Finance

Can you live up to your own guidance?

Fee wars are great for clients, but don’t judge a fund solely on its expense ratio.

Here's what keeps planners from following the advice they give clients.

The bank continues to battle a series of negative headlines such as erroneous foreclosures, but public and investor reaction has been muted.

The legendary manager’s Unconstrained Bond Fund ended July down almost $1 billion from its February peak.

State Street and Goldman Sachs are planning a series of funds that would invest in everything from robotics to deep-sea exploration.

I’ve been watching, with increasing dismay, the trend of outside investors taking ownership of advisory firms.

The IBD network disclosed the renewal of its clearing agreement, along with three firms’ intention to self-report possible mutual fund violations to the SEC.

The shift in strategy comes as central banks move away from policies that have buttressed markets since the financial crisis.

To get back into investors’ good graces, funds have had to alter traits like their liquidity, fees and even their overall structure.

“Are we reactive to what one competitor does? Absolutely not,” CIO Greg Davis says.

A younger cadre of managers led by new President Jonathan Gray is moving up.

High-yield credit volatility has actually declined since the products first came on the scene.

The firm says it's likely to benefit from the strategy by luring new clients and earning fees on securities lending.

Blucora CEO John Clendening says the cuts to head count should taper off by next year, when the firm will have dropped as many as 1,000 reps in 16 months.

The firm remains in transformational flux, but the results of its "Project E" evolution are beginning to show.

The firm's brokerage ranks increased by just one advisor year-over-year.

The flood of new money may be evidence that investor angst is confined to the highest-flying tech segment and not the industry at large.

The No. 1 IBD adapted Riskalyze to its still-evolving ClientWorks portal and added Black Diamond to its discounted vendor program.

The fund’s portfolio management team began dumping exposure to the social media giant in light of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.