Investments

Tim Ryan says focus should be on moving forward with Dodd-Frank and addressing the fiscal cliff.

In the wake of Obama's re-election, there is much that won’t change said MFS experts in a post-election webcast. Historically markets have done better under Democratic Presidents, but even more important is the business cycle and the shape the of U.S. economy.

“Last night’s speech showed that he knows that he needs the whole country engaged and to work with him,” BNY Mellon Investment Management CEO Curtis Arledge said of President Obama.

The election results virtually guarantee that key portions of health care legislation passed in 2010 will go into effect next year, as scheduled. Thus, many clients will face a 3.8% surtax on investment income.

In response to the damage and disruption inflicted by Hurricane Sandy, the Securities and Exchange Commission has confirmed that it will extend the deadline for regulatory filings for publicly traded companies, investment advisors and other regulated entities.

Total estimated outflows from long-term mutual funds were $488 million for the week ended Wednesday, October 31, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

Pioneer Investments is expanding its sales team in the Asia Pacific region with the additions of Martin Park as a sales director in Korea, Hiromi Wada as a Japan representative and Matthew Marks as Sales Director Institutional Asia.

The Fidelity U.S. Dividend Fund is managed by James (Jim) Morrow who runs a similar fund for U.S. investors.

With four more years of the Obama administration, members of the financial advisory industry share their perspectives on what the win means for the industry and the clients they serve.

Pyxis Capital has launched the Pyxis iBoxx Senior Loan ETF, which the firm is touting its new offering as the only ETF to track the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Leveraged Loan Index, a measure of the broad loan market comprised of 100 of the most liquid, tradable leveraged loans.

Newfleet Asset Management, an affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners, has named David Albrycht as president and chief investment officer.

American Century Investments has appointed Patrick Bannigan to the position of executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective earlier this week on Nov. 5.

President Barack Obama’s victory positions him to claim a mandate for pushing a proposal through Congress that would let tax cuts expire for top earners and avert $1.2 trillion in automatic spending reductions.

Global exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products experienced inflows $13.5 billion of net new assets in October, which is lower than the US$40 billion of net inflows in September 2012, according to data from ETFGI.

Global exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products experienced inflows US$13.5 billion of net new assets in October, which is lower than the $40 billion of net inflows in September 2012, according to data from ETFGI.

Peng Chen, current chief executive officer of Dimensional Fund Advisors’ Asia (ex-Japan) subsidiaries and Chairman of Dimensional SmartNest (Dimensional Retirement), is adding another title to his resume.

Jeffrey Carney may be looking for new digs and a new gig.

Credit Suisse Group AG and Qatar Holding LLC, a unit of the Persian Gulf emirate’s sovereign- wealth fund, agreed to form asset manager Aventicum Capital Management to boost investments in emerging markets.

Shenkman Capital Management has launched its first mutual fund: the Shenkman Short Duration High Income Fund (SCFIX and SCFAX), which will bet on a diversified portfolio of corporate bonds and other obligations issued by non-investment grade rated companies.

First came “active” management: A pension fund, endowment or foundation hired managers that it felt could get results that “outperformed” the market.