Portfolio

Retail investors ignored the pullback in the state and local government debt market last week, committing the third-heaviest slug of new money to municipal bond mutual funds this year.

Mutual fund managers - not their hedge fund counterparts - are the original alpha males (and females).

The Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to revise its approach to circuit breakers on the nation's equities exchanges, to include a "careful review" of price bands that limit how far up or down the price of a stock can move at any given time.

The class-action lawsuit initiated by Third Avenue Management against the Reserve Primary Fund is only just beginning and will undoubtedly make for salacious headlines in the months ahead.

State Street Corp., known for its passive asset management, may soon expand its small active management business.

Vanguard has launched eight index mutual funds and nine exchange-traded funds based on Standard & Poor's domestic stock benchmarks.

Allianz Alternative Asset Management has offered fund of hedge funds since 1981. The company’s funds are expected to compliment Nexar’s fund of hedge funds group, which is primarily located in New York.

Invesco PowerShares has launched four specialized ETFs, one on REITs, based on exclusive rights to indexes from Keefe Bruyette & Woods.

The Securities and Exchange Commission Friday approved the expansion of its post-Flash Crash circuit breaker program to include all stocks in the Russell 1000 Index and a test group of exchange-traded funds.

Invesco PowerShares has contracted for exclusive rights to four Keefe Bruyette & Woods indexes to offer specialized exchange-traded funds in real estate, financial services and property and casualty insurance.