Investment funds

(Bloomberg) -- Fidelity Investments, the second- largest U.S. mutual fund company, reported a 13% increase in operating income last year as the rally in equities boosted assets.

For all their recommendations to buy emerging-market stocks, the world’s largest money-management firms haven’t convinced some investors that the worst start to a year since 2009 is over.

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Charles Schwab is adding a long-awaited 401(k) platform that will allow participants to invest all of their plan in low-cost ETFs, signifying a desire to capitalize on the ETF growth story. .

U.S. stocks fell after the best four-day rally in a year for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Treasuries slid amid comments from Federal Reserve officials, while China trade data spurred a rally in commodities.

ETFs are clearly gaining market share from mutual funds, but if you think that the two fund groups are enemies, you should think again.

Emerging-market stocks rallied the most in two months after a better-than-estimated American jobless-claims report bolstered optimism about global economic growth. Turkish shares drove gains in world equities.

Hedge funds held up better than global stocks last month, falling an average of 0.1% as equities slumped amid a selloff in emerging-market currencies and signs of weakness in China.

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The mutual fund and ETF industries are creating new products that could offer the benefits of hedge funds without the high fees and minimums.

U.S. stocks rose from a two-month low while Treasuries and gold fell as data showed rising consumer spending and corporate earnings beat estimates.

Puerto Rico debt is rallying the most in two years, even under the threat of a cut to junk, as the commonwealth prepares to sell bonds for the first time since August.

Discovery Capital Management LLC, the $15 billion macro-economic hedge fund run by Rob Citrone, is betting on a strengthening economy in Mexico, echoing comments from money managers including Laurence D. Fink’s BlackRock Inc. and Bill Gross’s Pacific Investment Management Co.

Bank of Nova Scotia's ING Direct unit sees growth potential in wealth management after it completes efforts to add deposits and customers and introduces a credit card, said Peter Aceto, who heads the business.

Fidelity Investments said Ronald P. O'Hanley, the firm's head of asset management since 2010, will leave at the end of February, without giving a reason.

The contraction in the U.S. market for borrowing and lending securities amid rising interest rates and heightened global bank regulation will increase this year, according to Fitch Ratings.

Certain securities salespeople are giving the brokerage industry a bad name by putting clients into manifestly unsuitable securities, namely leveraged and inversed ETFs, which are attracting wary and watchful eyes among U.S. regulators.