Investment funds

Takahiro Kusakari's life changed in 2007 when the then 28-year-old stumbled into a seminar by the founder of Japan's biggest independent mutual fund.

Event-driven hedge funds speculating on corporate deals and restructurings are falling out of fashion, with investors withdrawing $31 billion from managers this year.

The ill-timed Alibaba trades add to the hedge fund industry’s woes as some of its biggest and best-known firms lose assets amid souring investor sentiment.

The region is home to more than 35% of all ETFs in the world, and yet it only holds about 20% of the money invested.

Flow Traders said it received regulatory approval to trade directly with big U.S. investors and companies.

PureFunds CEO Andrew Chanin discusses what differentiates his firm's novel offerings from the rest of the industry.

The argument for this investment approach looked weak in the first half of 2016.

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.