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Vanguard attracted a record $236 billion in net deposits in 2015 as investors flocked to passively managed products.
January 6 -
Scott Bessent, who oversaw George Soross $30 billion fortune for the last four years, will be managing $4.5 billion by the end of the first quarter, one of the largest hedge fund startups ever.
January 5 -
Chicago-based NextCapital announced a $16 million funding deal in mid-December that includes support from Manulife and AllianceBernstein. It had already found investors in 2014 from Russell Investments and Transamerica Ventures Fund.
January 4 -
Munis produced a 5.8% risk-adjusted return in 2014, more than double the other investments. They also outperformed in 2011 and 2012 as yields -- which move in the opposite direction as price -- fell to the lowest since the 1960s.
January 4 -
A renewed appetite for Irish equities adds another leg to Irelands renaissance among international investors, seven years after the financial crash sent them running for the exit.
December 29 -
The Bloomberg Commodity Index, a measure of returns for 22 components, slumped about 25 % in 2015. The gauge is headed for a fifth annual loss, the longest streak since the data begins in 1991.
December 28 -
Pimcos high-yield municipal-bond mutual fund is jockeying for the top returns of 2015 after picking winners among pockets of distress.
December 24 -
Vineer Bhansali is leaving Pimco, where he was a managing director specializing in quantitative portfolios, to start his own investment firm.
December 24 -
As the MSCI Emerging Markets Index heads for its third straight annual decline, 34 of 65 U.S. funds that track the benchmark had beaten it through last week.
December 22 -
Avenue Credit Strategies Fund, a high-yield fund run by Marc Lasrys Avenue Capital Management, put about 45% of its portfolio into cash earlier this week.
December 18