Investments

The exchange-traded funds industry continues to boom, as assets under management topped a record $1.29 trillion as of the end of the third quarter of this year, according to the ETF Snapshot: September 2012, from State Street Global Advisors.

The tax-exempt market ended Tuesday weaker, continuing a sell off that began Friday after almost three weeks of gains.

Eleven months ago, Pacific Investment Management renewed its contract with State Street to manage its investment operations, on an outsourced basis.

Curian Capital has hired Amy Temkin as vice president of strategic accounts to lead Curian’s Strategic Accounts team on driving sales and forming long-term strategic with broker-dealers.

Advisors report that annuities are requested by clients more than any other unsolicited product, according to a new study from Cerulli Associates.

ICI president and CEO Paul Schott Stevens and ICI Global Managing Director Dan Waters today fired back at IOSCO’s report on money market funds that includes a number of regulatory recommendations.

Amid growing economic worries and a shift in investing strategy, advisors say they are bullish about their own firms' profits and assets under management.

The exchange-traded funds industry continues to boom, as assets under management topped a record $1.29 trillion as of the end of the third quarter of this year, according to the ETF Snapshot: September 2012, from State Street Global Advisors.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) hired Andrew “Buddy” Donohue, the former head of the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission's Division of Investment Management as its deputy general counsel.

Advisors report that clients request annuities more than any other unsolicited product, according to new research from Cerulli Associates.

MFS has unveiled its new brand advertising featuring the theme "Investment Management for Investment Managers."

Mercer Hammond has added a trio of national segment leaders to service three major components of the US investments market.

Well, that didn't take long.

The online supplier of financial information said it is beginning to market a variety of analytical services for valuing and determining the risks of particular bonds that are derived from the Aladdin platform built by BlackRock.

The result of the upcoming Presidential election will have little impact on investors, according to Andrew Mehalko, President of AM Wealth Management.

A little more than a decade ago, when Deloitte put together its first fair valuation survey, our goal was to help mutual funds benchmark their valuation policies and procedures against others in the industry, as well as to highlight the different approaches we saw. Based on the initial flurry of responses we received, we realized we had hit on something unique.

Securities and Exchange Commission member Daniel Gallagher said Thursday the stable net asset value of shares in money funds is again under review.

Sure, it slows down decisions. Sure, it's difficult to do.

Rising interest in hedge fund-like mutual funds among advisors and investors have driven service providers and fund managers alike to adjust their businesses to account for legal and tax ramifications of serving and operating alternative mutual funds.

This week, two funds that are “on fire” and “peer shellacking” garner Gold ratings from Morningstar while another fund snags a bagel and a Negative rating for failing to deliver on its mandate.