Investment funds

Motif’s Hardip Walia discusses attitudes of investors and the inadequacies with contemporary environmental, social and corporate governance investing.

The GDP growth spread between emerging-market and developed-market nations is expected to widen in 2017 to the most in three years.

Investor anxiety has mounted amid discord between the Trump administration and Russia over Syria and festering U.S.-North Korea pressures.

The new move amounts to an estimate of $7 million cumulative savings. Plus; other launches.

The new move amounts to an estimate of $7 million cumulative savings. Plus; other launches.

Emerging markets had some of the most robust gains, with an average 5.5% return led by wagers in India and China.

Prospects for an outright shrinkage of the central bank’s roughly $4.5 trillion ledger didn’t discourage markets one bit — at least on Wednesday.

Macro hedge funds faced an investor backlash last year as clients pulled almost $10 billion.

They're not the only ones questioning the outlook for inflation.

The fund, co-managed by Dan Ivascyn and Alfred Murata, returned an average of 8.5% annually over the last five years.

The volatility hedge fund nearly doubled its company's size in March to $32 million after big inflows.

A report from the bank concludes that payouts on the country's securities, while difficult to determine, are likely to far exceed current pricing.

It’s time to consider payment schemes that are more transparent and better aligned between who pays the cost — and who enjoys the benefits.

Customers who were eligible for Class A shares in certain mutual funds without a front-end sales charge were either not given the sales charge waiver or sold more expensive Class B or C shares, FINRA claimed.

The strategist, who has long criticized the BRIC idea, changed his views as the Fed appears to have capped long-term U.S. yields, even as it raises rates.

New research has found that funds with a high percentage of assets in ETFs underperform funds that hold stocks.

The gains have been so strong that short sellers are now piling on bearish bets.

If your clients pay the alternative minimum tax, these funds can help lower their tax liability.

CEO Laurence D. Fink’s restructuring efforts will move $6 billion run by traditional stock pickers into cheaper funds where quants play a role.

The outflows are another indication of the hedge fund industry’s declining popularity after years of underperformance.