Investments

Peter Graham is the head of Product Development and Marketing at New York-based Mirae Asset Global Investments (USA), an arm of an Asian financial services firm that tries to provide investors in the United States with access to investments in emerging markets.

PHOENIX - The Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections is increasingly bringing along representatives of the Division of Enforcement into its examinations of brokers and advisers.

PHOENIX - Commissioner Elisse Walter told fund industry executives gathered here to re-engage with the Securities and Exchange Commission on a new round of reform of money market mutual funds - and end its "unconstructive disengagement'' on the subject

A shift in American investor appetite towards investment outcome, as opposed to relative return, is changing their buying behavior, according to research published by Casey, Quirk & Associates and the eVestment Alliance.

Leslie Christian, former CEO, and CIO of Portland, Ore.–based Portfolio 21 Investments, has left the firm.

John Hancock has launched an ad campaign reaching out to financial advisors, focusing on the position of trust many enjoy with their clients.

Fund administrator Gemini Fund Services has launched its third shared mutual fund trust, the Northern Lights Fund Trust III.

The Valley Forge, Pa.-based purveyor of low-cost mutual funds Vanguard is embarking on an ad campaign to encourage investors to understand that costs matter in their investment lives.

Greg Francfort, who most recently served as director of Neuberger Berman’s global equity research team, will be joining the firm’s MLG Group, which manages approximately $7 billion in assets for individuals, institutions and mutual funds.

Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. has launched the Aberdeen U.S. High Yield Bond Fund, which will bet on below investment grade bonds.

Paulson, rating agencies respond to The Hartford’s decision to place individual annuity business into run off and pursue divestiture options for individual life, Woodbury Financial and retirement plans.

Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. has launched the Aberdeen U.S. High Yield Bond Fund, which will bet on below investment grade bonds.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lopped off 78.48 points to finish at 13,046.14 Thursday as investors reacted to some disconcerting economic data at home and abroad.

Sentinel Investments has announced management changes at four of its mutual funds.

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Fund administrator Gemini Fund Services has launched its third shared mutual fund trust, the Northern Lights Fund Trust III (NLFT III).

Don’t be surprised to see a Vanguard coffee truck at a corner near you.

The uncertainty is ‘unbelievably disruptive’ for advisors at a time when clients are beginning to have more confidence in the markets and investing. Likely candidates to buy could include Cetera and Lincoln Financial, observers say.

Realizing that advisors needed help in the current low-yield environment, Schwab decided to offer an automatic bond ladder investment composed entirely of PIMCO municipal bonds.

Greg Francfort, who most recently served as director of Neuberger Berman’s global equity research team, will be joining the firm’s MLG Group, which manages approximately $7 billion in assets for individuals, institutions and mutual funds.