Investments

When the Build America Bond program ended there were two schools of thought. One argued that BABs would become an orphan class, with prices in the secondary market suffering from illiquidity. Another group thought there would be some scarcity value to the product and they would appreciate in value.

A new report from MetLife this week suggests that financial advisors need to do a better job of educating their clients about the importance of managing their emotions as well as their spending and investing behavior during and close to retirement just as they did -- presumably -- when they were younger and saving up for their golden years.

Credit Suisse Asset Management has re-launched the Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund, previously known as the Credit Suisse High Income Fund.

Peter Drake, vice president of retirement and economic research at Fidelity Investments Canada, spoke of five retirement risks in a speech Monday at the Canadian Institute of Financial Planners’ annual conference in Ottawa.

Parametric Launches Structured Commodity Strategy Fund

As many as four additional financial services firms may join the domestic bid to take over Canada's TMX Group, operators of the Toronto and Montreal Exchanges.

Four FaithShares' exchange traded funds (ETFs) tailored for individual Christian denominations are being discontinued due to flagging investor interest.

The Securities Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) are warning investors to make sure they truly understand the risks associated with investing in structured notes with principal protection before they get burned.

Two affiliates of Palmer Square Capital Management have launched new mutual funds. The funds are the Nuance Concentrated Value Fund from Nuance Investments and the Tortoise MLP & Pipeline Fund from Tortoise Capital Advisors.

Vanguard is preparing to offer a suite of exchange-traded funds in Canada, and the move is likely to set off a price war in a nation where fees have historically been high, according to reports.

Just when financial advisers were starting to feel comfortable again, comes news that some key indicators are heading south again.

Not only have investors lost faith in the stock market, but a substantial number say they will never invest in the stock market again, according to a survey released on Friday by Prudential Financial.

Vision2020 is the second iteration of Advisor Group’s platform for fee-based advisors.

High gas prices, the federal deficit and high unemployment are depressing investor confidence, an investor survey conducted by Gallup for Wells Fargo shows.

Could another dotcom bubble be on the horizon? Less than a month after social networking site LinkedIn blew up in its blockbuster initial public offering, online coupon seller Groupon filed its S-1 form with the SEC.

Gabelli SRI Green Fund looks to gain from shortages of commodities and resources and for clients who want an actively managed, environmentally conscious fund, this very small but fast-growing firm's portfolio may be a perfect fit.

Analysts who turned their back on Ultra Petroleum over the past year may be about to change their tune as the independent oil and natural gas company appears to be primed for some breakout growth and could very well be an acquisition target by a larger competitor.

For the first time in two years fixed annuity sales rose, according to the Beacon Research Fixed Annuity Premium Study released on Thursday.

linkedFA, a social networking web site designed specifically for financial professionals, announced a strategic relationship with Thomson Reuters, the New York-based business information service, to provide financial data to advisors using the social network.

Guggenheim Funds Distributors Inc. this week launched two new actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFS) that gives investors access to fixed income investment products with the flexibility and tax benefits of ETFs.