Fund performance

DoubleLine's CEO now acknowledges that TIPS are becoming a more attractive option for investors who want to own longer-term government bonds.

A Morgan Stanley survey finds that 64% of the time, sustainable strategies matched or outperformed traditional mutual funds in terms of returns.

With investors increasingly moving to lower-cost, passively run funds, the firm says it plans on countering the resulting record redemptions by merging with Henderson Group.

Investors added more than $750 million to ETFs that buy emerging-market stocks and bonds last week, extending the longest winning streak in more than a year.

Demand has increased as investors seek alternatives to more than $10 trillion of debt globally that’s yielding less than zero.

Why one asset manager says the high alpha of an equity long/short hedge fund may outweigh the cost benefits of similarly structured mutual funds.

Performance fees in the second half are expected to be similar to the 1.2 million Swiss francs ($1.2 million) earned in the first six months of the year.

Money from brokers and independent advisers accounted for about 50% of the $225 billion Vanguard has brought in this year.

Investor interest in low-volatility strategies reached a fever pitch earlier this year, with $8 billion pouring into the most popular funds.

McNabb said investors pay an average of 12 cents per $100 for Vanguard’s mutual funds and ETFs and that in five years that number could fall below 10 cents.