Investment funds

Earlier this month, Nasdaq launched its official entry into the exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listing competition by rolling out its official, proprietary ETF marketplace.

As the asset management industry undergoes a period of restructuring and realignment, independence is emerging as an important strategic asset when it comes to gathering assets, building a brand and attracting and retaining employees.

Swedish Export Credit Corp., a Stockholm, Sweden-based state-owned firm, is gearing up to participate in an offering of as much as $1 billion in four new exchange-traded notes (ETNs) that will track to four lesser-known commodity indexes.

Backlog of Cases Puts SEC's Future in Question

Mutual fund managers have been increasingly gravitating toward alternative investments as a way to boost returns and compete with hedge funds. By some estimates, alternative investment funds could soon account for as much as 10% of assets in mutual funds.

It isn't often that mutual fund firms launch remarkable, truly unique new products. Certainly, exchange-traded, lifecycle, 130/30 and emerging-market funds have been among the most significant and popular offerings in recent years.

Pioneer Investments of Boston has undertaken a global initiative to bring its investment management capabilities to the developing markets of India and Russia. The goal is to be among the top five players in those two markets in three years.

It isn't often that mutual fund firms launch remarkable, truly unique new products. Certainly, exchange-traded, lifecycle, 130/30 and emerging-market funds have been among the most significant and popular offerings in recent years.

Funds With Structured Products Turn to Fair Value

As smaller hedge funds increasingly expand into foreign countries, they must pay as much attention to building solid operational infrastructure as they do to chasing alpha.

Speaking at a hedge fund conference in Greenwich, Conn., Securities and Exchange Commission regulators indicated that they are conducting 30 investigations into hedge fund trading in the Northeast alone, Reuters reports.

The President's Working Group on Financial Markets will form two private-sector groups to develop best practices for the hedge fund industry, and while it comes far short of requiring hedge funds to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission, this is welcome news, both for investors and the market.

Berwyn, Pa., may be a couple of hours drive south of Wall Street, but Turner Investment Partners is hoping to dive right into the nation's financial hub with the preliminary filing of documents for its intended initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Turner filed for the IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 18.

If there is one industry that is known for issuing surveys, it's the mutual fund industry. Every week, mutual funds and other investment firms issue multiple surveys about investors' attitudes toward savings and preparedness for retirement-aimed at spurring people to save more and at giving financial professionals talking points for their clients.

The President's Working Group on Financial Markets will form two private-sector groups to develop best practices for the hedge fund industry, and while it comes far short of requiring hedge funds to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission, this is welcome news, both for investors and the market.

Ex-Brean Murray EVPs Charged with Late Trading

Aberdeen Asset Management of Aberdeen, Scotland, may not be a household name, but as of today, Oct., 1, the firm's Philadelphia-based U.S. subsidiary has a fresh $7 billion chunk of 30 sub-advised mutual funds and variable annuity trust assets from Nationwide Financial of Columbus, Ohio, to call its own.

The hedge fund market is set to continue its rapid growth as institutions, under pressure to demonstrate more clearly that they can meet their future obligations, seek alternative investment products that deliver strong returns.

This summer's extreme wave of market volatility was enough to make investors and mutual fund managers seasick.

IndexIQ, the Rye Brook, N.Y.-based firm best known for the development of proprietary so-called next generation indexes for institutions and wealthy investors, has created a new asset management business that will sell products created from its indexes.