Investments

While actions by the U.S. Federal Reserve could hold promising results, international monetary policy announcements have held less and less power this year, according to a new economic and market outlook update from Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management.

Emerging markets shop Mirae Asset Global Investments (USA) is looking to corner the distribution market using the term “Great Consumer” for its funds

AdvisorShares is launching the STAR Global Buy-Write ETF (VEGA), which will begin trading on Sept. 18 on the NYSE’s Archipelago Exchange.

Janus Capital Group is growing its defined contribution investment only unit with addition of Ruben Gonzalez as a retirement director, Money Management Executive has learned.

Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price Group has named a former Fidelity senior official as its new head of global institutional services.

ING U.S.’s Retirement business has hired Jamie Ohl as president of Tax-Exempt Markets for the company’s institutional retirement operations.

Thomas McDonnell, the long-time chief executive of beleaguered financial services software company DST Systems, is retiring from the company at the end of this year.

Investors with at least $25 million in net worth are boosting their exposure to alternative investments. At the same time, these UHNW households are keeping some money in familiar territory: tax-free municipal bonds. The Spectrem Group, a Chicago-based consulting firm, reached those conclusions in recent online and mail surveys.

Long-term mutual funds took in $3.11 billion for the week ended Sept. 5, according to the Investment Company Institute.

ETF managed portfolios-those that typically have more than 50% of portfolio assets invested in ETFs-are one of the fastest-growing segments of the managed account sector, according to a newly released Morningstar report.

ETF managed portfolios—those that typically have more than 50% of portfolio assets invested in ETFs—are one of the fastest-growing segments of the managed account sector, according to a newly released Morningstar report.

Third Avenue Management has named David Resnick as president and a member of its investment team.

Long-term mutual funds took in $3.11 billion for the week ended Wednesday, September 5, according to the Investment Company Institute.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has named Andrew Bowden as Deputy Director of the agency’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE).

BlackRock’s (BLK) iShares—the largest exchange-traded fund issuer in the world—will add another arrow to its quiver on Thursday when it launches a new ETF that will track an index of 20 of the world’s riskiest markets.

Investors are bucking the general trend of gloominess pervading the national audience, sending stocks to their highest level in four years last year, and if history is any guide, prices could soar even higher by the end of the year. But what do confident investors know that pessimistic voters don't?

Pacific Investment Management Co., which manages the world's biggest bond fund, predicted the global economy will slow next year.

Neuberger Berman Group has launched the Neuberger Berman Risk Balanced Commodity Strategy Fund (NRBAX, NRBCX, NRBIX), an active, diversified commodity investment strategy that includes exposure across 25-30 commodities across six industry sectors.

Fund administrator Gemini Fund Services has new leadership in place, new headquarters in New York, and is making strides in the alternative mutual fund and exchange-traded fund arenas.

By the end of last year, assets under management in global alternative investments hit $6.5 trillion, having grown seven times faster than traditional asset classes over the previous five years. This is according to a new McKinsey & Company study that predicts this growth represents only the beginning of a new wave of assets moving into alternatives.