Investment funds

Deutsche Bank said Quintin Price, who leads the company’s asset management business, has taken medical leave.

The biggest U.S. mutual fund company led in estimated flows to both actively managed funds as well as those that track indexes.

Announcing this year's winners of Money Management Executive's Top Women in Asset Management Awards.

The low-cost, passive trend may be accelerated because of new fiduciary rules issued by the Department of Labor.

Out of about 76 million baby boomers in the United States, approximately 35 million of them lack any retirement savings and that statistic appears to be getting worse.

These seven mutual funds have had the most up years since the mid-1990s.

DoL regulators say they allowed for annuities and nontraded REITs in retirement accounts because they wanted to avoid the risk of clients taking heavy losses by exiting certain investments precipitously.

The rush is on to replace people with software in Europe’s insurance industry as cost cutting and automation become increasingly crucial to bolstering earnings.

Blackstone will shutter a mutual fund that allocates money to hedge fund managers following a large redemption by the vehicle’s main backer, Fidelity.

“We are at a point now where every manager, whether in fixed income or equity, has to show value for the fees they are charging,” says one consultant.

The Labor Department finalized an amended version of its fiduciary rule, providing wealth management firms a lengthier timeline for implementation as well as more relaxed requirements for the best interest contract exemption.

ETFs that invest in fixed income attracted record deposits in the first quarter.

Misguided assumptions among emerging-market bears have created investment opportunities after years of disappointing returns for the asset class, a Capital Group manager says.

The men "plotted to overcharge their clients by millions of dollars," according to U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz in Boston.

The central claim in Gross' lawsuit against his former employer is challenged.

Forty-four percent of parents said they had used retirement savings to fund non-emergencies in the past two years.

Transamerica will be offering smart beta ETFs from BlackRock.

While the majority are invested in company 401(k)s, only half have an IRA account outside of work accounts.

The fund has returned almost 2% this year and ranks in the top 11% of his Morningstar peers.

A key challenge posed by the pending fiduciary rule: are firms going to be active managers or are they going to be financial advisors?