Investments

The No. 1 IBD requested that other variable writers “contractually reaffirm their commitments to protecting trails,” an executive says.

The pessimism is especially unusual given that the group’s asset flows haven’t moved opposite the market in more than a decade.

All 20 funds posted losses over the last year.

The technology could make collecting more appealing to investors.

The leak included information on about 12,000 advisors who are clients at LPL Financial.

Cash is becoming an attractive security blanket again for investors amid rising interest rates and stock market volatility, says an expert.

It’s often hard to know just what is driving investor decisions.

The stock market typically recovers from bear markets in far less time than most doom-and-gloomers think, says an expert.

Vanguard's founder had bold ideas that reshaped investing. He changed my life — twice.

The deal combines two of the financial services industry's largest technology and processing companies.

Brexit, worries about trade wars and rising interest rates have prompted a selloff in developed country stocks.

It's unclear how automated investment platforms will perform during a major market downturn and what that could mean for advisors' bottom lines.

Money managers would be better off selling holdings at random, a study suggests.

Launching an app doesn’t have to cost millions of dollars.

Institutional withdrawals amounted to nearly $35 billion in the fourth quarter.

By explaining the firm’s sources of revenue and expenses, a team can better understand how they impact profitablility.

Nearly all of the outflows came from mutual funds and ETFs that posted losses.

A growing body of research is looking into whether the expanding influence of passively managed funds is making companies less willing to compete.

The research firm’s headcount and related job forecast are based on a highly elastic idea.