Investments

Goldman Sachs now wants to be the lowest cost provider of execution services. That means more technology, fewer hands.

Has the bloom come off the inverse and the leveraged exchange-traded fund?

Risk tolerance in the younger U.S. mutual fund investor set has returned to the level seen before the financial crisis of 2008, according to research from the Investment Company Institute.

USAA Asset Management is so committed to bringing its equity fund business in-house that it is bidding adieu to two subadvisors.

Trading in the $3.7 trillion municipal securities market continued to decrease in the third quarter of 2012, according to market statistics released Nov. 20 by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Tuesday said the Fed cannot single-handedly neutralize the impact of the so-called fiscal cliff that the economy may tumble over come January 1.

State Street Corporation’s Chief Financial Officer Edward Resch, 60 is leaving his post in 2013, after more than a decade in the role.

Could the dismal European economy actually be "good" for anyone?

USAA Asset Management Company is so committed to bringing its equity fund business in-house that it is bidding adieu to two subadvisors.

Hypothetically speaking, Franklin Templeton Investments’ latest tool should make life easier for its advisor clients.

BMO Harris Private Banking is sticking to its cautiously optimistic 12-month outlook despite economic turmoil in Europe and anxiety over the much-discussed fiscal cliff.

After six months of negative cash flows, non-qualified annuities turned positive in the third quarter.

Risk tolerance in the younger U.S. mutual fund investor set has returned to the level seen before the financial crisis of 2008, according to research from the Investment Company Institute.

It's makeover time for Casey, Quirk & Associates, which just launched its brand new corporate website.

Franklin Templeton Investments announced a new tool for advisors to create hypothetical portfolio presentations for their clients.

Koesterich will be responsible for communicating the firm’s strategy and market outlook to investors and financial advisers, New York-based BlackRock said today in a statement. Koesterich will report to Ken Kroner, global head of the firm’s multi-asset strategies group.

With over 25,000 open-ended mutual funds available for sale in the United States, it is more difficult than ever to stand out from the crowd.

Three muni market groups have joined forces with the Council of Development Finance Agencies and sent Congress draft legislation that would create special Hurricane Sandy Recovery Bonds to help businesses and people in the Mid-Atlantic region still reeling from storm-related destruction.

There are a host of reasons why emerging market debt has been looking sweeter to investors.

Mainstay Investments has augmented its alternatives offerings with two hedge fund-of-funds.