Investment funds

BlackRock plans to cut about 400 jobs in what may be the biggest round of layoffs to date at the world’s largest money manager, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

A small group of existing customers will be the first to try out the mutual fund company's digital advice platform, Fidelity Go.

Voices: Separately managed accounts allow clients to invest in line with personal values, while also offering customization and tax advantages over mutual funds and ETFs.

Many investment products are still designed with men's needs in mind, despite studies that show women are more active in saving for retirement.

Bob Jain, the global head of Credit Suisse Asset Management, will become co-chief investment officer at Millennium Management.

A Blackstone mutual fund that allocates money to hedge funds lost almost half of its assets this month as the fund’s biggest backer, Fidelity, slashed its stake.

Last month, hedge funds participated in the fewest number of venture capital rounds in U.S. tech companies since 2013.

Ginnie Mae funds have their benefits, but they may be vulnerable to falling — and rising — interest rates.

NextShares Solutions President Stephen Clarke says actively-traded funds haven't yet overcome industry conservatism.

One of the world’s biggest ETFs that invests in Japan is delivering a double dose of pain to foreign investors.

The cost mutual funds charge investors is the lowest since at least 1996, according to new research from Washington, D.C.-based Investment Company Institute.

A thought-provoking look at how Vanguard products – and potential retirement plan alternatives – touched off a debate.

Hedge funds that bet on bonds prices falling were caught off guard as individual investors poured money back into junk debt funds in February.

Pimco, BlackRock and Aberdeen Asset Management say they won’t take the Fed’s projections at face value when they’re updated on Wednesday at the end of a two-day policy meeting.

AIG affiliates were fined by a U.S. regulator for charging customers higher fees in mutual fund sales.

A California state judge tentatively ruled that Bill Gross met minimum requirements to go forward with his wrongful-termination action against Pimco.

BlackRock and State Street, along with more than a dozen industry participants, are urging regulators to take steps to ward off extreme market volatility.

The fixed-income trade is booming at BlackRock and other investment firms, which are capturing a greater amount of activity -- and fees -- with their ballooning credit ETF businesses.

One adviser goes head to head with the fund giant on fixed-income investing, managed payout and global bond funds, and the best solution for cash.

Pimco says investors should move out of government securities and into corporate credit because the U.S. will avoid a recession.