Investment funds

With no standard definition of what constitutes a socially responsible investment, the SEC is looking to police funds and protect investors.

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It'a the latest move of a U.S. asset managers expanding into the businesses of private equity and credit.

Investors are embracing exchange-traded funds in favor of mutual funds

Married men over age 45 and single men who think they’re good investors are more apt to freak out during a market downturn.

With $2.6 trillion in total assets, the firm is by far the biggest name yet that’s seeking to make such a move.

Many indexes rebalance quarterly or twice a year, so they’re slow to reflect stocks whose wild swings no longer reflect an investor’s goals.

Institutions with notable holdings in multiple firms across industries are less likely to panic sell, according to the researchers.

Advisors should emphasize the role sector funds play in a diversified portfolio when it comes to specific sector holdings, an expert says.

After buying JustInvest, the low-cost-investing giant has an opportunity to wring fees out of this new alternative to ETFs, writes Allan Roth.

John Robert Jones Jr. is accused of convincing two dozen financiers to invest in two private unregistered funds with false promises of growth and limited risk.

The vision is to democratize “high-quality, personalized advice at scale, just as the independent advisor has disrupted wealth management,” the companies said in a statement.

The $637 billion quant pioneer founded by David Booth has converted four equity mutual funds with $28.8 billion of assets into ETFs.

The case against Centaurus Financial comes after the industry and consumer advocates decried the previous administration’s approach for different reasons.

"The successful long-term players have the long-term tech driven trends right, and COVID just accelerated and magnified the trends," an expert says.

The long-term leaders carry fees more than twice the broader industry.

Most foreign financial institutions have identified wealth management as a prime focus with investable assets estimated to double over the next few years.

While several analysts are bullish, not all are convinced of the Canadian asset manager’s newfound strategy.

Despite long-term outperformance, many of the leading 20 have suffered short-term losses.

The fund manager will provide investing and savings accounts and debit cards to 13- to 17-year-olds whose parents are clients.