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The boutique purveyors of the mutual fund world have different branding and distribution challenges than their larger asset management counterparts.

Assets of all exchange-traded funds rose in March by $37.54 billion, or 2.7%, to $1.446 trillion, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Software makers Geezeo and Access Softek are teaming to offer money management tools that banks can deliver to customers via smartphones and other mobile devices.

Within a decade, only about 150 large, profitable wealth management firms will dominate wealth management, according to a new forecast co-authored by Mark Hurley, chairman and CEO of the Fiduciary Network.

IMCA’s annual conference kicks off in Seattle on Monday with lessons for financial advisors from behavioral finance professor Meir Statman.

Merrill Lynch’s ultra high net worth business, the Private Banking and Investment Group, has snapped up two Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management advisors in Houston, Texas.

San Antonio-based USAA Investments, a provider of mutual funds and insurance products to members of the U.S. military, is currently prepping the USAA Target Retirement 2060 Fund to launch in July 2013.

Former Lazard Wealth Management executive Sharon Klein joined Wilmington Trust to build its growing practice in the New York metro area.

The MFEA launched a new group within its executive council: the Product Management Council (PMC).

American Century Investments has named former BlackRock/Barclays Global Investors executive Vinod Chandrashekaran senior vice president and director of quantitative research.

Assets of all exchange-traded funds rose in March by $37.54 billion, or 2.7%, to $1.446 trillion, according to the Investment Company Institute.

The boutique purveyors of the mutual fund world have different branding and distribution challenges than their larger asset management counterparts.

Alternative mutual funds are hot and signs are pointing to a greater expansion of the growing asset class.

T. Rowe Price Group has no immediate plans to begin offering active exchange-traded funds, the Baltimore Business Journal reports.

Just like many corporate boards, mutual fund boards have an opportunity to strengthen their operations, and solve some of the challenges they face, by more effectively thinking about the value of diversity.

Every industry has its Achilles' heel. For fund administrators, it's issues with data integrity and the lack of automation of key operations, such as expense processing. In terms of fund expenses, there is more to think about than advisor fee justification and distribution fee compliance.

Pacific Investment Management Co. is becoming less dependent on Bill Gross, preparing for an eventual future without the world's best-known bond investor and adding pressure on its rising stars to live up to his legacy.

Fixed-income exchange-traded funds have made big strides in asset gathering over the past five years, rising from $53.7 billion in 2008 to $229.1 billion by March of 2013, according to Lipper.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's new leader, Mary Jo White, will bring her years of experience as a federal litigator before the fund industry this week as its members try to judge whether she will propose reforms that could cripple the marketplace.