Investments

Inflows increased 68%, from the $6.9 billion mutual funds posted the week before.

Franklin Resources a global investment management organization operating as Franklin Templeton Investments ended the year with total assets under management of $670.3 billion, up $10.4 billion or 2% during the quarter.

An investment research and consulting company said it is releasing a suite of software tools for analyzing mutual funds based on the “three-factor” model of University of Chicago finance professor Eugene Fama and Dartmouth College professor Kenneth French.

Antitrust regulators in Europe stopped the merger of Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext on Wednesday, saying the combined group would have a stranglehold on the listed European futures market and would thwart new entrants.

NYSE Euronext said it would focus on its “standalone strategy,’’ while Deutsche Boerse declared this a ‘black day’ after the European Commission prohibited the merger of the two exchange operators.

President Obama’s fiscal 2013 budget will propose a 28% cap on the value of tax preferences, including tax-exempt interest for municipal bonds, according to knowledgeable sources.

Why SPY is the Law & Order of exchange-traded funds, while SPDR Dow Jones Total Market is more like Boston Common.

A positive outlook for 2012 is based on budget improvements at the state and local level

Whether it’s the by-product of those Wall Street guys reinvesting their legendary end-of-the-year bonuses or individual investors jumping back into the market after selling for year-end tax reasons, the Dow typically takes flight in January. Here's a closer look at the five best-performing Dow stocks last month.

Custom target date funds are proliferating at the expense of their off-the-shelf counterparts. That’s due to plan sponsors wanting to have greater control over what’s in a fund.

The 10-year outlook for the global stock market is likely to be attractive despite elevated market volatility, below-average growth projections and short-term interest rates around 0% in the U.S., according to the latest research from mutual fund manager Vanguard.

The 10-year outlook for the global stock market is likely to be attractive despite elevated market volatility, below-average growth projections and short-term interest rates around 0% in the U.S. That’s according to the latest research from mutual fund manager Vanguard.

Energy stocks were especially hard hit Tuesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed off 20.81 points to 12,632.91 while the Nasdaq inched up 1.90 points to end at 2,813.84.

FINRA has filed an enforcement complaint against David Lerner, the operator of a brokerage aimed at retail investors, claiming he misled investors when he tried to quell customer concern about an action taken against his firm for its marketing of real estate securities.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is urging the Federal Reserve Board, the SEC and other financial regulators to exempt all municipal securities from the Volcker Rule, warning the failure to do so would bifurcate and hurt the municipal market without increasing the soundness of the banking system.

Bennett Group Financial Services launched four mutual funds available through financial professionals, banks, brokerages and insurance companies for their clients. The new additions are the Bennett Conservative Fund; Bennett Moderate Fund; Bennett Growth Fund; and Bennett Aggressive Growth Fund.

Lynne A. Goldman, Fidelity Investments Institutional Services' executive vice president of investment product management and marketing, talks about how the business helps advisors help investors.

Investment Guidance Solutions introduced a software tool for mutual fund investing, that gives buy or sell signals based on whether it is better to be invested in a specific fund or in cash.

Investment Guidance Solutions introduced a software tool for mutual fund investing, that gives buy or sell signals based on whether it is better to be invested in a specific fund or in cash.

Bennett Group Financial Services (BGFS) announced the launch of four mutual funds currently consisting of A shares available through financial professionals, banks, brokerages and insurance companies for their clients. The new additions are the Bennett Conservative Fund; Bennett Moderate Fund; Bennett Growth Fund; and Bennett Aggressive Growth Fund.