Investments

More than half of the nation’s affluent investors (52%) report that their net worth has grown at least 20% since 2007, and 73% believe they have “a lot of control over their financial future.”

Mutual funds saw inflows of $7.95 billion for the week ended Wednesday, October 17, according to the Investment Company Institute.

T. Rowe Price Group said today that the Baltimore-based investment management company finished up 2012’s third quarter with about $574.4 billion in assets under management, marking a $32.7 billion increase over the period.

Strong companies may offer shelter from the storm for some investors, according to JPMorgan Asset Management.

When it comes to revenue and expense management, the investment management industry is fragmented and in need of an overhaul, according to a recent survey of EMEA investment managers by Bonaire Software Solutions.

The rapid growth in exchange-traded funds is making the landscape a treacherous one for investors and advisors alike. Enter State Street Global Advisors.

Paladyne Systems has appointed Paul Cucurullo as senior director of sales to lead and develop the Paladyne offering for long-only asset managers and investment advisors.

Marc Jimenez, former regional director for Dimensional Funds, a $240 billion mutual fund family, has joined Cambridge Southern Financial Advisors to run the firm’s new Denver office.

Principal Funds’ president and CEO Nora Everett has been elected to the Investment Company Institute's Board of Governors.

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AdvisorShares is currently prepping a global short selling exchange-traded fund dubbed the International Bear ETF, to launch within the next few months.

Kathleen Gaffney, a member of Loomis, Sayles & Company’s multisector “full discretion” fixed income portfolio management team, has left the firm to join Eaton Vance as co-director of Investment Grade Fixed Income.

The rapid growth in exchange-traded funds is making the landscape a treacherous one for investors and advisors alike.

BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest exchange-traded fund provider, has an “edge” over State Street Corp. in buying Credit Suisse Group AG’s ETF business, according to Citigroup Inc. analysts.

Mitt Romney “has the momentum and nothing last night happened to change that,” said Charles Black, a Romney campaign advisor at the SIFMA annual meeting in New York.

Wall Street may still be in love with complex financial instruments, but more and more investors are choosing a simpler, more prudent way to invest, and Steve Atkinson explain that that is why the assets under management with independent wealth advisors continues to grow.

The Investment Company Institute is touting its more user-friendly website, which includes a new overall look and improved navigation.

When it comes to revenue and expense management, the investment management industry is fragmented and in need of an overhaul, according to a recent survey of EMEA investment managers by Bonaire Software Solutions.

RiverNorth Capital Management has launched a new options/volatility mutual fund: the RiverNorth Dynamic Buy-Write Fund (RNBWX), which sells what the firm believes to be the “most attractive covered equity options”.

Sector ETFs have grown 49% at Charles Schwab over the past year—the firm’s fastest growing asset category, according to a 3Q ETF snapshot Schwab officials discussed on a conference call on Friday.