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Defined contribution plan sponsors need to do a better job communicating key information to participants, according to a survey of plan participants.

BMO Asset Management is changing the investment objectives of several ETFs. The biggest change involves switching two of the ETFs to more recognized indices.

Henry Blodget, former cheerleader for the dot-come bubble, names the big fund managers that got taken to the cleaners with the Facebook IPO.

At four years and counting, the low-yield environment for bond looks likely to continue well beyond 2012 and has caused many investors to sit on the sidelines and miss out on additional income.

For some clients, it might make a lot of sense for planners to hedge large corrections by treating market volatility as an asset class to protect them from excessive downside risk.

The stock fund exit stampede continued last week, but at a slower pace. Investors withdrew $3.56 billion the week ended Aug. 8, down significantly from $5.65 billion the previous week.

With 10,000 boomers turning 65 every day, these aging clients and their advisors face a slew of new challenges and complex investment and planning decisions.

Individual investors like what they see in long-term muni bond mutual funds and so have been pouring more money into them in 2012 than they have in years.

FINRA says the brokerage didn't have enough controls in place to detect that Jared Weinryt had breached his $116 million trading limit as he made overnight bets on so-called futures.

Midsized RIA firms are the new sweet spot for managers of mutual funds and ETFs, according to a new report from Cerulli Associates.