Portfolio

China’s first cross-border exchange-traded fund (ETF), based on the NASDAQ-100 Index, has begun trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

“If corporate America does not achieve parity in boardrooms as other countries are actively implementing, we will fall further behind,” Eve Ellis warned at the Women Advisors Forum.

John Hancock Investment Management Services has filed with the SEC to launch the Global Equity Fund.

Roberto Sanchez-Dahl, and Paolo Valle, formerly managers of the Federated Emerging Market Debt Fund, have joined Manulife.

Women advisors are more risk averse than their male counterparts, and in the wake of the financial crisis, that has proven to be a good thing.

Guggenheim Investments filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register the Emerging Markets Bond Strategy Fund, part of the Rydex Series Funds.

Stock and bond funds, including exchange traded funds, maintained a strong pace of net inflows in April, according to fund industry researcher Strategic Insight (SI).

When selecting global funds, consider the manager’s background and expertise in the particular foreign market.

Considering the recent success of several regional and single-country categories, is there a case for holding such high-potential funds in clients’ portfolios?

Immediate annuities, also known as income annuities and payout annuities, can replace disappearing corporate pensions, but sales have been tepid. Insurers have responded with some significant bells and whistles.