Alternative investments

Firms can address cost and transparency with an open architecture, multimanager platform, says John Hancock Investments President Todd Cassler.

Foreign investors are plowing money into Tokyo stocks and U.S-listed ETFs tracking the market.

The trouble for Pimco is that asset gathering matters more in ETFs than performance. And investors continue to go the cheaper route.

The Northern Lights funds exclude companies that clash with their religious wrappers.

Online pricing for trading in U.S. stock and ETFs is 50% lower than some competitors.

Following the brief surge, White House officials deny that Gary Cohn’s statements on the Trump administration's plans were ever made.

At $81 billion, the iPhone maker's market cap this month alone exceeds the value of 85% of the S&P 500.

Silver futures have climbed 13% this year as their more expensive cousin gold rallied amid uncertainties over President Trump's policies.

Such wagers can only be settled in Bitcoin, on the BitMEX, which offers the ability to trade certain cryptocurrency derivatives with "up to 100x leverage."

Blooom CEO Chris Costello says the firm will not develop a white labeled version of its offering, as other robos have done with their platforms.

While his views are not universally accepted, the question of whether you can successfully time smart beta is likely to get bigger as the ETFs proliferate.

Flow Traders made a profit every trading day last year as the company increased the value of its trades in both Europe and the U.S. by more than 10%.

Some providers are offering access to the industry through bundles of shares focused on businesses that run everything from airports to cell phone towers.

The new product tracks the smart beta index designed by Robert Shiller and Barclays.

The Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF gained nearly 0.6% after Daniel Tarullo announced he will retire on or around April 5.

While investors piled $4.4 billion into U.S.-domiciled ETFs tracking emerging-markets this year, they pulled $244 million from similar funds in Europe.

Following a year of slowed deal activity, a PwC report addresses the added challenges managers face amid the developing economic, tax and regulatory agenda of the new administration.

Concern stems from a surge in money chasing strategies that slice and dice the market based on various stock traits, factors like cheapness or volatility.

Clients who make these prohibited transactions can face devastating penalties.

Activists could gain more clout as stock ownership is concentrated among fewer owners, with funds shifting to indexed strategies, the firm suggests.