Portfolio

The Securities and Exchange Commission has named Julie Riewe and Marshall Sprung as co-chiefs of the Division of Enforcement’s Asset Management Unit, a national specialized unit that focuses on misconduct by investment advisers, investment companies, and private funds.

The $2.1 trillion global exchange-traded fund industry has been growing at a rapid clip since the SPDR S&P 500 ETF was launched two decades ago as a means for institutional investors to access passive exposure to the S&P 500 Index.

Eighty percent of investors under the age of 40 don’t feel like they are getting adequate financial advice from their advisors, according to new findings from Cerulli Associates, leaving the doors wide open for asset managers and retirement plan recordkeepers to fill the advice gap.

Non-traditional investment allocations in defined contribution plans, while commonplace in defined benefit pension portfolios, are a rare sight in today's retirement plan lineup.

Should financial advisors leave their smaller accounts behind when they switch firms?

Mark Henneman and Ronald Kaliebe have been named lead managers of the Mairs & Power Growth Fund and Mairs & Power Balanced Fund respectively, effective July 1.

Non-traditional investment allocations in defined contribution plans, while commonplace in defined benefit pension portfolios, are a rare sight in today's retirement plan lineup.

Franklin Resources, the parent of Franklin Templeton Investments, is readying its first multi-manager alternative mutual fund almost a year after buying a majority stake in K2 Advisors Holdings, a fund of hedge funds manager, from private equity shop TA Associates.

Eighty percent of investors under the age of 40 don’t feel like they are getting adequate financial advice from their advisors, according to new findings from Cerulli Associates, leaving the doors wide open for asset managers and retirement plan recordkeepers to fill the advice gap.

Frustrated by a lack of response from regulators on the “ability to pay” exemption, the industry trade group says it’s going to take action this time.