicant because of her race, according to a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Vanguard, Marsico pull out leaves Visa’s stock at ‘Armageddon’ level
Company's share price pummelled after sell-off by fund firms; 'fundamentals remain solid'
Schwab trims fees on six exchange-traded funds
The Charles Schwab Corp. has reduced the total operating expenses of its exchange-traded funds — undercutting The Vanguard…
Volatility has Vanguard looking to calm ETF clients
The firm is calling advisers after the recent market gyrations rocked many of its exchange-traded funds
Vanguard latest to drop commissions on ETFs
Move comes months after competitors Charles Schwab & Co. and Fidelity Investments separately eliminated commissions on certain ETFs
Vanguard eyes offering ETF model portfolios to advisers
Such portfolios seen as the next big push for providers of exchange-traded funds
That an ETF is commission-free doesn’t make it cheaper, advisers say
Commission-free ETFs are good, but they may not be best.
Vanguard switches benchmarks on ten funds to steer clear of double-taxation
The Vanguard Group Inc. today changed the benchmarks for ten stock sector index mutual funds and corresponding exchange-traded funds from their old MSCI indexes to new MSCI 25/50 benchmarks. Those benchmarks are designed to meet IRS standards for registered investment companies.
