Investments

Franklin Resources yesterday announced that Charles Johnson will retire as chairman of the board and director, effective June 13. In his stead, the firm's board of directors approved the appointment of his son, Gregory Johnson, as chairman and he will continue in his roles as president and chief executive officer.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s Wealth Management Services division this week rolled out a shinier version of its Mutual Fund Profile Service II, DTCC’s repository of databases allowing funds, broker/dealers and other distribution firms to automate and streamline the exchange of information regarding securities, participants and distributions.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved new FINRA rules that prevent mutual fund and hedge fund industry personnel from serving as public arbitrators, effective July 1.

After weeks of either net outflows or only modest inflows, tax-exempt money market funds recaptured $3.13 billion of net gains as total net assets grew to $260.97 billion in the week ended June 10, according to The Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.

With the number of alternative strategies rising, how can advisors pick the winners from the losers?

Despite a challenging environment in the hunt for yield, three prominent money managers told advisors and investors that it is possible to do better than the historically low rates many have settled for.

Total money market mutual fund assets increased by $1.02 billion to $2.612 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, June 12, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Arrow Funds is building out its sales team with an eye on expanding distribution of its alternative products in the RIA channel.

Trading at 25% down from an all-time high of $1,921 per ounce, gold's recent prices may have you thinking that the bull run is over.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved new Financial Industry Regulatory Authority rules that prevent mutual fund and hedge fund industry personnel from serving as public arbitrators, effective July 1.

BNY Mellon Investment Management has hired Andrew Provencher as Head of U.S. Retail Sales, a newly created role in which he will be responsible for leading all sales and relationship management through the Dreyfus platform focusing on national wirehouse firms, Registered Investment Advisors, independent broker-dealers and private banks.

The USAA Nasdaq 100 Index Fund (USNQX) has made its way onto the T. Rowe Price retirement platform, Money Management Executive has learned.

Irascible investing legend John Bogle questioned whether target-date mutual funds are the right retirement investment choice in all cases.

The most important thing an advisor can do for clients is to integrate their investment portfolios with the rest of their financial needs, according to Morningstar’s director of global fund research.

Buyer beware! The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued an investor alert regarding the burgeoning alternative mutual fund asset class.

During the week ended June 5, investors yanked an estimated $11.53 billion from virtually all categories of long-term funds, giving them their first weekly outflow this year.

A difficult May in the municipal bond market has put investors on the defensive.

Morgan Stanley has a plan to boost return on equity in fixed-income trading above its cost of equity after four of the five units failed to meet that metric last year, Chief Executive Officer James Gorman said.

Most emerging-market stocks fell as Brazil’s Ibovespa sank a day after entering a bear market, while investors weighed prospects for global stimulus measures.

Though they face similar challenges in preparing for their financial futures, men and women think about and respond to them in divergent ways, according to research released Wednesday as part of Northwestern Mutual’s ongoing 2013 Planning and Progress Study.