Portfolio

Much ado has been made about the splashy start this year for equity funds.

Is there an actual fee war being waged among exchange-traded fund providers or are fees being adjusted merely according to standard operating procedure?

In first seven weeks of the year, $30 billion flowed in to equity mutual funds.

While U.S. investors remained net purchasers of mutual fund assets for the week ended Feb. 27, political uncertainty seems to have shaken them somewhat.

Are active exchange-traded funds just a gimmick? And is there a resolution in sight for any potential further reform of the money market mutual fund industry?

New York Life, the parent company of Mainstay Investments, has hired Don Desiderato as senior managing director and chief technology officer.

ALPS has launched the U.S. Equity High Volatility Put Write Index Fund (HVPW), which tracks the NYSE Arca U.S. Equity High Volatility Put Write Index.

Investors in Los Angeles–based FPA funds will be glad to hear that effective April 1, all of the FPA Funds will be available as no-load funds.

The battle over the estate of the Godfather of Soul started not long after James Brown died in 2006. Now, the South Carolina Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling that may finally lay the epic feud to rest, and could establish an interested precedent for your clients.

One RIA has found an attractive niche: Americans working in the Middle East. The foreign focus has helped him accumulate $470 million in assets, but it is not without its hurdles.