Investments

As interest rates rise, new funds offer new ways of managing fixed income portfolios.

Exchange-traded funds focused on Brazil attracted their biggest inflows yesterday in 10 months following a 15% rally in the country’s Ibovespa benchmark index from a five-year low in March.

Our IRA expert answers questions about the number of recharacterizations allowed, earned income contribution rules and how to purchase annuities without a tax hit.

Mohamed El-Erian, who quit Pimco in January amid reports of clashes with Bill Gross, said the legendary bond manager is still one of the world's great investors.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reviewing whether certain alternative mutual funds that mimic riskier hedge-fund strategies are complying with leverage and liquidity rules.

BlackRock Inc. said it will list an exchange-traded fund on the Brazilian stock exchange to track the U.S. benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.

Alternative mutual funds will be examined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to assess whether managers are complying with leverage and liquidity rules.

The world's securities firms are poised for 10 years of growth, according to Hans-Joerg Rudloff, the former chairman of that business at Barclays.

In a market pressed for yields, this category's "go anywhere" philosophy deserves consideration.

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index rebounded from a four-week low after data showing a slowdown in China’s expansion bolstered speculation the government will take further steps to stimulate economic growth.

Three advisors for San Diego-based Total Wealth Management -- including one who apparently once worked for the FBI -- now face SEC charges for allegedly paying themselves concealed revenue-sharing fees from investments they recommended to clients.

Madison Dearborn Partners LLC has salvaged its bet on Nuveen Investments Inc. almost seven years after the disastrously timed buyout and two years after a star manager’s exit derailed plans for an initial public offering.

A New York landlord led by Nicholas Schorsch is set to become the first publicly traded real estate company focused solely on the city when its shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange today.

From why automation may promote engagement to the reasons behind Vanguard’s domination of ETF flows in Q1, here are the most notable quotes from the past week's stories.

"Advisors will want to know what will happen to the firms' cultures. Will Nuveen be able to keep its culture? Which firms' culture will prevail?"

The third-largest U.S. bank cut 200 to 300 jobs in its division handling stock and bond trades to shrink costs amid a slump, according to a person familiar with the matter.

From news of ETFs and ETPs rebounding in March to BlackRock shaking up leadership, here's top news impacting mutual fund and ETF managers and providers.

FINRA is examining whether Wall Street firms overcharge investors on some bond trades and whether they unfairly allocate new corporate debt issues to reward certain clients.

Investors are piling into emerging- market exchange-traded funds at the fastest pace in seven months as they dump technology companies in favor of cheaper stocks.

In 2013, fees and commissions from annuity sales produced $3.43 billion in revenue, up 9% from 2012, according to the Michael White Bank Annuity Fee Income Report.