Investments

Client investments in emerging markets, China and Japan should be watched closely by financial advisors, according to global markets experts speaking at TD Ameritrade Institutional's national conference.

Blackstone Group LP, the biggest manager of alternative assets, posted record fourth-quarter earnings as it sold real estate and private-equity investments at a profit. The shares rose the most in a year.

Pacific Investment Management Co., the world’s largest bond manager, expects speculative-grade bond investors to largely collect the coupons paid by the debt in 2014 after an average 20% gain in the last five years.

U.S. stocks rose from a two-month low while Treasuries and gold fell as data showed rising consumer spending and corporate earnings beat estimates.

Wealthy investors remain bullish on the investing environment in 2014 and see the U.S. as the best place to put their money, according to a survey released today by Morgan Stanley.

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index exchange-traded fund fell to a five-month low as an increase in interest rates from Turkey to South Africa failed to prop up currencies. Russia’s ruble slumped to a record low.

Puerto Rico debt is rallying the most in two years, even under the threat of a cut to junk, as the commonwealth prepares to sell bonds for the first time since August.

The financial crisis has had an enormous impact on millennials' attitudes towards investing, saving and success, presenting both opportunities and challenges for financial advisors.

An agency risk alert critiques the due diligence processes that investment advisors are using when recommending such investments as hedge funds, private equity funds, or funds of private funds.

The SEC's Michael Piwowar said Monday that he has asked the SEC's Office of Municipal Securities to work with him on proposals to improve the market.

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Discovery Capital Management LLC, the $15 billion macro-economic hedge fund run by Rob Citrone, is betting on a strengthening economy in Mexico, echoing comments from money managers including Laurence D. Fink’s BlackRock Inc. and Bill Gross’s Pacific Investment Management Co.

The world's biggest bond manager plans to start 19 actively managed exchange-traded funds as Gross further diversifies the firm following CEO El-Erian's resignation last week.

Bank of Nova Scotia's ING Direct unit sees growth potential in wealth management after it completes efforts to add deposits and customers and introduces a credit card, said Peter Aceto, who heads the business.

Two ventures offer online platforms aimed at connecting individual bond buyers and sellers.

U.S. stocks sank the most since June, capping the worst week for benchmark indexes since 2012, as a selloff in developing-nation currencies spurred concern global markets will become more volatile.

Fears of defaults and worries about the fallout from the Fed's tapering program are overblown, says Vanguard's tax-exempt bond boss.

When yields on long-term government securities are below nominal growth rates for a prolonged period, trouble may be brewing, according to Citigroup analysts.

Citigroup, the U.S. bank that cut unwanted assets 25% last year, should no longer be expected to offer clients unlimited financial services, Chief Executive Officer Michael Corbat said.

Fidelity Investments said Ronald P. O'Hanley, the firm's head of asset management since 2010, will leave at the end of February, without giving a reason.