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Most emerging-market stocks fell as Brazil’s Ibovespa sank a day after entering a bear market, while investors weighed prospects for global stimulus measures.

Though they face similar challenges in preparing for their financial futures, men and women think about and respond to them in divergent ways, according to research released Wednesday as part of Northwestern Mutual’s ongoing 2013 Planning and Progress Study.

A new Portland, Ore.-based investment shop has bagged its first sub-advisory mandate courtesy of its affiliate.

Investors redeemed $11.53 billion from mutual funds for the week ended Wednesday, June 5, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Who are the top independent broker-dealers by net capital? Check out a countdown that examines total net capital and net excess capital, as well as where each firm stood on this year's FP50 list.

A week after investors pulled out of low-grade bond funds at record levels, ING’s chief investment officer Christine Hurtsellers said that the selloff is “overdone.”

Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based Ave Maria Mutual Funds, which markets itself as “the largest family of Catholic mutual funds in the U.S.,” today announced that it now manages more than $1 billion in assets.

Why do some wealth management firms experience explosive growth while others plod along at a more leisurely pace? To answer this question, Fidelity recently invited senior executives from nine firms that manage $1 billion or more to join us for a full-day discussion of what’s driving growth.

New York-based Loeb & King Capital Management has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch the Loeb & King Alternative Solutions Fund, a multi-strategy alternative offering.

Royal Bank of Canada, the country’s largest lender by assets, will consider acquisitions of as much as $4.9 billion as it seeks to expand its wealth- management unit, Chief Financial Officer Janice Fukakusa said.