Investments

The leadership team for Citi Capital Advisors (CCA) disclosed in a memo yesterday that the global alternative asset management platform for institutional and ultra high net worth investors will soon be under employee ownership separate from its parent company.

The asset manager cut about 90 jobs this week, including those of analysts, portfolio managers and distribution workers. AllianceBernstein also will consolidate or close some of its smaller funds.

ICI president Paul Schott Stevens Thursday argued that the SEC's upcoming proposal to tighten the regulation of money market funds will harm investors, damage financing for businesses and governments and jeopardize the economic recovery. Here’s his speech.

After two weeks of decline, total money market mutual fund assets increased by $2.86 billion to $2.659 trillion in the week ended Wednesday, Feb. 15, according to the Investment Company Institute.

S&P Capital IQ has published a paper that outlines a new method for analyzing how macroeconomic figures can lead to microeconomic results. That is to say, choices of what companies to put in a mutual fund’s holdings.

Had NYSE Euronext merged with Deutsche Börse, NYSE Technologies could have claimed perhaps the most formidable portfolio of trading tools and services in the world. Here's the bill Fixnetix fills instead.

After two weeks of decline, total money market mutual fund assets increased by $2.86 billion to $2.659 trillion in the week ended Wednesday, February 15, according to the Investment Company Institute.

S&P Capital IQ has published a paper that outlines a new method for analyzing how macroeconomic figures can lead to microeconomic results. That is to say, choices of what companies to put in a mutual fund’s holdings.

BlackRock has launched seven iShares exchange-traded funds, including its first fixed-income ETFs to focus on specific industries and mortgage-backed securities.

The bulls firmly regained control Thursday, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 123.13 points to 12,904.08 after a barrage of positive economic reports hit the wire as well as news that eurozone central banks have agreed to exchange their existing Greek bonds for new securities.

Growth will be selective, so while some countries enjoy good times others will suffer severe recessions forecast global economy

Seventeen muni groups are urging members of Congress to reject President Obama's proposal to place a 28% cap on the value of tax-exempt interest, warning it will hurt the market and that its retroactivity will reverse nearly 100 years of legislative history.

BlackRock has launched seven iShares exchange-traded funds, including its first fixed-income ETFs to focus on specific industries and mortgage-backed securities.

Here’s an interactive slide show detailing 10 bold global investment predictions for the remainder of 2012 from Neuberger Berman, an independent money management firm overseeing more than $193 billion in assets invested in equities, fixed income and alternative strategies for individuals and institutional clients.

What terms will you need to get familiar with as clearing of what can be considered exchange-traded swaps starts up? Here’s one answer, in a gallery of key acronyms.

Seventeen muni groups are urging members of Congress to reject President Obama's proposal to place a 28% cap on the value of tax-exempt interest, warning it will hurt the market and that its retroactivity will reverse nearly 100 years of legislative history.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 97.33 points to finish at 12,780.95 Wednesday while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 lopped off 16 points and 7.27 points, respectively.

Investors poured an estimated $13.17 billion into equity, bond and hybrid mutual funds during the week ended Wednesday, Feb. 8, the largest weekly inflow this year.

Hedge fund manager and long-time gold bull John Paulson cut his gold ETF bullion holdings by about $600 million in the fourth quarter, a second straight reduction that was likely driven by client redemption needs as he remained upbeat on the metal.

Wave Management AG, the asset management unit of the German VHV insurance group with over €14bn in assets under management, has chosen SimCorp Dimension as its future investment management system