Investments

The prospect of rising interest rates, though not anticipated for the near future, has many bond holders wringing their hands, but a fixed income strategist at Schwab offered strategies planners can use to avoid “bondageddon” and stay in the bond market, while protecting their clients’ assets.

The nascent active exchange-traded fund space, currently populated by PIMCO, AdvisorShares and Guggenheim Partners, may soon get a new entrant.

Morningstar’s fund analysts assigned a Gold rating to just one fund in the past few weeks: DFA US Small Cap I.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average picked up 65.16 points to finish at 13,029.26 Friday, closing out an up-and-down week for stocks in several key sectors.

On April 20, Strategic Insight found that institutionally priced mutual funds are gaining traction among large plan sponsors.

It's been four years since the management team at Neuberger Berman decided to spend $922 million in order to acquire a majority interest in their firm and the fixed income and alternative asset management businesses of Lehman Brothers' Investment Management Division in the wake of Lehman's collapse.

Boston-based Affiliated Managers Group has agreed to acquire a majority equity interest in Yacktman Asset Management Co.

If you want to ace your examinations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, remember these three phrases: fund governance, fraudulent activities and performance and advertising.

Advisors feel that social media is a "wise use" of asset managers' time and resources and just over one-third believe asset management firms are "not yet seeing the value" of social media, according to a study by American Century Investments.

On April 20, Nuveen funds earned Morningstar Negative ratings.

On April 20, SS&C CEO said he is 'Very confident' now of GlobeOp takeover.

The nascent active exchange-traded fund space, currently populated by PIMCO, AdvisorShares and Guggenheim Partners, may soon get a new entrant.

Institutions say they will sharply reduce their use of money market funds if the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopts either a net asset value float, a redemption holdback or capital buffer requirements on the industry, according to a report released by the Investment Company Institute.

The investment bank and brokerage said its bond trading revenue rose compared with last year's first quarter, stripping out an accounting quirk, even as its chief rival, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, posted a decline.

Trading on U.S. equity markets averaged 6.6 billion shares a day in March, according to Tabb Group. That was down from 6.9 billion in February.

Bank holding companies earned $2.84 billion from the sale of annuities in 2011, up 10.4% from the previous year, according to a new report from Michael White Associates.

On April 19, 2012, Global X Funds has launched a new exchange-traded fund offering access to master limited partnerships (MLP) which the firm says charges roughly half other ETF providers charge in this invest category.

Despite generally strong quarterly earnings and outlooks from companies in a variety sectors, the Dow Jones Industrial Average still fell another 68.65 points to end at 12,964.10 Thursday.

On April 19, 2012, BlackRock, Inc. said that its iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business has launched a new fund focused on corporate bonds in emerging market countries.

On April 19, RidgeWorth unveiled a new branding service for advisors.