Investment funds

Corporations, banking trade groups and consumer advocates are looking for favorable legislation from Congress.

Charity Charge, Growfund partner to offer workplaces donor-advised funds, cashback credit cards.

Actively managed funds saw the majority of the largest outflows this year as investors flocked to less expensive passive alternatives.

As part of a new alternative investments group, the recruits’ focus is to help customers place money into hedge funds and private equity strategies.

The proposal comes as the gap between elevated Indian asset prices and anemic earnings growth spurs warnings of unfettered optimism in Asian markets.

Jack Bogle's advice flies in the face of the market’s recent conventional wisdom.

Several new funds from the manager are aimed at providing approaches that have seen years of institutional success.

Clients are advised to put their savings in accounts with differing tax treatments to better manage the burden in decumulation.

QIM’s Tactical Aggressive Fund ended May up 13%, adding on to a 9.2% gain in April.

The money manager created the new role in order to accelerate the growth of the funds.

Central bank rate policies are artificially driving up asset prices while creating little growth in the real economy, the Janus bond fund manager suggests.

Although the funds experienced a combined $586 billion in outflows over the last two years, this segment reported inflows of $41 billion.

Prudential’s asset management unit is taking a different approach as firms like Vanguard are forcing industrywide retrenchment.

Investors are fleeing debt-riddled companies amid the anticipation of rising rates and growing corporate leverage.

The outflows have rekindled a popular concern that the funds could portend the start of a liquidity crunch.

A tweak in accounting guidelines the firm helped to modify is expected to make the funds cheaper and easier to own.

The series of deals leading to a $20 billion investment in an upcoming infrastructure fund managed by the firm raise concerns about conflicts of interest.

Compliance may ring up some $2 billion in costs, restricting everything from research budgets to high-speed trading and dealing in wheat and oil.

Critics say the option to back out of trades can be misused, allowing some firms to glean the intentions of other participants.

Inflows signal an opportunity to reach advisers considering the asset class for tactical allocations.