Investment funds

Speculation is mounting that Fed officials, in a statement scheduled for release on Sept. 21, will signal that higher U.S. interest rates are on the way.

Assets in fixed-income ETFs swelled to A$2.32 billion ($1.7 billion) at the end of August.

Kim is leading Principal's charge into ETFs, which he called a natural complement to the mutual funds that the insurer already offers.

"A sooner-than-expected hike could result in these stocks trading up sharply, but the options market is largely discounting / overlooking this possibility," strategists wrote in a client note.

New academic research that concludes active bests passive seems suspect.

BlackRock is joining firms including Paulson, Manikay Partners and Arrowgrass Capital Partners that have recently raised dedicated merger funds.

From hiring sprees to accelerating software launches, companies are gearing up for the significant expenses and changes wrought by the new regulation.

Regulators should step up their inspections of digital advisers as these tools surge in popularity, the firm said.

With user growth soaring developing countries, mutual funds focused on emerging economies are increasing investments in the Menlo Park, California-based company.

Banks and investment funds are hiring quants — people with training in physics or higher mathematics — as market intervention by central banks make it difficult to post robust profits.

The funds will track indexes that draw on the expertise of the firm's quantitative-research team.

Fund providers should consider digital platforms and outsourcing to reach more advisers, according to Nuveen's head of alternative strategies.

The positioning leaves the biggest speculators at odds with an increasingly skeptical analyst contingent on Wall Street.

Bossen joined as director of ETF business development at the institutional intermediary division and will focus on the IndexIQ unit that MainStay acquired last year.

The world’s largest mutual fund company attracted $198.4 billion in the first eight months of this year.

It’s tough for advisers such as Kimberly Foss to convince prospects that there’s room for indexing in portfolios. Here’s how she gets them on board.

These funds were once an insult to investors who prided themselves on picking the best stocks out of thousands.

The dollar strengthened and Treasuries extended their steepest monthly loss since June 2015 amid hawkish rhetoric from Federal Reserve officials over the past two weeks.

Aside from being impractical to build in the infancy of computers, an index fund, at one time, was an insult to investors who prided themselves on picking the best stocks out of thousands.

For value-minded clients, here are the cheapest funds (10 basis points or less) with the best 3-year performances.