Investments

With gold performance often hit or miss, fund managers who focus on this commodity face challenges marketing through the ups and downs.

America’s improving fiscal health is starting to be reflected in the market for Treasuries.

The world's largest mutual fund company pulled in more than 90% of the more than $15 billion that investors poured into U.S.-listed ETFs in Q1, adding fuel to the fire of fund managers and providers who fear Vanguard becoming too big.

From investors scrambling out of ETFs to regulations prompting managers to change distribution strategies, here's top news impacting mutual fund and ETF managers and providers.

Vanguard Group Inc., the world’s largest mutual-fund company, said only a minority of high- frequency traders may be hurting other investors.

World's largest mutual fund company pulled in more than 90% of the more than $15 billion that investors poured into U.S.-listed ETFs in Q1, adding to fears that Vanguard is becoming a near monopoly.

Interest in alternatives is rising among investors as they look to manage volatility in their portfolios - and advisor education is critical to meeting that tidal wave of demand.

Of the 296 funds that picked up Lipper U.S. Fund Awards this year, only nine were peer-group winners for all of the eligible time periods. See the list here.

'People don't understand it, but it sounds bad,' says one advisor. Here are a few ways to frame the conversation.

Pimco's Bill Gross recommends staying in bonds maturing in five years and less even after comments last month from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen sent shorter-maturity yields surging.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s authority to regulate mutual funds is being undercut by a panel of regulators assigned to examine threats to the broader economy, Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar said today.

Employees are putting more money into their 401(k) plans and Health Savings Accounts, according to a new study from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Of the 296 funds that picked up Lipper U.S. Fund Awards this year, only nine were peer-group winners for all of the eligible time periods. See the list here.

Of the 296 funds that picked up Lipper U.S. Fund Awards this year, only nine were peer-group winners for all of the eligible time periods. See the list here.

Fixed indexed annuities have helped drive overall industry growth, as advisors at large B-Ds and wirehouses embrace the controversial products.

The Pimco Total Return Fund, the world’s largest bond fund, produced the worst risk- adjusted return over the past year among 16 U.S. intermediate- term funds with at least $5 billion in assets, according to the BLOOMBERG RISKLESS RETURN RANKING

Vanguard Group Inc., the third- biggest provider of exchange-traded funds, gained ground on larger competitors this year after gathering ten times as much money into its ETFs than the rest of the U.S. industry combined.

The biggest rally in two years for Brazil’s Ibovespa benchmark signals to long-time bear Michael Shaoul from Marketfield Asset Management LLC that stocks might have bottomed out.

Across two generational groups, women say they plan to stick with their current planner.

Advisors buoyed by retirement activity, rising risk tolerance.