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For almost 30 minutes as hundreds of billions of dollars were erased from equities, no signals were sent by the world’s most popular sentiment gauge as options prices turned erratic. When it switched on, the VIX jerked higher faster than anyone had ever seen, rising 82% on its first tick to 51, a level not reached since the financial crisis.

Investment managers facing tough questions from regulators over what caused trading disruptions for hundreds of exchange-traded funds this week said they got hit by a double whammy.

The glitch's impact is widespread. Prudential, for instance, says 40 of its more than 60 funds were affected.

Mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments is warning deflationary pressures in the U.S. are building.

Turbulence in financial markets gathered momentum amid intensifying concern over slowing global growth, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average into a correction and giving other stock gauges their worst losses since 2011.

Hedge funds betting on commodities lost the most in almost three years in July as the price-rout deepened.

The bond market is sending a warning to the Federal Reserve: a false step could leave the U.S. bogged down in a disinflationary quagmire well into the next decade.

Access to information and data is important, but having visibility into the timing of key daily, monthly, and yearly deliverables is a greater benefit.

Deutsche Bank co-CEO John Cryan is considering the biggest overhaul of the lender’s management structure in more than a decade.

With retirement savings plans directly in focus, the Labor Department is one step closer to implementing a new fiduciary standard whose scope heartens supporters and troubles critics.

Alibaba’s finance affiliate unveiled a wealth management app to help less well-heeled Chinese buy into hundreds of funds and track stocks from Hong Kong to the Nasdaq off their smartphones.

Fidelity national information services $9.1 billion takeover of SunGard Data Systems seeks to jump-start business with the world's largest money managers.

The biggest investors are increasingly using ETFs as a way to dabble in inefficient and opaque bond markets.

Asset managers took lead roles to vehemently oppose the DoL's fiduciary standard proposal. In the course of the Department's hearings, some representatives fared better than others under scrutiny.

Municipal bond sales in the U.S. are set to decrease in the next month while the amount of redemptions and maturing debt falls.

After riding a market boom to return almost six times the global industry average in the first five months of this year, Greater China-focused hedge funds had their worst month since September 2011.

A limited domestic market and a weak native currency have spurred a number of Canadian mutual fund providers to look to the U.S. retail market for growth opportunities.

Most mutual fund managers spread their money across many securities to curb risk, while a handful eschew traditional diversification and load up on a few holdings, convinced the rewards outweigh the dangers.

Pimco has overcome the departure of bond trader Bill Gross and a record period of outflows from its funds may be on the verge of ending, said Munich-based Allianz, the company’s owner.

The sudden closure of a TAMP spurred a competitor to seek a position to benefit from its demise, recognizing an opportunity to ramp up its growth plans, asset base and workforce.