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Grail Partners’ chairman likens the future role of ETFs to the advent of personal computers.

Approach with caution though, Spectrem says, as 46% of ultra-rich individuals say they feel they could manage their investments better than a professional.

First investment banks developed tools to act like hedge funds. Now their risk strategies are spreading to traditional money management.

Tax-exempt money market funds posted only modest gains this week, increasing by $718.2 million and ending with $327.09 billion in total net assets, but that halted a month-long streak of outflows in the week ending Nov. 8, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.

Surprisingly, most Americas (88%) showed understanding of diversification and asset allocation (79%) while flunking basic questions about other financial concepts in a survey for Northwestern Mutual.

Socially responsible investments topped $3 trillion, accounting for one of every eight professionally-managed dollars.

A couple of interesting surveys were released this week—and when mixed with some anecdotal evidence, they offer advisors some food for thought.

Kip Meadows, the CEO of Nottingham Investment Administration, talks about some of the trends expected for the fund industry.

Investors are displaying renewed faith in mutual funds, Strategic Insight says.

With the continued growth of the global real estate crisis, debt from the economic collapse in the sector could be a diamond in the rough for the institutional masses, Mercer said Wednesday.

New money flowing into foreign equity funds offsets withdrawals from those that invest in U.S. stocks.

According to Janus, the ending point of glidepath is just one of several mysteries surrounding target-date funds.

As markets continue to be volatile, Putnam believes investors will be more focused on reducing risk and earning returns that beat inflation.

Americans are not going to neglect their finances. Actually, 65% of respondents said they planned to save more money in the coming year.

LPL advisor Stephen Wedel is wowing clients by creating retirement income streams out of investment sources most advisors don’t touch.

While many advisors are on a behavioral finance kick right now, they don’t necessarily practice the emotion-free rationality they preach to clients.

The new product line covers fund administration.

Portfolio managers at the top funds took home an average $4.85 million.

Glenmede Trust's office in New York has helped provide a quick asset boost in the wake of the market crash. The Philadelphia firm has added about $2 billion to its assets under management since the end of 2008, for a total of $18 billion.

Fund will buy the stocks of companies that make much of our modern high-tech lives possible.