Portfolio

Exchange-traded funds have had a banner year, reaching a new peak of $1.7 trillion in assets held, at the end of November. That's a gain of 24.5%, from last year. And a doubling from four years ago.

While the bloom is still on the alternative mutual fund rose, 2012 hasn't been as kind to alternatives as in years past.

BNY Mellon Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gerald Hassell today unveiled several executive appointments to boost its investment management and services units.

Putnam Investments is looking to hire three defined contribution investment only wholesalers to join its DCIO sales team.

Fiscal cliff? What fiscal cliff?

While the overwhelming majority of advisors are bullish about 2013, they say their clients aren’t so positive.

State Street Global Advisors is prepping to launch a managed futures mutual fund early in 2013.

The good news for the merger and acquisitions market in 2012? Corporate profit margins have soared.

Brown Brothers Harriman launched a suite of ETFs designed to help clients access tools and reports through a single umbrella platform dubbed ETF Connect.

Investors sent money to municipal bond mutual funds for a sixth consecutive week, though at a decreased pace.