Investments

There's nothing quite like the feeling of coming out from under a guardian's wing.

Jeffrey Gundlach is starting his New Year the way he ended 2012.

Money market reform. Operations. Competition from and opportunity in exchange-traded funds.

If you're in fund services, the next big growth opportunity is handling middle office functions.

It looks like famed movie director George Lucas is finally channeling his inner Jedi Knight Force to wed long-time fiancée Melody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments.

The end of December was a "dud" for flows into equity mutual funds, reports Jeff Tjornehoj of Lipper.

Pax World Management, which touts itself as having launched the industry’s first socially responsible mutual fund in 1971, has hired Judy May as senior vice president of marketing.

Total money market mutual fund assets increased by $37.78 billion to $2.705 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, January 2, according to the Investment Company Institute.

It's a big happy family for Hartford Mutual Funds, which announced today five new additions to its team.

3D Asset Management is giving its operations team a boost with a series of promotions.

Morningstar named its 2012 U.S. Fund Manager of the Year award winners in the allocation, alternatives, domestic stock, international stock, and fixed income categories.

After another year of record low municipal bond interest rates, next year is expected to see a slight increase in yields, according to municipal research analysts.

Flows to muni bond mutual funds, though still negative, recovered much of their lost ground over the previous two weeks.

William Frels and Mark Henneman, who run the $2.5 billion Mairs & Power Growth Fund, were named domestic stock-fund managers of the year by Morningstar Inc.

The second-biggest exchange-traded fund tracking emerging-market equities will see more inflows after the amount of shares outstanding reached a record last week, according to Marketfield Asset Management LLC.

IPO volume reached $43 billion in 2012, the highest amount since $49 billion in 2007, reports Renaissance Capital, which tracks IPOs. What can advisors expect for 2013?

Cerulli's latest Retirement Edition is out, this time with insight into the development of institutional investment vehicles, particularly collective trust funds (CTFs).

Advisors can start the year off on a positive note by going over clients’ insurance plans. Here are some tips from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Morningstar today unveiled its 2012 U.S. Fund Manager of the Year award winners in the allocation, alternatives, domestic stock, international stock, and fixed income categories.

Keith Reynolds has joined Segal Rogerscasey’s Atlanta office as a senior consultant.